The Science of Self-Discipline: The Willpower, Mental Toughness, and Self-Control to Resist Temptation and Achieve Your Goals (Live a Disciplined Life Book 1)

by Peter Hollins

“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”

Having self-discipline and willpower is the ability to do difficult or unpleasant things because those things are better for your well-being in the long run.

A stressed-out mind is an inefficient and uncreative mind, and so it is crucial for you to be able to remain calm if you want to perform to your full potential.

But as long as you fight your urges, you’re setting yourself up for failure. In learning to accept and observe them, you make it possible to watch them quickly fade away.

A deeply felt sense of loyalty, whether to people, country, or principles, can be a powerful source of self-discipline.

Choosing long-term benefits over short-term pleasure is at the heart of a self-disciplined lifestyle.

As you gradually develop a more optimistic approach, you’ll find it easier and easier to avoid people and situations that are negative or unproductive. You’ll also see hope and potential where before you saw nothing. Instead of being bogged down by problems, you’ll be full of solutions and a willingness to try them.

Perhaps the most important thing that happens when you focus on being optimistic is that you begin to attract other positive thinkers who can influence you to do bigger and better things for yourself. And instead of wasting time that you can never get back, you pursue activities and work that feeds and nourishes you on all levels.

Unlike fleeting emotional states, the habit of discipline is a rational thought process that becomes a permanent way of living once it’s developed.

Ultimately, habit formation and self-discipline come down to small actions persisting over 66 days that you must power through without regard to your emotional state.