HOW to stay Disciplined

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Set Goals and write them down every morning and night in the present tense, and in the middle of the day spend some time focusing on them...

          Grant Cardone, author of "The 10X Rule", points out that he writes his goals twice each day, and posits that he is much more likely to accomplish them compared to a man who writes them only once for their New Years Resolution. Who is more likely? The guy who writes down "By age 24, I own a house." 730 times each year, whilst envisioning it in his head, or the fella who writes down "I want to own a house." once each year?
          Its also important to remind yourself what your meaning is. So if you have a goal of eventually owning a certain private airplane, or living in the country-side of New York, or being physically huge like Arnold Shwarzenegger, it'd be a good idea to print off or buy something that you could put on your desk or wall that will remind you throughout the day. Also, allotting a short amount of time in the middle of the day to research these topics is a great idea, so maybe go read a little Wikipedia on the private plane. This will keep you focused on the WHY in life, and it'll make the suffering bearable, as Dr. Jordan B. Peterson has talked about on a lot of occasions.

Set daily targets for the goals.

          This is pretty simple, just take a little time each night (after writing your goals) to write down the actual objectives you want to accomplish the next day, and when you're going to work on each of them. I find that if I don't write out tomorrow's schedule everyday, I tend to do abysmally. (I also use the Pomodoro Technique, though that's a story for another time.) This might not be the same for you, but it still helps productivity and goal-achievement when a clear depiction of tomorrow is formed. Just writing down "By 24 I own a house." isn't going to get you there, you want to figure out what it is you need to do in order to get there, and try to work on it daily if you can.

Set micro-milestones for the targets if they are still kind of big.

         This is where the Chunking comes in (which I've explained in detail a couple posts ago). If a goal is to write a paper, or read a book, rather than focusing on the X amount you need to get done that day, try to break it down further to where you will work on it a couple or a few times with short minimum-time requirements (like, 15 or 25 minutes). In my experience, once I get started with one of these 25 minute sessions, I just keep going for an hour or so, simply focusing on each small block of time rather than the whole.

Imagine what its going to feel like when you've accomplished a task

          Its a good idea to "Plaaay it Through" when it comes to goals and also bad habits. If you find yourself struggling between starting a project or playing a video game, ask yourself how you want to feel in the next 10 minutes, half hour, and 2 hours from now. Do you want to feel defeated or victorious? Eventually, once you've chosen Good over Bad Habits enough, it will continue to get easier and easier to do the constructive thing -- and more rewarding during and after its done! So whereas gaming for instance might make you feel good NOW, but crappy LATER, doing the right thing will make you feel good the entire time, and that's what we're really after -- Joy.

Remember that the toughest thing is simply starting each objective -- no one decides not to workout once they've already put their car in drive and started moving.

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The Importance of Having the Right Mindset

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I came across a Joe Rogan video where he was discussing Jocko Willink. Jocko is a former Navy SEAL, and is one of my bigger inspirations. Anyways, the video was called "GOOD" (Link, or search: "Jocko Motivation "GOOD" (From Jocko Podcast)") and it blew me away. I wish I could have that video playing all day on a loop. The main premise of the video is to illustrate the point that when bad things happen, they are an opportunity to grow stronger than those around you, since, to paraphrase the Roman poet Horace "Adversity builds one's ability, good fortune stunts this growth." Or, another saying, "Bad times create Strong men, Strong men create Good times, Good times create Weak men, Weak men create Bad times." That is to say, when we are challenged, we tend to rise to the occasion and surprise even ourselves with our virtue, but when we aren't given responsibilities or tribulation we fail to realize our potential and instead become stagnant -- like a lake, being without weather, turns quickly into a swamp.

I don't have much more to add to the video, its only 2 minutes, but I'll end this post with something that's pretty cliche, but the reason a lot of things are cliche, remember, is because their usefulness warranted popularity. "Strength does not come from WINNING. Your Struggles Develop your Strengths." -- Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I'm not happy I developed these bad habits, but it is nice to envision that in the future I will have far more Self-Discipline and effectiveness through Good Habits than most-all of my peers. Especially the ones who have never known real failure or challenge.

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