When people in the personal growth movement talk about visualization, they often mean visualizing that you have effortlessly achieved your goal and are enjoying the end result, as inspired by the “law of attraction” concept. This is not what I mean by visualization. For the sake of overcoming excuses, resistance, failures, and other challenges on …
An excuse is something you use to justify making an exception to your commitment, skipping your habit, or doing something that will take you away from your goals. It is rationalizing your impulses so you don’t feel bad about acting on them. Excuses are thoughts, so they can be tackled by changing the way you …
An excuse is something you tell yourself to justify making an exception to your commitment, skipping your habit, or doing something you know will take you away from your goals. It is rationalizing your emotional impulses so that you don’t feel bad about acting on them. One of the most common excuses I hear from …
A person either buys his dream by surrendering his excuses or he buys his excuses by surrendering his dream. —Orrin Woodward An excuse is something you tell yourself to justify an exception to a commitment. It is rationalizing your emotional impulses so that you don’t feel bad about acting on them. Find a procrastinator, and …
A commitment device is a deliberate choice that you make today to restrict your options of tomorrow, with the intention of helping your future self to practice self-control and stay on track with your goals. It is designed to create a buffer against your future urges and environmental pressures. The classical example of a commitment …
We all know how to procrastinate, but we usually procrastinate the wrong things—putting off what is meaningful but uncomfortable. Procrastinating distraction uses this ability for good, putting off things that are comforting but trivial or distracting. The method is simple: when there is an urge to indulge in a distraction, procrastinate it. Keep focused on …
The first method is to go on a dopamine detox: a period in your life where you avoid all junk dopamine and cultivate presence, contentment and focused work. You basically go into monk mode on all distractions and temptations. It’s a true-life reset! Consider this your initiation ritual into Mindful Self-Discipline. During the Monk Week …
The secret to success is learning how to use pain and pleasure, instead of having pain and pleasure use you. —Anthony Robbins A good life has space for aspiration and pleasure—and this is what Mindful Self-Discipline is about. It is balanced. This balance is achieved by prioritizing your long-term goals, while leaving space for short-term …
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. —Thomas Jefferson Contrary to popular belief, dopamine is not the “pleasure” chemical; it is the arousal chemical. Your brain releases dopamine whenever it recognizes a reward opportunity, either real or imagined. Dopamine creates alertness, craving, and arousal, motivating …
When you are habitually distracted with instant gratification and trivial things, you eventually become indifferent toward your goals. You are satisfying the human need for fulfillment and purpose through small pleasures that promise you both, deliver neither, yet keep you addicted for more. Mindful Self-Discipline aims to break this vicious cycle and deliver you happiness …
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