Developing Discipline

>>42015140
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/02/how-to-be-a-stoic/

about to do 1 rep of this guy's morning routine before sitting down to do work proper

starts at "I begin the day by retreating in a quiet corner of my apartment to meditate"

For me it's absolutely a case of learning it. No one just wakes up one day with the ability to never miss workouts and shit over a period of months. Every time you crack, you get back at it again with renewed vigour. It takes time.

do the thing every day at same hour.

if you are lucky it will take 8 days to become habit. if you are unlucky it will take 21. after it becomes habit, it's just cruise control, like brushing teeth.

>>42015140
I saw a post on this board earlier on this topic but I can't find it so I gonna paraphrase.

You know how in some movies you see the main character have a little devil and a little angel on his shoulder? Every time you need discipline, imagine that but instead of an angel and a devil, imagine a strict Asian parent on each shoulder

>Eat cake? You want get fat?
>115lbs? Your brother press that when he 12 years old!
>You swole yet? Then why you resting?
>You never become doctor with that attitude!

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>>42015140

>>42015140
Cold showers
NoFap
NoPorn

>>42015140
Set your alarm on the other side of your room from your bed. I started doing this so I have to physically get up to turn it off

>>42015166
Looks like hippie bullshit tbqh family
>>42017487
This

>>42015140
>How do you develop discipline?
By reminding yourself that true courage is not the absence of fear, but doing what you know is right in spite of it.

By using your intellect to override your emotions, and getting your ass to the gym (or onto the trail, or on the bike, or whatever your chosen self-torture is) even when you don't feel like it, to get done what you need to get done.

By sticking with The Plan, especially when it gets difficult, and you know a lesser person would quit.

>>42017022
I already have asian parents and I fucking hate them, no thanks anon

>>42015140
>How to train discipline
Put yourself in a situation where you MUST do the things you want to.
Want to start cooking regularly ? Don't have microwaveable food available or things to snack on. Black list fastfood joints.
After a few weeks you won't think of it as much as a chore. It'll become an habit.
This is a pretty great thing as well >>42017487
Don't tempt your will power for the sake of it. You WILL fail. Discipline is mainly about organization and routine. Not a test of willpower.
Can't get off the internet ? Put a timer on your router for it to stop when you want to go to sleep earlier/go to the gym.
Can't stop buying calorie dense food or alcohol at the store ? Take change instead of your credit card, and just the right amount for what you NEED.

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>>42015140

>What can I do to develop discipline from a position of having no discipline currently?

Start listening to the Jocko podcast, honestly

>>42017239
Fuck Off redditboy

>>42018486
how ironic

>>42015140
>>42017022
>>42018222
>>42018419
Besides what these great anons said, you also have to learn to not be influenced by your brain.
What I mean from this is that, don't let your "pleasures" dictate what you do, for example, when you are drinking water and have a soda right in from of you, your brain might come up with "Hey, just one drink, it can't hurt", that's the kind of stuff you have to ignore, not only with drinking water, but for everything that you are invested in.
I started building self-discipline by doing small things, like drinking water and cleaning the house, then by being able to wake up when the alarm goes off.

If you can't still get out of bed when the alarm goes off, you should try "Alarmy", it's an android app that makes you take a picture of something, scan a certain barcode in your house or do a small math exercise just to make the phone stop ringing. I still use it.