Discipline Let’s take a step forward to your dream By Mo2

Absolutely everything we do in life has something to do with discipline. We need discipline to bring food to the table, we need discipline to speak in an orderly manner, and we need discipline to just do what it takes to survive. The definition of discipline I will use for the purpose of this article will be, “activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill” (from dictionary.com).

Discipline can also include punishing oneself in order to learn. “Punishing” is a harsh word, but if you take a step back and look at what you go through everyday, it might be just that. I don’t think I’m someone that is strong enough to be “disciplined” enough to do exactly as I say. Therefore, this article is almost a reminder for myself as it is advice for others. Those that know me can direct me back to this article when I do something out of line.

Discipline to Set Goals
Everyone has goals and dreams that they hope to meet or attain “one day.” But how many of have actually spent the time to write it down or think the process through of getting to that goal line? I have dreams, dreams that some would laugh at, but that’s what dreams should be. Something that seems utterly impossible yet seems like something that you can grab a hold of one day. Setting goals is the first giant step to reaching what you are striving for. By writing it down, you have now committed a part of your life into what you dream of.

Discipline to Work Hard
As I’ve said before in other articles. I think I’m one of the laziest people on the face of this Earth (actually I think my recent ranking has risen in the Universe as well). Writing down the goal is one thing, but to actually spend countless hours on attaining that dream is on a whole different level. Sometimes you won’t be rewarded for the hard work you put in. You could be doing something for years without any recognition or sense of accomplishment. But all that shouldn’t matter, if it’s your dream, then that in itself should be worth striving for.

Discipline to Be Consistent
I’m a guitarist and I have been playing for over 5 years. I’m not a Jimi Hendrix but I’m proud to say that I can play a few tunes now. That didn’t come from listening to Hendrix once in a while or picking up the guitar to polish it every blue moon, it came from endless hours of guitar playing. However, just putting in 23 hours a day every 4 months isn’t good enough. More than one amazing guitarist told me, the key is to simply pick up your guitar everyday. You don’t even have to play it, just pick it up. By doing that you’ve committed that part of your day to at least “thinking” about the guitar.

Discipline to Learn From Your Mistakes
We all make mistakes. I don’t care what you do, we all screw up. The important thing is that we pick ourselves up and take another crack at it. The only different thing is, you’ve made one mistake now and hopefully you’ll be able to avoid it the next time. When something goes wrong it’s really easy to feel down and out but what can separate you from the rest will be how you deal with such situations. If you make a mistake write it down! Why on Earth did you do that? What can you do to avoid the next time?

Discipline to Review and Reassess
Whether if things are going well or horrible, you need to take a step back sometimes and see what the situation is. Are you doing well? Going in circles? Or have you discovered that you’re actually a Darth Vader wannabe? Whatever the situation (issue) is, it’s really important to think about what you originally set out to do. And that’s where having written down your original goal helps. During the course of your long journey to whatever end, you’ll change your mind, have new discoveries, and might want to stop. But if you look at what you were originally thinking, it can blow all of that away and put you back on the path of where you were originally intending to go.

Discipline to Always Be Humble
With time you’ll begin to realize how good you really are at something. Sure you might not be the best, but even if you are, don’t get too cocky. When you think you’re the best, that’s it! You’re done. You’ve reached your limit and now you’re vulnerable to being ousted by someone else. Always be humble with what you do and don’t always think about yourself. The place we live currently happens to have over 6 billion people you know.

Discipline to Be Yourself
There is one you. And every one of us can make our difference. Whatever it is that you do, strive to be the best at it. Unfortunately there are many that just don’t know what they’re doing and distract or annoy other because of that. But if you can understand who you are and have the discipline to be yourself, then you can make the world a better place. There are over 6 billion people on this planet and that’s the greatest reason why you need to understand why you’re here. Do something that will make your mark in a positive direction, not just for you, but also for everyone. If everyone around you is happy, then surely you will be too.

 

Mo2 Thinks
Discipline is a strong word. It’s only one word yet it can determine where we go in life. Having disciple once in a while isn’t too hard but to be on top of everything is nearly impossible and I guess trying to be perfect in that sense would be futile. Having said that, if we could reach such a state then I guess we would all be doing something meaningful.

I’ve set my goals by writing them down. I’ve worked hard at what I do and have had plenty of mistakes and problems that I could write another 100 articles about. Instead of complaining about what happened I try to look to see what solution could be viable. Having said that, I’ve had a few devastating blows that have nearly crippled me at least mentally and I’m finally in the recovery stages as I write this article. This article might be exactly what I needed to put me back in place.

After doing my reviewing and reassessing of what my dreams are (yes I’ve actually spent some solid hours the past couple of weeks doing this) I’m ready to take the next step. I know there’ll be hiccups along the way but I also know that there is always light at the end of the tunnel. It really does take a lot of work to be disciplined but if we can learn to be disciplined consistently then it’ll truly be worth it in the end. I hope everyone that reads this article will agree.

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