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5 Ways Lack Of Discipline Affects Your Life

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Post date June 30, 2022
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Discipline is the ability to make a decision and follow them through regardless of how hard it gets, without changing your mind. Discipline is an important component necessary for achieving dreams. A person without discipline is practically guaranteed to fail in life. This is particularly true for dreams and life goals that aren’t ordinary.

An interview of the top 10 athletes in the world on why they were great all had the same answer. Discipline. We can conclude that discipline is the first step to achieving greatness. However, what happens when one lacks discipline? Here are the ways a lack of discipline can affect your life

It Keeps You From Achieving Your Goals

A lack of discipline will keep you from staying focused on your dreams. Without discipline, you wouldn’t be able to stay in control of yourself and react appropriately to life’s situations. With discipline, you’re able to stay in control and focused no matter the situation.

Additionally, a lack of discipline is an indicator of poor inner strength. You’re likely to give up once an activity becomes difficult even when said activity is necessary to achieve your goal.

According to Psychologists, people without discipline are more comfortable with mediocre performances rather than reaching for more, and engaging in any strenuous activities that will help them grow. Growth requires work and effort. This makes laziness appealing to people who lack discipline.

It Keeps You From Making Wise Decisions

Sometimes, the right choices necessary to achieve our dream or live a healthy life aren’t always easy. From maintaining a healthy diet to exercising regularly, to working even when we do not feel like it.

A person who lacks discipline is not able to make the right choices especially when it will inconvenience them. For example, while the benefits of regular exercise are enormous, it requires discipline to stick to it. A person who lacks discipline is more likely to skip exercising altogether simply because it’s just too hard.

Lack Of Lack Inner Strength/Character

Dr. Steve Peters in his bestseller ‘The Chimp Paradox,’ remarks that we are already who we want to be. It’s just our minds and the choices we make that are stopping us from behaving in the way we would love to behave. For example, you might desire to be a kind person but easily lose your temper. In such a situation, you do not need to try to be a kind person as you already are kind. What you need to work on is the discipline to keep your temper in check. When you are not disciplined, everyone will see you as a hateful person because of your lack of control over your temper.

It Reduces Your Chance Of Succeeding In Life

Sadly, most goals/dreams are not easily achieved. To achieve a goal, you need motivation, hard work and considerable effort. These things cannot be done easily and require discipline to accomplish.

When you lack discipline, you are less likely to put in the effort required to achieve your dreams. A person who lacks discipline will always shy away from tough challenges.

When you do not meet the needed requirements, you’ll remain stagnant and the quality of your life will not improve.

Nothing worthwhile is achieved easily. You will have to face challenges and overcome various obstacles. The difference between success and failure is our ability to persist and persevere when faced with difficult situations.

You Will Have Poor Relationships

When you lack discipline, it is difficult to build strong relationships. The characteristics highly regarded in a relationship such as honesty, integrity, dependability, and loyalty require a strong mental character. A strong mental character is only developed through discipline. The chances of you exhibiting these characteristics when you lack discipline are low.

Final Thoughts

Self-discipline is supposed to be taught to us and instilled in childhood by our caregivers. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, but that does not mean we are doomed forever. You can teach yourself self-discipline as an adult. This is a major element of personal development and personal growth, since when we develop our self-discipline, it has a very positive effect on all areas of our selves and our lives.

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5 Steps to Shift Your Limiting Beliefs for Good

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Post date June 22, 2022
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How are you your own worst enemy?

We limit ourselves so much. We live in our heads and come up with all these ways to keep us from getting anything accomplished. Even though deep down we know we’re good enough, and how much we’re fully capable of getting things done.

The only way to get past these self-sabotaging behaviors is to take active, intentional steps to remedy your thinking.

Let’s take a look at 5 steps that will help you overcome your limiting beliefs.

# Stop

Wait a minute; what were you thinking? If you have an uneasy feeling about something, it’s time to pause and reconsider. Is this perhaps a self-limiting belief?

# Think About What You’re Saying

Where is the lie in this thought? You’ve already determined that something is wrong, or you wouldn’t be attempting to remedy your thinking. This means that something about it does not ring true. It is easier to know how to overcome a lie when you know where it is.

# Look for the Evidence

Is there any evidence that this self-limiting thought is correct? Let’s look at the part you believe is a lie. This is where you should take a step back from the situation if possible and look at what’s going on objectively. Is there any truth to what you’re thinking?

# Take Control

If what you were thinking was a lie, it’s relatively simple to replace the false parts of the statement with the truth. However, what if there is a degree of truth to this thought? You start by reminding yourself this isn’t always the case.

For example, you may believe that you are always late. Maybe you are, in fact, late sometimes. To complete this step, you must recall several instances when you were on time. By refuting the lie, you are regaining control of the situation and not allowing the limiting belief to control you.

# Get Help

It can be difficult to remove limiting beliefs by yourself at times.

In these situations, talking to a friend or even a coach can help you see the truth. There’s nothing wrong with seeking assistance, especially from someone who can be objective.

Self-limiting beliefs don’t have to control your life. Examining your thoughts, particularly those that appear to be holding you back, will make it much easier to move forwards towards your goals. Soon you will realize success.

If you are aware of limiting beliefs that continually challenge you and hold you back , lets talk about it …contact me here🙂

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Stop Negative Thoughts In Their Tracks

Post author By Ally
Post date June 15, 2022
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You’ve certainly heard about your self-talk by now. That’s the non-stop flow of thoughts that goes through your mind. The vast majority of it is about yourself. It can be good or bad, and it can either build up or tear down your self-confidence and self-esteem.

Naturally, positive self-talk -that is, positive thoughts about yourself -raise your self-confidence and negative self-talk lowers it. Negative self-talk can completely destroy your self-confidence.

If you’re trying to build your self-confidence, you’re going to need to get control of your self-talk and stop the negative thoughts that are harming you. Then you need to replace them with positive thoughts.

Here’s how to do it.

1.) Begin noticing your self-talk

Everyone talks to themselves constantly. The majority of people don’t realize they’re doing it unless an unusual thought sticks out or they start paying attention. The first step to controlling your self-talk is to begin to notice it. Pay attention.

The importance of this step can’t be overstated. You need to notice and understand your self-talk before you can change it. The most important thing you need to notice are the negative thoughts. If you’ve been having self-confidence issues, these might be the majority of your thoughts. Perhaps you can relate to some of the following common negative thoughts:

“What were you thinking, you idiot?” “You can’t do that!” “What’s the use?” “I’ll never succeed at anything.”

Any time you put yourself down or denigrate yourself counts. This includes the use of self-deprecating humor.

2.) Start challenging the negative thoughts

The next step is to begin challenging the negative thoughts when you notice them. When you catch your self-talk being negative, stop the thought and tell yourself “That’s not true.” It doesn’t matter what the thought was or what name you were calling yourself; it’s not true.

3.) Choose a positive thought to replace the negative one

After you’ve gotten good at challenging negative thoughts, start amending them to positive ones. “I can’t do that” becomes “I can do that if I try hard enough” and so forth. Do this every time you catch yourself having a negative thought about yourself. It may be difficult, especially in the beginning, but stick with it.

If you do this consistently, the number of negative thoughts in your self-talk will gradually diminish. This takes time, but you will eventually replace them with the positive thoughts you’re using instead. You’ll slowly reprogram yourself into thinking positively about yourself, which will boost your confidence.

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