Doing Something That We Don't Like
AKA discipline, this concept is hard for everyone but there are some things that are commonly forgotten or misinterpreted in it's application :
- There is no debate for the things that you dislike to do and that are detrimental to you (just don't do them)
- Discipline is temporary, it's just the step that follows motivation and that precedes habit
- We need discipline at first because the thing we try to stick to is hard but with time it becomes easier and we all love easy things (it's like in a game : no one likes to loose but you have to loose multiple times to taste the pleasure of winning
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These are personal thoughts that were inspired by reading The One Thing from Gary Keller so please enjoy and feel free to comment, I would love to hear your opinion on them😁
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