Dr. John A. King argues discipline is a decision, not a feeling. Pick a few non-negotiable commitments—going to the gym, writing, launching a business, staying married—and stick to them. Motivation changes. Decisions don't.
At those points, you need to have made the decision already to get it done. You don't go to the gym based upon yesterday's decision. You go to the gym today based upon today's discipline. And there's a big difference between discipline and motivation. Motivation is emotional. Discipline is decisional. It doesn't matter what it is in life— writing a book, starting a business, starting a family. Staying happily married. Those are all very decisional discipline things. So I encourage you on your journey with what you're doing is decide what decisions you're going to make. And I wouldn't suggest you make a whole bunch.
