How to Be More Disciplined in Every Aspect of Life

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On today's session, we're going to be covering how to be more disciplined in every aspect of life. So I know that many of you who are hopping on are definitely gonna get a lot of value from this and. Let's be honest with each other. Like we could all use a lot more discipline. I know I'm most certainly guilty of having those moments where I'm a bit distracted. I'm not as disciplined as I know that I can be. And I think that we could all relate to that. We have people who've been tuning into the Breakfast club now for many years. I actually started this phenomenal community about a decade ago, and we used to actually meet in person. So I was living in The Bahamas at the time. When we first started the Breakfast Club and we would meet together in person at a coffee shop, and then it got so big where we were meeting at in a food court in a mall, just, and we'd cover all kinds of things centered around personal development. And those were our humble beginnings. And eventually it grew so big to the point where it just made sense to hop on online. And it's just been such a joy serving this amazing community for so many years now. And if you guys don't mind drop a, comment, share tag. You can subscribe. The Breakfast Club is streamed on multiple platforms, so you can hop on via Facebook, Instagram, YouTube on the podcast. We have tons of recordings of the Breakfast Club as well. So hop over to the Journey podcast with Josh Valentine, and you can definitely find tons of amazing episodes in the past, as well as a lot of phenomenal interviews that I've had over the years. So let's jump into it. As I mentioned, today's session is going to be on how to be more disciplined in every aspect of life. So before we get kickstarted. With that, I just wanted to share some life hacks and fun facts with you all. If you're new to the Breakfast Club, typically the first 20 to 30 minutes we're covering different life hacks and fun facts around personal development. And then we jump into the meat and potatoes of today's session. So let's jump into it. The very first fun fact that we have is studies show that people waste over two hours a day on distractions, mostly digital. That's 30 full days a year, lost to impulses. So think about that for a second. Almost two hours a day just on distractions. But it's not just the two hours a day, it's the one month for the year that you dedicated just to distractions. It's crazy when you look at it from the broader lens, like to spend an entire month on distractions for the year. That's a long time, and I know that I've been guilty of this myself, and you guys hear me mention all the time that one of the things that I oftentimes do is I'll delete my social media apps on my phone multiple times throughout the day, especially when I catch myself doom scrolling, because think about it, if you're spending all that time. Doom scroll, scrolling through social media, and you're like giving away your dopamine. And the more time that you invest in that, the less time that you have to put into the things that truly matter. So for those of you who are working on being more disciplined, being more consistent, definitely start with your distractions. What is grabbing at your attention? Next, we have. Fun. Fact number two, the average person makes over 35,000 decisions per day. Discipline isn't about making more decisions. It's about making fewer by automating habits. So think about that. One of the things that people when they refer to me, one of the things that I would say is probably one of my greatest compliments, is my consistency and my discipline over the years. So I, I was just talking with a really good friend of mine yesterday, and he had referenced how I've been doing the Breakfast Club for so many years, and discipline and consistency is such a valuable asset, especially for those of you who want to thrive in entrepreneurship. Understand that when it comes to discipline and consistency, there are a lot of people that will want to do business with you because of your track record of discipline and consistency. When I launched my company, dream Nation Media, I had reached out to a lot of people that I had done life with over the years, people who have known me for many years. And the one thing that gave them the reassurance to invest in what I had going on was the fact that. I just simply show up week after week. And it's not necessarily something that's an inherent gift or talent per se, it's just I had a really great way of eliminating distractions and I also cultivated really great habits early on in my journey. So it's the habits, it's the systems. It's eliminating distractions. It's not this inherent ability of discipline. You have to analyze your way of being in terms of the way you go about life, the way you cultivate habits and what habits are pretty much serving you and not serving you throughout your life. And yeah, it's something that you always wanna be mindful of, right? 35,000 decisions per day. That's a lot of decisions that you have to make. So the way that you filter, right? The good decisions versus the bad, or you minimize the bad and increase the good is by having really great habits. Fun fact number three is your brain uses up to 20% of your daily energy, and most of that is spent resisting impulses. That's why disciplined people rely on structure, not willpower. So think about that. Think about how many moments throughout the day you're just resisting impulses, not even navigating through decisions per se. It is just navigating through the impulses that you have. And that may very well be social media, that may be eating certain foods or hanging out in certain environments, but it, a lot of it comes down to how you navigate through those impulses that you have throughout the course of the day. So I have a few life hacks for you. The very first one, and I've shared this before on the breakfast club, is the two minute rule. So basically the two minute rule is this. If it takes less than two minutes, do it immediately. If it takes less than two minutes, do it immediately. How