Self Discipline, the Number One Key to Success

Self Discipline, the Number One Key to Success


If you seriously want to master and dominate every aspect of your life, then it is very expedient that you develop the virtue of self discipline. It is very inevitable if you want to have substantial achievement and reach your heart desires. Setting goals and targets are not enough to be successful in any endeavour. You need to work persistently on them and for that to be possible to a large extent, self discipline is highly needed. I am yet to see anyone who has made outstanding achievement and success without discipline. It is the number one attribute one must possess to attain excellence in business, sports, personal development etc.
One who is self disciplined finds it easy to make decision, whether big or small. They take action quickly based on the decision made. Even in spite of challenges, and discomfort, they still persist until their goal is achieved. Based on what have been discussed so far, what then is self discipline? It is simply the ability to refrain from instant gratification and force yourself to do thing that you should do whether you like it or not, in comfort or not. You have to give up short term pleasures in order to achieve a worthwhile goal.
To be disciplined means that you stick to plans and action that leads to the realization of your goal. It also means having self control which eventually leads to self mastery. To fully develop the habit of self discipline, one has to be consistent in taking disciplined actions daily.
To be disciplined does not connote living a reclusive, constricted or narrow minded life. It does not also mean that you should give up pleasures, enjoyment at all times. Self discipline gives you the ability to focus your attention on your aims and objectives until they are attained. It means blocking away any form of distraction that may want to arise to take you away from what you hope to achieve. Self discipline gives order to life.
There are several ways of developing self discipline, but the best and effective way is by deliberately refusing to attend to desires and pleasure that are not important. Endless temptations and desires that are of no significant importance confronts everyone daily, but by practicing to ignore them, you get stronger. In my next article, I will discuss some of the methods of developing self discipline.
Some Benefits Of Self discipline
Your confidence level increases. -By developing the habit of discipline consistently, you level of self esteem increases which eventually increase your level of confidence.
You will become more productive and accomplish more in less time. When you refuse to pay attention to temptations and desires that tend to distract you and limit your pace of work, your level of productivity increases. You will achieve far more in less time.
Ability to stay calm and positive in the midst of challenges and obstacles. Challenges and obstacle are bound to arise when planning to achieve your goals. It takes the habit of self discipline to stay on course no matter the circumstances.
Life becomes easy and cheap when you are disciplined.
Better Finance, good health, happy relationship with others etc. The benefits of living a disciplined life are endless.
It is never too late to set goals and resolve to be discipline to attain them. Project your life into the future and visualize what you desire to attain or become. Have it in mind that you will only achieve what you see when you are discipline. When you have a picture of your projected goal in mind, you will find it easily to delay instant gratification and pleasure because in the long run, they will lead you away from you heart desires.