Here are a few guidelines for those who want to be more disciplined:
- Write down your goals. Without any goals, it is difficult to become disciplined. It is easier to make efforts when one knows why he does it. So, establish goals;
- Start each day with making the daily task list. Having done that, set priorities and start with accomplishing the most important task;
- Observe the rule of three minutes. Start accomplishing any new task that requires more than three minutes to be accomplished only after you added it to the list, determined the time of accomplishment, and set priorities. No “now, I’ll quickly do it, as simple as that!” – it all starts with the list!
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- Accustom yourself to refuse (to say “No”) to yourself and to others, if the concern in question cannot be included in your daily to-do list. Don’t get distracted;
- In cases where you can get carried away or start acting in a perfectionist manner, set yourself a time limit. For instance, “this task should be accomplished in fifteen minutes or less”, “that job should be completed in an hour at the latest”. If you managed to get the work done on time, that’s great. If you didn’t, then that’s enough, stop doing this work (at least, for today);
- Develop a motivation system. For example, tell those around you about your project. In this way, you will provide yourself with “supervisors”, who will encourage you to complete the work within the announced time limit. Or split your work into small, fairly easily doable parts and reward yourself for your achievements at every stage. Learn to notice each small success and to rejoice at it;
- Plan your pauses and your rest. Plan your sleep, too;
- Pay attention to your body and your posture. There can be no discipline in a stooped, lazy, and lax body; there’s more energy and discipline in a toned body;
- Not only reward yourself for your achievements, but also punish yourself for breaches of the schedule. For instance, do 30 push-ups or deprive yourself of a cake (choose any punishment you want);
- Take exercises. Any sport disciplines the person who does it – that is, if this person takes it seriously. Find a sport that you like and join a club where you can practice the sport. You will attend the club practices, let’s say, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. If you don’t miss practices without good cause, then keeping to this schedule will train you to discipline also in other spheres of life.
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