Neuro-Discipline: Everyday Neuroscience for Self-Discipline, Focus, and Defeating Your Brain’s Impulsive and Distracted Nature (Live a Disciplined Life Book 6)

by Peter Hollins

Self-discipline is the attitude we take to our day-to-day tasks in service of the bigger goal we care about. It’s the how. It’s the process of routinely turning our awareness and actions away from distraction and instant gratification and toward building our dreams, one piece at a time. Sacrifice, hard work, resilience—all these are part of self-discipline, and every one of them takes place right here, in the present moment. Self-discipline is a habit, not an outcome. It’s a code of conduct you adopt permanently. This could mean routinely pushing yourself to stop procrastinating and put in an hour of piano practice, day in and day out. It could mean consistently telling yourself that you will not have a cigarette, no matter how badly you want one. It could mean developing the habit of waking up early, every single day, no excuses. The great news about all this effort is that even if they don’t actually land you the goal you want, you still benefit. In time, you may start to see discreet, measurable goals as less valuable to you than consistent behavior you can master over a lifetime. After all, which sounds better: losing a few extra pounds or maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle for the rest of your life?