Self-Control is More Important than Discipline When Maintaining Success

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 […]

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How to Build Discipline When You Are Not Disciplined

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 […]

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Understanding Why Discipline is a Mental Skill Not a Personality Trait

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 […]

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