Why We Struggle With Self-Discipline?
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We Like Instant Gratification
Self-discipline is the ability to make healthy and productive choices, fight against temptations and instant gratification, and act in your best interests. It pushes you toward actions that breed success-like consistently working hard. But humans have a natural tendency to opt for instant gratification over hard work and long-term rewards.
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We Crave Consistency
Humans naturally resist change and crave consistency. This tendency impedes self-discipline by stopping us from taking uncomfortable new steps that trigger improvement.
In the book 'The Mountain Is You', Brianna Wiest explains that we resist change because we're hardwired to maintain homeostasis-a balance of chemicals and hormones in our bodies.
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We Overestimate Our Skills
People who are bad at self-discipline are more likely to overestimate their ability and thus neglect practicing it. But self-discipline is a skill you must regularly practice to be good at. To avoid overestimating yourself, seek out feedback: You'll receive constructive criticism that will help you improve your abilities.
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We Procrastinate
Regular procrastination weakens your ability to resist temptation and make productive choices to self-discipline.
To resist procrastination:
- Start on a task as soon as possible after deciding to do it.
- Start on a task once you're 70% sure you'll succeed instead of waiting to be 100% sure, since that's unattainable.
Must Read: 7 Reasons You Might be Procrastinating & How to Solve It.
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We Set Unrealistic Expectations
We often underestimate the time and effort it will take to reach our goals. As such, we don't put in enough work-and our inevitable failure discourages us from continuing to work toward our goals in the future, crippling our self-discipline. So you must set realistic expectations when pursuing goals.
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