many things right, are just as simple as getting done in, in, in two minutes, right? So for example, you may have to do something like taking out the trash and you've been procrastinating on taking out the trash. Taking out the trash really doesn't take very long. You could just go and take the two or three minutes even for me, like changing out my cat litter, I got like the bougie cat litter where I it's like this machine that kind of rotates around and it filters through the cat litter, and then there's a bag there that catches the cat litter. And all I have to do is just replace that bag. Doesn't take very long to clean out my cat litter, however. Sometimes just even those two minutes that it takes to do that little thing, it can just weigh on your mind and you end up just not doing it right. But there's so many things like that in life that don't take very long. It's like taking your laundry and putting it in the wash machine. For me, just the process of bringing down the load of laundry and my home has three different levels, so it's a bit of a walk from the third level to the first level to do laundry. However for me, it's like I always have to catch myself. These tasks don't take very long. It's literally about two minutes. So the beautiful thing about doing those smaller tasks is that when you do them, you generate momentum. That's really the idea, doing the small things the things that are very mundane or monotonous and getting really good at doing the small things and then building up the momentum so that you can take on the larger things for the day. So next up we have, let's see here, the phone trick. This is another great life hack. So basically the phone trick works like this. If you put your phone in a different room while working, this can increase focus by up to 400% according to productivity studies. Think about that. Imagine if you were 400% more productive throughout the course of the day. How much more can you get done if you were 400% more productive? A lot more, and I know I've done this. There, there have been moments where, you know, and it's interesting because we live in such a day and age where we're so glued to our phone, it's almost. Your phone is another limb. You we all depend on our phone these days, and I don't know when was the last time you guys have tried this, but I know I had recently tried this probably about two months ago where I just went an entire day without my phone and I just like unplugged from my phone for the entire day. And keep in mind I don't just work a traditional nine to five or anything like that. Like I, I run multiple businesses, lead communities of thousands of people. Every single week. I have thousands of messages that flood my inbox every single month, thousands. And for me to leave my phone for an entire day it's, it feels super weird. And my recommendation for those of you who just need a reset, for those of you who need to get locked in on a specific goal or specific task, just give it a shot. Put your phone away, put it in a drawer somewhere hidden underneath a bunch of clothes where you don't see your phone, put it on do not disturb, and just go an entire day focusing on something that you really need to get done. And I can assure you if you do this it will help you with whatever it is that you're working on. So really great phone hack or a really great productivity hack, I should say. The next life hack we have is the environmental lock-in. And the way the environmental lock-in works is you're essentially engineering your environment. So you're, you make your environment support discipline, so you wanna lay out, for example, the gym clothes. That way you're not looking for what to wear this morning, I'm like. Spending probably an extra five minutes just looking for what to wear, because sometimes you have to iron your clothes and do this, and it just takes away from your time in the morning. So laying out your gym clothes in advance, that could be your two minute rule, right? It doesn't take very long. You could dedicate those two minutes the night before just getting your gym clothes ready. Another thing is keeping water at your desk. So maybe if you haven't been as hydrated throughout the course of the day. For me, I keep a big half a gallon jug that I walk around with pretty much all throughout the course of the day that reminds me to stay hydrated. Or it's just simply deleting apps that constantly distract you or temp you. So that's a big part of it as well. For me I'm super, super big on just deleting apps. If it's grabbing your attention, because that's a lot of time, think about that. If the average person is spending about two hours a day on social media, just doom scrolling. What can you do with an extra two hours a day? Think about how much more time you can dedicate towards things that actually bring you more happiness, like exercise, meditation, going out for a walk in nature, writing, journaling, all kinds of things. Reading a new book, learning something new. That's a lot of time that we dedicate to, again, things that distract us. Okay, so really great life hack. And then last but not least, we have identity pairing. Identity pairing. And basically the way identity pairing works is you don't focus on the task. You focus on the type of person who does that task. So for example, it's the idea of I'm not the type of person who doesn't miss workouts. You're focusing more on that characteristic, that type of person than you are that specific task. I always talk about this all the time, for me, it's not very hard getting in the gym. Reason is because it's such a part of my identity. And you'll hear me talk a lot about just how identity influences discipline in, in so many ways. Because once you identify as someone who, let's just say is a fit person, or someone who is a go-getter, someone who's a hustler, someone who's just dedicated, that identity actually helps you with your discipline. You don't really have to think about the gym because now it goes from, let's just say, being consciously unconscious right? Or consciously conscious. There, there's these ideas in psychology where you have to go from, let's just say, being