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The New Edge of Soft Discipline
Discipline channels our energy into purposeful, constructive action; a lack of discipline diffuses our energy into destructive outlets — and what we destroy the easiest and most often is ourselves.
Charlie Gilkey • Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done
✨ Wellness Wisdom vol.31: a mental model for habits & self-actualization
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To me, discipline is the ongoing commitment to pursuing a goal, independent of fluctuating motivation levels, by consistently exercising self-control, delayed gratification and perseverance.
Steven Bartlett • The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

And if, like me, you possess the productivity geek’s natural inclination toward control-freakery when it comes to your time, you can experiment with what it feels like to not try to exert an iron grip on your timetable: to sometimes let the rhythms of family life and friendships and collective action take precedence over your perfect morning routin
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