You've probably felt motivated to start something and then stopped putting time and energy into it after just a few days. Perhaps it has been studies, training, financial tasks, housework, personal projects, work tasks or social events.
Are you a person who constantly procrastinates? No matter what we decide to do, as long as it is outside of our comfort zone, discipline is a crucial factor in our success. Motivation can get you started on something but it's the discipline that makes sure you follow through and avoid procrastination.
Many of us struggle with sticking to our ambitions because of one crucial factor: Discipline. In this article, we're going to dive deep into why discipline is so critical to achieving our goals and how you can eliminate procrastination with discipline. We'll walk you through practical strategies, overcome common pitfalls, and give you life-changing insights. So let's take the first step together and start the journey towards a more disciplined and successful future.
What is Discipline and Why is it Important?
Many of us make the mistake of thinking that discipline is a punishment, that we should go against our will and punish ourselves for doing something. Whereas discipline is like a thermostat that makes sure we stay on track and constantly get closer to our goal. It is a crucial tool that eliminates procrastination and ensures that we get the job done regardless of the circumstances.
Discipline means that you are aware of your actions and actively take actions that bring you closer to your goal. You have self control when it comes to doing what you think is best and not letting the programming decide.
If we are to understand the importance of discipline, we must first understand that if we are to have a permanent result, the results that we want, we must make a programming/paradigm shift. Because 95% of our results are controlled by our programming (Habits). The remaining 5% is controlled by our raw willpower. And the results we want become permanent because we transform what gives us those results into a habit and then the desired results are a neutral outcome. Because as we said, our habits control 95% of our results.
But what actually happens when you make a paradigm shift and why is discipline crucial?
After all, when we set a goal, we have to go outside our comfort zone to achieve the goal. And what is beyond our comfort zone is not supported by our programming (Habits). Here comes the dilemma. In order for us to reach our goal and have a permanent result, we have to go outside our comfort zone. But the odds of us winning that fight are 1 to 19, 5% to 95%. Therefore, we almost always lose the fight against fear. And fear shows up as soon as we step outside our comfort zone.
The Commonest Objections to Discipline
"I do not have time":
Time is something we all have the same amount of, those who are successful and live YOUR dream life also have 24 hours a day, but never blame themselves for not having time. Planning and prioritization are the key to more efficient time management.
"It's too hard":
Everything is a challenge for everyone for the first time. Take small steps and be consistent with your actions. By trying and constantly moving towards your goal, no matter how small, you will get much further than if you had not taken the first step. What ultimately counts is that you grow and learn along the way and discipline takes you further if not all the way to your goal.
"I'm just not a disciplined person":
Fortunately, we humans have the ability to learn and use our potential to which no one yet knows the limit. Just look at those successful people through the ages, you are no less than them. What has made them come this far is that they have worked on themselves and developed different skills with the help of discipline. If we look at Thomas Edison who invented the first commercially useful light bulb, it is said that it took him over 1,000 attempts until he succeeded. So over 1,000 failures. So why give up after just a few tries and limit yourself when you can overcome those limitations with discipline?
Identify Your Goals and Priorities
Set the right kind of goals:
Do you know that 90% of people set the wrong kind of goals? They set goals that come from their circumstances and are unjustified. Goals are personal and must come from within. Setting the right kind of goals for oneself is at the heart of it all, because we need a direction and destination to move towards. And with the help of discipline, you can get all the way to your goal in the most efficient way without swaying back and forth.
Prioritize your goals:
Your goals should be the most important thing to you and if you have several goals, you can transform them into a vision, your lifestyle. And because it is the most important thing to you, you should spend the most time and energy on it. Most people take their goal to the grave and the goal itself never gets the chance to be shown to the person or others. Your goal needs tending, just like a seed. You need to put in both time and energy for the goal to grow so that one day it can take care of itself, and turn into reality. Plan your day so that the majority if not all of the time is on your goal/vision, spending less time on things that don't get you closer to your goal.
