Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod

488: A Simple Approach to Self-Discipline - How to Get Yourself to Do What You Need to Do

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Jun 28, 2023
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INSIGHT

Discipline Is Built By Repeated Action

  • Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to do what you need to do when you need to do it, whether you feel like it or not.
  • Once you build a rhythm of doing unpleasant but necessary actions, they become progressively easier and form identity.
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Big Results From Small, Avoidable Actions

  • The tasks that create big results are often easy to do but also easier not to do, so human nature resists them.
  • Self-discipline flips that path-of-least-resistance tendency by making small consistent actions habitual.
INSIGHT

Discomfort Is The Gateway To Strength

  • Avoiding discomfort feels natural but denies access to character and resilience gained through struggle.
  • Facing adversity produces self-discipline, resilience, and most meaningful personal growth.
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