Lessons in Discipline from Studying the Military

Do you need to join the

military to develop

self-discipline?

self-discipline

Even those who appreciated the discipline they encountered in the forces can struggle with being disciplined in Civvy Street.

You can develop your inner Sergeant Major for self-discipline, or you can be more gentle with yourself.

A gentler voice can work if it is: • firm • consistent • disciplined

Tough, more gentle or somewhere in between?

Or the tough taskmaster can be there for some, but not all hours of the day.

goals

Your goals are more obvious in a military environment.

Otherwise, you need to set your own goals.

In the army, they provide: • your goals • along with your uniform and your food • (most of your goals, anyway).

As a civilian, you have to do this for yourself. • It’s not so easy.

So you need to sit down and work out:

• where to direct your energies

• This could be the missing link between your disciplined military life and your more organic life.

It’s hard to throw your energies into ‘something’ when you don’t know what that something is.

Spend some time working out

what you want to get done

and then set your inner

disciplinarian onto this task.

The best way is to: • set big long-term goals • then break them down into

smaller units of time, like a day.

If that’s too hard at first, just work out a useful way to spend several hours of your day and set to work on that.

DECISION

In civilian life, productivity is a decision.

We either make that decision:

• once, remember the decision, and stick with it.

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In civilian life, productivity is a decision.

We either make that decision:

• once, remember the decision, and stick with it.

or… • keep having to make the decision over

and over, and run the risk of deciding to procrastinate.

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In civilian life, productivity is a decision.

• Did you notice procrastination is also a decision.

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In civilian life, productivity is a decision.

• Did you notice procrastination is also a decision.

• Decide to be productive and effective and stick to that decision. It’s easier and works better. This is a lot easier to do when you have worked out what to be productive ON – in other words, you have goals or a program mapped out to work on.

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In civilian life, productivity is a decision.

We either make that decision:

• once, remember the decision, and stick with it.

or… • keep having to make the decision over

and over, and run the risk of deciding to procrastinate.

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COMMITTMENT

COMMITTMENT

Too many decisions can lead to decision fatigue, so it’s best to turn the decision into commitment and then get on with the doing of it.

DECISION

feeling

When you achieve something, it feels good.

Being disciplined can even feel good.

The trick when balancing the demands of the procrastinator within with the achiever within is:

DO YOU MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY NOW AND FRUSTRATED WITH YOURSELF AT THE END OF THE DAY?

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The trick when balancing the demands of the procrastinator within with the achiever within is:

DO YOU MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY NOW AND FRUSTRATED WITH YOURSELF AT THE END OF THE DAY?

or

DO YOU WORK FOR THE YOU THAT WILL FEEL SATISFIED AND HAPPY WITH YOURSELF AT THE END OF THE DAY/WEEK/MONTH/YEAR?

There is another way to approach this topic in this article How to Vanquish Procrastination

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