Taming The Lazy Monkey: Short Summary: Tamming The Lazy Monkey
Self discipline - Taming the lazy monkey
Every morning I have a freezing cold shower, why? Because part of my mind says 'Don't do it, it's just stupid' and that same part of my mind give's lots of different reasons not to do it. Each morning I fight that inner voice and discipline it to accept that I am taking a freezing cold shower. I believe there are benefits to having a cold shower which is why I started the discipline in the first place.
Self discipline is a skill and once you get to grips with it, it can alter your life.
What is it?
Self discipline is the training of your mind to control, perceived harmful, urges, and to continue to control these urges until a satisfactory resolution has been sought
Self discipline occurs in every …show more content…
There are many areas of your life it could benefit; in fact it could benefit every area of your life. If you want to give up smoking, no matter what programs are available to do so, it ultimately comes down to self discipline. If you want to lose weight, yes it's great that there are groups of people who are doing the same as they can be a good motivator but again it comes down to self …show more content…
Why is so much spent on advertising for children when it's the adults who are buying? Because it's the children who ultimately apply the pressure for us to buy the latest toy. We all give in and buy that toy don't we.
The practice of self discipline
Whilst it's hard to control your thoughts and actions as a child it should be easier for an adult, you would think! However this is not necessarily the case. If you've not been taught self discipline as a child how are you expected to self discipline yourself as an adult?
The truth is self discipline comes automatically for some us as our responsibilities become greater. For example when we get a job, we have to get up at a set time, we have to work a set number of hours, we have to conform to the companies rules and procedures, that's all self discipline. Usually the things we learn to practice self discipline in are the things we are rewarded with e.g. our job, going to the gym, saving money, making love. Depending on the person some of these rewards will be bigger and have more meaning than some of the others.
What good would self discipline have in your
Every morning I have a freezing cold shower, why? Because part of my mind says 'Don't do it, it's just stupid' and that same part of my mind give's lots of different reasons not to do it. Each morning I fight that inner voice and discipline it to accept that I am taking a freezing cold shower. I believe there are benefits to having a cold shower which is why I started the discipline in the first place.
Self discipline is a skill and once you get to grips with it, it can alter your life.
What is it?
Self discipline is the training of your mind to control, perceived harmful, urges, and to continue to control these urges until a satisfactory resolution has been sought
Self discipline occurs in every …show more content…
There are many areas of your life it could benefit; in fact it could benefit every area of your life. If you want to give up smoking, no matter what programs are available to do so, it ultimately comes down to self discipline. If you want to lose weight, yes it's great that there are groups of people who are doing the same as they can be a good motivator but again it comes down to self …show more content…
Why is so much spent on advertising for children when it's the adults who are buying? Because it's the children who ultimately apply the pressure for us to buy the latest toy. We all give in and buy that toy don't we.
The practice of self discipline
Whilst it's hard to control your thoughts and actions as a child it should be easier for an adult, you would think! However this is not necessarily the case. If you've not been taught self discipline as a child how are you expected to self discipline yourself as an adult?
The truth is self discipline comes automatically for some us as our responsibilities become greater. For example when we get a job, we have to get up at a set time, we have to work a set number of hours, we have to conform to the companies rules and procedures, that's all self discipline. Usually the things we learn to practice self discipline in are the things we are rewarded with e.g. our job, going to the gym, saving money, making love. Depending on the person some of these rewards will be bigger and have more meaning than some of the others.
What good would self discipline have in your