Self-control and discipline are not synonyms and they’re not two sides of the same coin. Instead, self-control and discipline impact your life in completely different ways. In fact, self-control is more important than discipline when it comes time to maintaining success. I caveat this with the statement “maintaining success” because maintaining success requires a different […]
Trying to learn how to build discipline when you aren’t disciplined is not the catch 22 it sounds like. Although instinctively your gut tells you that discipline is a character trait people are born with, it’s not. Discipline is a skill, and people are not born with skills. So, just like you don’t need to […]
It’s common for people to misinterpret what it means to have discipline. Believing discipline is a personality trait is a mistake. To understand why, first you must understand the difference between a personality trait and a personality state. Personality traits are those more permanent aspects of our personality that endure over time. On the other […]