Self-discipline and Personal Growth
Many people use relationships and their partner to patch up areas in their life which they should be fixing themselves. Self-improvement helps a person to become more balanced and less needy and hence able to choose a partner based on desire as opposed to need. But what are the critical factors in self-improvement?
Over time I have come to identify one particular area which seems very neglected in today’s popular psychology craze; this is self-disciple. Without the technique to control ourselves when we need to do work, we lose a lot of our potential and ability to make life more successful and consequently more fulfilling and easy. With self-discipline we can learn that new language, stick to the exercise regime, maintain a healthy attitude to those around us, finish that important project and make better use of our time. Without self-discipline, we sit around worrying about finishing the work and getting stressed, not learning the new language, not exercising regularly, taking our frustration out on other people, etc. There is a massive difference in the quality of life between those who know how to make an ambitious life plan and stick to it and those who only dream.
The choice is yours. We all know we need to be more disciplined, but few of us really take it seriously enough to try and tackle it once and for all. Yet if we do it right, self-control and the world are at our feet. Life improves when we plan our future and make the goals happen, as opposed to being a spectator in your own life and watching your dreams disappear, one after another.