Visualize your successes:
Let the mind work and do its magic. Further develop your goals while acting on those ideas that will take you towards your goal. You have to see yourself as that person and believe that you are capable of achieving it. Because no one achieves anything if they don't believe in it themselves. At the same time, you don't create anything if you can't see it with your mind (visualize). Because everything mankind has created was first created in their mind. Take your phone as an example, it was first created in someone's mind then with action manifested into reality.
How to Create Unbeatable DISCIPLINE
Eliminate procrastination with discipline:
We humans are governed by our habits and everything we repeat eventually turns into a habit. Right now if you have difficulty with discipline, it means that you have a habit of putting things off and not doing what you have promised yourself. Do you see yourself as being undisciplined? It means you have a habit of procrastinating. It really means that you are not awake and do not take actions consciously but let your programming repeat itself. And this needs to change for you to reach your goal with ease. Because success is easy when it's a habit for you. Then you no longer have to fight for your body to automatically produce the results you want, because you have developed habits which support precisely those results.
We need discipline/be aware when we do something that clashes with our programming (habits). Especially when we are unmotivated, then on the days we are motivated and in a high emotional state it is much easier to have discipline and go outside our comfort zone.
Pay attention now and follow this process to guarantee you success.
The key is to be awake, to consciously do those things that will move you towards your goal in the best possible way and repeat it until it has become a habit for you. Primary cause of a result is programming and the programming must be changed for the results to change. There must be an inner change for outer change to come. Otherwise it won't be permanent.
You just need to be disciplined until your actions have become part of your habits/part of your programming.
Many people make the mistake of stopping taking actions once they get the first results before their actions have become a habit. And that leads to the results not being permanent.
So, be awake and consciously take actions that you know will take you towards your goal! Repeat it until it has been converted into a habit. Repetition is the only way we can change our programming with control !
The law of Gestation:
This is important to keep in mind in order to be calm in the storm, to be able to be consistent even if the results haven't shown yet.
According to Proctor Gallagher Institute and YourStory is about the law of gestation understanding that every creation or goal has an inherent development period before it can become a reality. Consider the time it takes for a seed to grow into a plant. When you plant a seed, you need to water it and give it the right conditions for it to grow. But you cannot speed up the process more than optimizing the conditions, it takes time.
Likewise, this applies to personal goals and achievements. When you start working towards a goal, like starting a business or achieving a personal achievement, it takes continuous effort and the right attitude to see results. You have to be patient and keep working towards your goal even when success is not immediate.
Use of triggers and rewards:
In order for us to be able to form habits, we have to be aware and that is a challenge to begin with. But by using the right triggers and rewards, you can easily form habits that benefit you and take you forward.
Eliminate all distractions that keep you from being productive, the biggest factors that lead to distractions are unsuitable environment and people who are not in harmony with your goal. At the same time, prioritize long-term rewards instead of short-term rewards.
Make discipline a part of your identity:
As we talked about before, you have to change your self-image from having difficulty with discipline to being a person who is disciplined. How does someone who is disciplined act? After all, by doing what he promises himself to do. He does not leave today's work for tomorrow. At the same time, be awake because as soon as you stop being aware, your programming kicks in. Identify yourself as a disciplined person and act based on that person .
Hold yourself accountable
Use of MASTERMIND:
Create a mastermind group with people who have the same goal. The benefits of masterminding are endless and are a necessary process for success. Everyone who is successful has a group that supports them and helps bounce ideas around. At the same time, they help you look at both opportunities and problems from a different perspective.
Diaries and record keeping:
We all need feedback to be more effective and learn from our mistakes. A diary or journal helps you be productive while keeping you on track. And make sure you take responsibility for your actions and results.
Be responsible for your results:
You have to have an attitude that you are the creator of your results, if you don't like any of your results, only you can change it. This will help you analyze and eliminate all the excuses you unconsciously and consciously tell yourself.
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