The Power of Discipline Quotes

“If you are unsure of your aims, delay getting to work until you are sure because, if you don’t know where you are going, you will end up wasting a lot of time and energy.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“Consistency builds momentum and that’s how dreams become a reality.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“Bad habits remain not because you don’t want to change them but because you have adopted the wrong system. If your system is wrong, you will fail every time.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“Pay attention to where the urge is coming from in your body. In the same way music gives you the urge to nod your head or tap your feet, the majority of urges are felt somewhere in the body. Once you have located where the urge is coming from, focus all your attention on that area and observe the sensations you are experiencing. Spend 2 minutes focusing on your breath. Imagine that every sensation and urge you are feeling is a wave. As the urge intensifies and subsides, look at it as a wave rising and falling. As the urge settles down, pay attention to the changes you are feeling.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“If you can start seeing urges and temptations with curiosity rather than fear, changing your behavior will become a lot easier. Spend time studying your own habits and pay attention to your urges. Once you master urge surfing, you can overcome any addiction.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“example, if you decide you are going to quit smoking once there is less pressure at work, you will never give up because there is always going to be some level of stress at work. When you make excuses, you are telling yourself that you are not capable of doing what needs to be done now, but if you are incapable now, you are probably going to be incapable in the future.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“By setting yourself early deadlines, not only are you always challenging yourself, but you also put yourself under pressure to finish early, which frees you from the stress of rushing at last minute to meet deadlines.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“The term “urge surfing” was pioneered by psychologist Alan Marlatt, an expert in the field of addiction. He compared urges to waves in the sea—waves rise up and down in intensity and eventually meet the shore and crash. What he was saying is that you have the ability to surf over those urges until they crash.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“The key is to start working on your project and figure out the details as you go.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“The seventy percent rule states that you should get to work when you are seventy percent certain that you will succeed. One hundred percent certainty doesn’t exist—you will never know whether something is going to work out unless you try it.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“Energy vampires are people who sap the life out of you with their negative attitude.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“Get a piece of paper and draw one line down the middle and one across so there are four quarters. ●      In each quarter write the following: Status quo advantages; status quo disadvantages; advantages to the alternative; and disadvantages to the alternative. ● Spend at least ten minutes working on the lists. ● Go to bed and return to the list the following day. ●      Ask someone you trust to help you if you want a second opinion or you are afraid you might overlook something. ● Remember to remove your feelings from the decision-making process.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“The feeling of looking back on your life and wondering “What if……” will torment you worse than the feeling of having tried and failed.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“You will never know what you are capable of until you start taking action and doing proactive, constructive things. Don’t waste another second—apply the principles you have learned and expect a radical transformation in your life.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“your goals are unattainable, you are in a good place, because that’s how every successful person felt at the beginning of their journey”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“Your character behind closed doors is more important than the character that people see in public.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“discipline of Bill Gates overnight—it’s going to take some time, but you’ve got to start somewhere.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“emotional attachment”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“you the opportunity to practice self-discipline. When you discover what does work, build on it for repeated success.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“the same principle applies to you too. It doesn’t matter if you come up with some terrible ideas, what matters is that you keep going.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“not only to work harder but to work smarter. Successful CEOs understand this principle, which is why they are willing to take risks with new products and services and refuse to give up even though everything else has failed.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“Sturgeon’s Law was one of the seven key tools for critical thinking,”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“When you sit still for too long, you run the risk of losing momentum.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“Life is a training academy—we are always learning and always growing.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“understanding”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“that will determine the extent of your progress.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“importance of getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“But whether it’s starting a business, writing a book, or improving your health, the right time to start is now, even if you don’t feel that you are ready for it.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“and then breathe out. This process is repeated until the heart rate returns to normal.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“The next time you feel like giving up, use the 40% rule to empower yourself.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals