self discipline

Self-Esteem and

self-discipline

Index

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Why is Discipline Important?

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Definition of Discipline

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How do I get it, and keep it?

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Delayed Gratification

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A Take Home Message

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Why is Self Discipline Important?

“I can’t always control my thoughts but I can choose how I respond to them.”

The ability to control one’s feelings and overcome one’s weaknesses; the ability to pursue what one thinks is right despite temptations to abandon it. -Oxford University Press (2020)

Self-discipline is important because it can help you control your thoughts and actions. With self-discipline in life, you can make better decisions, and stick to them, even in the face of setbacks. Self-discipline allows you to be the master of your life.

-David Cuschieri

The Meaning of Self Discipline

The control self-discipline gives you will boost your self-esteem and confidence, which will help you overcome your weaknesses and improve your self-motivation. In this way, you will be able to focus your determination on achieving your goals.

The Relationship Between SELF-DISCIPLINE and Self Esteem

There is a direct relationship between self-discipline and self-esteem.

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VALUE

The more you discipline yourself the greater is your sense of self-respect and personal pride.

The more you practice self-mastery and self-control the more you like and value your self.

self-image

The more you practice self-discipline the better your self-image. You see yourself and think about yourself in a more positive way. You feel happier and more powerful as a person.

What is discipline?

What is discipline?

• Doing the things you don’t want to do.
• Doing something that needs to be done whether you want to or not.
• It means you must set things to do daily and you have to do them!
• Someone who sticks with it and keeps going for it regardless of what obstacles lie before them.
• Sticking to your commitments is what keeps you on track with your goals.

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How do I get it, and keep it?

Hang around with others who are disciplined and become like them.

Make discipline a priority. It will become part of your life.

Do it until you see results. The results will propel you to continue.

Take away the options. Be focused on your specific goals

Start small. Pick one area that you could improve in. Be better at it using your self-discipline.

Keep your goals in front of you. Review them and update them.

Do it for the next 6 days then add another small discipline, and then after time add another, and so on.

Affirmations

Self-discipline affirmations can help you stick with your plans and execute your goals. That’s because they prepare your mind to think positively about the tasks you want to carry out. As well as increase your confidence that you can do those things

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Delayed Gratification

One of the easiest ways to begin exercising your delay muscles is by practicing mindfulness to undo “autopilot” thinking.The more aware we become of our automatic behavioral reactions to impulses, the better prepared we are to delay those impulses. Interrupting the default mode does require more energy and can be uncomfortable at first. It can, however, make us more mindful of our behavior and reactions.

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Delayed Gratification

Monitor your distractions first.

Eliminate objects of temptation.

Another way to bolster a lower strength is by using it in a new way every day. This will likely feel inauthentic and difficult at first, but it can have long-term rewards. Here are some steps to build a lower strength, like self-regulation: Choose the strength you’d like to build. Create a visual cue. Make the strength’s use part of daily routine. Give yourself a reward when you successfully use it.

Phone, TV, and the internet may be a good place to start. You can install apps to monitor your usage and see how you’re really spending your time.

It’s much easier to avoid junk food when it isn’t in our homes.

The next time something upsets you, try to control your emotions.

Focus on the choices that you have in handling the situation. When emotions are more easily digestible, it can be easier to make clear decisions in real-time.

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Here are a few activities that can serve as practice for adults and children:

Tracking and journaling

Goal Setting

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Model Behaviour

Wish lists

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How to Practice Delayed Gratification in Daily Life

De-emphasis of rewards

Avoidance

Positive Distraction

Avoidance is a practice that successful gratification delayers employ.

De-emphasis of rewards is another area to grow a delayed gratification practice.

Creating opportunities for play where positive distraction pulls someone away from the urge to act on impulse is helpful.

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Delayed Gratification

The Economics Behind Instant and Delayed Gratification Explained in One Minute: Consuming vs. Saving

A Take Home Message

The ability to delay gratification can be lifesaving. Epidemic levels of obesity, drug and alcohol misuse, and financial scarcity are important reasons to begin to change how we approach our impulsivity. More people learning how to see long-term goals as beneficial over the desires of instant gratification can help contribute to a healthier and happier world

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