Tuhovsky - Self Discipline: 5 Books in 1 Boxset: Master Your Mental Toughness, Emotional Control, Self-Talk and Productivity (Master Your Self-Discipline)

SELF DISCIPLINE

5 Books in 1 Boxset

Master Your Mental Toughness, Emotional Control, Self-Talk and Productivity

Positive Psychology Coaching Series

Copyright 2020 by Ian Tuhovsky

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Contents

How to Declutter Your
Life and Mind

Part I

Self-Discipline: Mental Toughness Mindset:

Increase Your Grit and Focus to Become a Highly Productive (and Peaceful!) Person

Introduction

S ome people just seem to have it all. Theyre the ones with the great jobs, the perfect bodies, and gorgeous spouses. They even have the energy to get up in the morning and go to the gym! Their self-belief is unshakeable. When they want to get something done, they damn well go and do it. To most of us, they appear god-like.

OK, so I exaggerated slightly. No-one has a completely perfect life. On the other hand, some of us get pretty close. What separates these lucky folks from the majority? What is it about them that draws in success after success, opportunity after opportunity? Youll have noticed that these amazing people also have the remarkable ability to remain optimistic and stoic even when everything around them begins to unravel.

Going further, have you ever wondered how those working and living in extreme conditions manage to keep on going without giving up? Some of them even seem to enjoy the challenge! Youve probably heard about Special Ops squads who spend weeks on near-impossible missions, or explorers who trek through bitterly cold climates for months on end.

Other exceptional individuals lead lives of another sort of intense focus and concentration. The average day in the life of a Buddhist monk in the Zen tradition, for example, consists primarily of prayer and meditation. They forsake the temptations of the material world and focus on spiritual development at the highest level. They are the religious equivalents of Olympic gymnasts and the most successful CEOs. How do they stay so motivated? What drives them?

The answer to all these questions boils down to a single word self-discipline. You see, it isnt really about luck at all. Sure, some people are born with the genes that make them better-looking or happier than the average individual. But what really elevates a regular Joe or Jane to superhero status is laser-sharp focus, perseverance, and the ability to keep on going when everyone else would have quit. In this book, you are going to learn their secrets.

If youve ever wondered why you never quite live up to your potential, then this is the guide youve been waiting for. If you are sitting on a pile of hopes and dreams that never go anywhere, get ready to change your life! You are about to learn the secret that underpins every top athlete, CEO, and performer. You are going to discover exactly how some of the worlds toughest individuals, including Navy SEALs, routinely stare danger in the face and come out on top.

Some of what you read may shock you. For instance, did you know that motivation is actually a very poor foundation on which to rely if you want to achieve true greatness? Its true! Even those who can honestly say they love their jobs or have found their true purpose in life dont always wake up in the morning raring to go. It isnt the most motivated who win in this life, its the most self-disciplined. For reasons you will discover later in the book, motivation is best thought of as a nice side dish rather than the main entre when it comes to self-discipline.

Neither is it necessary to be happy in order to be successful. In fact, you may be surprised to learn what happiness really means, and why most of us go looking for it in all the wrong places. If you think that you will become happy through achieving everything you want with minimal effort, you are going to severely limit what you get in life. Its time to break away from everything you thought you knew about contentment, fulfilment and motivation. Once you understand what really drives us as human beings heres a hint, its not actually money and fulfils our deepest needs, you can hack your mindset and attain military-level self-discipline.

Why does this topic matter so much to me? I didnt appreciate the importance of self-discipline until my early thirties. Id worked for several well-known corporations, excelling at most of my roles in their HR departments. Yet something was always missing. I felt like I was losing control over my own career. After all, however senior my position, ultimately my job role and paycheck were always determined by someone else.

My typical pattern would go like this: Id apply for an exciting new job, spend the first year or so getting to know the company culture, but then feel a creeping sense of claustrophobia at about the 18-month mark. Id start to get a little itchy. Id daydream about quitting my corporate career and becoming self-employed. What would it be like to work for myself? Yet whenever I tried to imagine actually setting up my own business and taking complete responsibility for my life, I hit a wall. As much as I wanted to make a new start, I couldnt quite make the leap. How would I motivate myself to continually seek out new clients? Who would hold me accountable for my schedule? It all seemed so daunting. As you can imagine, I felt pretty anxious. I was at a crossroads.

What finally changed everything for me? A single conversation. One morning I was sitting in the coffee room with a much older colleague. Ill call him Mark. Mark had been in his role for nearly ten years, and it was no secret that he hated his job. We were making idle chit-chat about the vacations wed most like to take that year, and I confessed that for some time Id wanted to set up my own business and travel the world, moving from country to country whilst working as a consultant.

He laughed. Yeah right, he said. No-one ever does that. As he walked back to his desk, a wave of nausea washed over me. So this is what defeat feels like, I thought. Hes right. I couldnt do that. Its a dream. I dont have it in me or do I?

At that point, I had a choice to make. I could either have stayed where I was, talking about the same problems and unfulfilled ambitions year after year, or I could make a radical change. I had a few self-help books lying around, some of them unopened gifts. There and then I decided to dive into the world of positive psychology and self-development and learn how to achieve whatever I wanted.