The benefits of Discipline
Depending on who you are. Depending on how you were raised. And depending on where you are in life at the moment, the concept of discipline probably means something different. What comes to mind when you think about the idea of discipline?
One definition that I found for discipline was: ‘to train or develop by instruction and exercise, especially in self control.” I think this is a very accurate way to put it. Discipline is learning, practicing, and utilizing the individuals self control in a specific setting or application.
In the financial realm, budgeting tells your money where to go and what to do. And in other areas of life, discipline tells your focus, effort, time, and energy where to go and what to do.
Budgeting is a word that causes some people to cringe and think negative things. But the purpose of a budget is to assign your money to needs, priorities, and other financial things. Budgeting is a form of discipline, financially.
Being disciplined tells your focus, energy, effort, and time where to go and what to do. Rather than going through the motions or randomly approaching each day and opportunity.
Being a disciplined individual, is highly beneficial. In fact, one character trait of individuals who are successful and goal oriented is that they are very disciplined and structured. They tend to have a daily routine and structure to the life that they live. Having structure and self control is a combination that helps these individuals to focus their time and energy on the things that are important to them. On the flip side, these individuals know the things that they need to avoid, things that would be a waste of time, focus, and energy.
What could being more disciplined do for you?
What would some positive benefits be, if you were more structured, had more self control, or were more disciplined in your life?
How could you make changes in your life that would help increase the quality of your time usage, energy, and focus?
It might be a practical and basic exercise that has great benefit and payoff, to take a few minutes and reflect on your life. Where you are in life, and where you are heading. Someone once said that, ‘if you want to have something you have never had before, then you have to do something that you have never done before.’ Setting up a schedule or a success list of daily or weekly activities, could be something that dramatically shifts the production and impact of your life.
Becoming more disciplined in your time management and daily choices could literally change the trajectory and direction of the life you live!