How to Lead a Disciplined Life Quotes

“practicing self-discipline involves temperance and self-restraint.”
― Damon Zahariades, How to Lead a Disciplined Life: A Stress-Free Guide to Developing Self-Discipline, Increasing Willpower, and Improving Self-Control

“What lies at the core of my desire to make a change? What is the result that I want to achieve? Why do I want to achieve this result? What does this situation look like if I successfully make the change I’m considering? What does this situation look like if I do nothing? What benefits will I enjoy if I make this change? Do they outweigh the costs of pursuing it? What consequences will I suffer if I do nothing? Do they outweigh my sacrifices if I decide to move forward? Am I excited by the outcome I envision? Does the expected result align with my values, convictions, and ideal self-image?”
― Damon Zahariades, How to Lead a Disciplined Life: A Stress-Free Guide to Developing Self-Discipline, Increasing Willpower, and Improving Self-Control

“That’s the essence of urge surfing. You don’t ignore your urges. You don’t suppress them. You grant they exist; you recognize that it’s natural to have them; you note that they’re transient and will pass in due course.”
― Damon Zahariades, How to Lead a Disciplined Life: A Stress-Free Guide to Developing Self-Discipline, Increasing Willpower, and Improving Self-Control

“You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing.”
― Damon Zahariades, How to Lead a Disciplined Life: A Stress-Free Guide to Developing Self-Discipline, Increasing Willpower, and Improving Self-Control

“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. ​— ​MARCUS AURELIUS”
― Damon Zahariades, How to Lead a Disciplined Life: A Stress-Free Guide to Developing Self-Discipline, Increasing Willpower, and Improving Self-Control

“This second factor touches on a core principle of stoicism. Rather than allowing yourself to feel stressed about circumstances you cannot control, focus on how you respond to those circumstances.”
― Damon Zahariades, How to Lead a Disciplined Life: A Stress-Free Guide to Developing Self-Discipline, Increasing Willpower, and Improving Self-Control

“Self-discipline helps you to make better decisions. While stress is an avoidable part of life, these better decisions will help you to steer clear of needless stress.”
― Damon Zahariades, How to Lead a Disciplined Life: A Stress-Free Guide to Developing Self-Discipline, Increasing Willpower, and Improving Self-Control

“Self-discipline is the willingness and ability to act in accordance with our goals, values, and convictions regardless of how we feel in the moment.”
― Damon Zahariades, How to Lead a Disciplined Life: A Stress-Free Guide to Developing Self-Discipline, Increasing Willpower, and Improving Self-Control

“Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. ​— ​ELIE WIESEL”
― Damon Zahariades, How to Lead a Disciplined Life: A Stress-Free Guide to Developing Self-Discipline, Increasing Willpower, and Improving Self-Control