‘Motivate Yourself to Success’ by Marc Sanders
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35. Be Self-Disciplined
Self-discipline means you imposing discipline upon you. You control your urges for your own good. This develops your willpower so that you can face harder challenges in life. You develop your ability to ignore unnecessary impulses and accept only necessary and good impulses.
It gives you the stamina to overcome mental, physical and emotional setbacks.
Self-discipline adds more meaning to your life. You control your actions and behavior. You do not become the servant of your desires. You do not yield to unnecessary temptations as they are not conducive to your well-being. Instead, by being self-disciplined, you get enormous inner strength and increased capability to decide in good and bad situations.
A serious effort on your part can help you become self-disciplined and overcome any perceived shortcomings.
Develop self-discipline by practicing certain techniques in your daily life consistently. Thereafter, it becomes a habit and you do not have to exert any extra effort to do it.
A few recommended techniques are -
Switch off your television and set things in proper order. Don’t sit glued to television while you are aware of pending work lying around you. You will feel satisfied at having done a good job.
You know that you need to exercise regularly to trim your figure but keep putting it off to another day. Shrug off your laziness and start today to gain Copyright 2005 Marc Sanders