James LimExecution & Direction Coach for Ambitious Overthinkers

how to build your discipline the RIGHT WAY

Name: how to build your discipline the RIGHT WAY
Uploaded: 2022-03-23T23:41:32+00:00
Duration: 21 s
Channel: James Lim
Description: Short YouTube monologue (by James Lim) arguing that many people try to build discipline by setting expectations beyond their current capability, which…

23 Mar 2022 · 0 min

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Short YouTube monologue (by James Lim) arguing that many people try to build discipline by setting expectations beyond their current capability, which causes burnout. Recommends treating discipline like a muscle: choose achievable tasks that represent progress, build consistency, and progressively increase demands.

Most people try to build discipline in a way that's doomed to fail. And the more you do it, the worse you get. You become less productive and more exhausted each time you try. The first mistake is appropriate task selection. Discipline is like a muscle and needs to be trained progressively. The error is you set expectations that are way beyond the limit of your current capability. Instead, select the task that represents progress but you know you can still do and build consistency with that.