Self-Discipline is Key to Success

Self-discipline is key to success.

With self-discipline, almost anything is possible.

Many people attribute self-discipline as having determination and fortitude. That means having the strength and will to continue carrying out what one wants to achieve despite setbacks and hardships. But in actual fact, self-discipline is more about having self-control or the ability to control your desires and not falling prey to bad habits, such as laziness, procrastination and irresponsibility. In other words, self-discipline is having the willpower to fight your willful desires.

Self-discipline is something difficult to achieve, since it really requires one to battle with one's own self in making the right choice. But true self-discipline is not punishing oneself and it is not supposed to restrict a person’s lifestyle or the right for some leisure. It is to make the right choice at the right time when the time calls for it.

Self-discipline grants you freedom - freedom from being a slave to your wilful desires and wants. It helps you to divide your time wisely between study/work, rest and entertainment.

When a teenager gets up early and prepares him/herself for online classes, that is self-discipline, as they resist the desire to sleep longer. If a student turns off his/her mobile phone to study peacefully without any distraction, that is self-discipline. Making great efforts to abstain from bad habits, such as smoking or too much gaming, is also self-discipline. So, basically, self-discipline is regulating yourself for the sake of improvement or betterment of your situation.

Having self-discipline helps us to overcome laziness and procrastination and prevents us from taking things for granted.

You alone are responsible for your quality of life

One thing about self-discipline is that it is a learned skill, not something innate.

The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. You alone are responsible for the quality of it.

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