There has been some scientific research on this and it's both unclear and then I think it's from a replication standpoint they've struggled. The Tiger Woods example is being a good one. Cleaning up your desk to me makes it easier to be disciplined about, you know, the work that you're doing at said desk.
Author Ryan Holiday talks about his book, Discipline Is Destiny, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Holiday discusses the mentor who taught him discipline, the self-control of Queen Elizabeth, the world-champion boxer who counseled the man who defeated him in the ring, and the forgotten Roman emperor who helped make Marcus Aurelius the man he would become.