4 Powerful Ways to Build Your Self-Discipline.

We have one time in our lives encountered someone with exceptional self-discipline, or have read of it. They wake up early in the morning to meditate and plan out their day, exercise for a couple of minutes, and fix breakfast before they head out for the day. They never waste time, and their achievements are amazing.

💋. Now take a look at yourself. Here you are, sitting on a couch all day, surfing the internet, reading online news, playing candy crush, and eating every cereal you can lay your hands on. Is this really the life you want to live?

💋. To become a more self-disciplined person is the key to success in achieving your goals and ambitions in both your professional and personal life. Here are four (4) ways to help you become more self-disciplined than you are now.

1. One Step at a Time

People tend to make resolutions on New Year's Day: they say it's going to be different this year. Okay, this year you can make it different, but you don't have to change it all at once. For best results, pick just one thing.

You can overwhelm yourself with too many changes to make at once. This will negate your plan of becoming a more self-disciplined person.

2. Recognise What You Want to Do Differently

If your focus is on fitness, choose something that's realistic and that's going to make a real difference in your life, and be sure you enjoy it. That might be going to the gym, going up the stairs instead of taking the elevator or restricting the ice cream you're having.

💋. Ask what would make a difference if you want your career to be better and more successful. Look at the performance of people with the work you're looking for. What do they do differently than you? Arrive early? Do they reply within an hour to all emails? Find the features you're lacking, pick an important one and build on that.

3. Settle on Choices in Advance

Choose to leave your phone at your desk if your intention is to pay attention in meetings. Don't put it in your pocket either. If it isn't there, you can't play with it.

If you want to become more self-disciplined with food, choose to consume only half of your meal at all times.

💋. If you want to get on top of your emails, determine how many emails you're going to respond to before you do anything else, whether it's 5, 10, or all. Just decide before the situation presents itself and it will be much easier for you to stay vigilant in the face of distractions.

4. Remember That Failure is Part of the Process

Most people want to become self-disciplined and then make a mistake on the second day and give up. You're not going to become fully organized overnight, so expect some regression to occur along the way. But, if you plan for it, and you understand from time to time that you will fail. One mistake on your way to success will not derail your entire plan.

💋. Simultaneously, you need to rejoice when you achieve success. You've achieved all the targets you set this week for yourself. Reward yourself and celebrate in such a way that your success will not be compromised.

💋. Don't worry about perfection at once in all areas, and don't worry about failure, just worry about getting better today than last week.

Gradually, in that one area you will become more organized and then you can move on to the next.