Use Discipline As a Tool to Build Self-Respect

I do believe that rest and recovery and regeneration are deeply essential. I’ve written a lot about this “cycling” in my book The Everyday Hero Manifesto if you’d like to go deeper. Yet, to lead a soaring life one must also be productive. Getting big and meaningful projects done gives you the feeling of satisfaction. And that you’re leveraging your life well.

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Anything great you will ever do in your life is hard. Let me ask you right now in this moment, I am blessed to share with you. When you get up in the morning, is it all around the path of least resistance? Is it all about pleasure? Is it all about fun? Is it all about, are you a master of easy or? Are you doing what the very few do on the planet today? As you know, one of my core brain tattoos is to have the results 95 % of the population do not have. You've got to commit to doing what only 5 % of the population are willing to do. How do you build self-respect? It's by doing difficult things. When you say, I'd like to watch a video in the evening or my favorite TV show, but tonight I commit to spending time with my child who wants my attention and who needs me, you grow in self-respect. When you say, I'm not gonna coast through my day, today I'm gonna do something that's gonna give me a micro win so my work and my crafts gets a little better, you grow in self-respect. If each day you do difficult things and make these daily optimizations each day through the doing of micro difficulties, you build greater self-respect. And as you build greater self-respect, you fall in love with yourself. It's a great way to build self-love. mean, one of the tactics to remember is how do you grow self-love? You consistently make and then keep self-promises.