We are given magnificent 'birth gifts" - talents, capacities, privileges, intelligences, opportunities - that would remain largely unopened except through our own decision and effort.
The pillars of self-discipline is acceptance, will power, hard work, persistence. Self-discipline becomes powerful when combined with passion, goal-setting and planning.
Self-discipline is to do the right thing because you want to, not because you have to.
Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to take action, regardless of your emotional state or how you feel about it.
Self-discipline is to accept responsibility and do what is expected of you. It is the ability to exercise control over one's behaviour or emotions. It is organised resilience. It is the ability to control unnecessary and harmful impulses. It is inner power to overcome the desire to indulge in unnecessary and useless habits and an inner strength.
Self-discipline is to act with integrity. To choose between what is right and what is wrong, to balance individual needs with the needs of others and to understand moral values and follow rules.
Self-discipline is also to manage time, thoughts and physical actions to reach your goal. It is a type of selective training, creating new habits of thought, action, and speech toward improving yourself and reaching your goals. Self-discipline is the active agent that drives inspiration into reality. It gives you the will power to reject immediate satisfaction for something better.
How to Become Self-Disciplined
Be quick to break habits that can break you. Hasten to adopt practices that will become habits to help you succeed.
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