consciously conscious or consciously unconscious. To unconsciously competent, really, that's what I'm getting at. You wanna get to the point in your life where you're unconsciously competent. Now, you may have been, let's just say, unconsciously incompetent for a long period of time, and you're not really thinking about your day-to-day actions, and you're just going with emotions. But when it comes to being disciplined, once you develop these things as rituals in your life you start to become unconsciously competent. And that's really the goal where you don't even have to think about it. It's like driving. You don't have to think about driving. You just drive. It's something that comes natural to you. Think about it. Are you making a plan for every single turn you're gonna make? Or you're really calculating and putting together this, that most people these days are literally on their phones while driving. It's crazy. I look over to my right, I look over to my left, and you'll see people just on their phones and chances are. They're probably doom scrolling on their social media. So a lot of people don't have to think about driving. They just drive it. It's second nature. And that's what the gym has to be for you. That's what doing your work has to be for you and pretty much every aspect of your life where you don't have to really think much about it. I remember years ago there was on social media, they were talking about why people like Mark Zuckerberg, these billionaires, you oftentimes see them wearing the same clothes and Mark Zuckerberg for many years. You'll just see him in a hoodie or a black shirt, or even Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs most of the time you would see him, he'd be in like a black turtleneck or something like that, and the logic was. The less time that they have to spend thinking about what they have to wear for the day, the more time that they have to be productive throughout the day and run a billion dollar company. When was the last time you thought about it like that? Most people are just spending a long period of time just figuring out what to wear. Whereas you have billionaires who are out there who are just grabbing the next black t-shirt in their closet and putting it on and going about their day. So the idea is to eliminate how many decisions you have to make throughout the course of the day and put things in place, whether it's having your clothes out in advance or having your meals out in advance. All of this stuff most certainly helps you optimize your day. Now we have a few more shares before we jump into today's topic, and the very next share is become a transition person. So you wanna think through the negative patterns that might have been passed on to you. It could be a bad habit, negative attitude, et cetera, et cetera. I know one thing that I've noticed about me whenever I subscribe to a certain. Piece of content online, or if I'm listening to a specific mentor I've noticed that whatever it is that I'm subscribing to, oftentimes it influence a, it influences a lot of my thinking. So you always wanna be mindful at who you're tuning into. If you're tuning into someone that, that has a very pessimistic outlook on life, someone who's a negative Nancy or Johnny Raincloud type of person. Those conversations that you have with them, it does have an influence on your thinking. So that's why you oftentimes hear in the world of personal development, garbage and garbage out. Same works on the opposite side of the spectrum, greatness and greatness out. So always be mindful at who you're subscribing to, what you're listening to, and the fact that the people that you're subscribing to do have an influence on your thinking. Next is, how are those things affecting you? I mention this all the time. I remember hearing this from a mentor of mine. Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future. How are your friends affecting you? Who are you becoming as a result of the environments that you hang around? Who are you becoming in the process? Also, do something today to break that pattern. So that might be, again, loving your family at a distance or having limited association to people who are negative. It may be just avoiding certain news. Maybe you're tuning into the news and the news is making just, or just talking about a lot of negativity. If you're watching every single homicide that happened throughout the course of the week, yes, it's gonna affect your mood. It's gonna affect the quality of your thoughts. So what are some certain patterns that are leading to the way that you feel and the quality of your thoughts throughout the day? Ask yourself, who has been a transition person for me? What influence did they have on my life? A transition person breaks unhealthy, abusive, or ineffective behavior and passes on habits that strengthen and build character. So this is why it is important to surround yourself around people who ultimately have what you want out of life, right? It's the idea that of law of association, right? You hang around nine broke people, you're bound to be the 10th. You hang around nine unhealthy people, you're bound to be the 10th. You hang around nine toxic people, you're bound to be the 10th. There's just no getting around this. And if you don't believe that, just look at the people in your life. You're probably the average of, let's just say what they make income wise. If for example, you're making$50,000 a year, you're probably not around a bunch of millionaires and vice versa, a lot of millionaires are probably not hanging around people who are making 30,$40,000 for the year. Or if, let's just say you're around people who are very spiritually rooted, then that's definitely gonna have a direct effect on your own spirituality. So this applies to every aspect of your life, and that's why it's important to really analyze the people that you spend the most time with. Here's a really great quote by Stephen Covey. You are influenced by your genes, by your upbringing and by your environment, but you are not determined by them. Very important to understand. So just because your environment you were born in a certain family b born in a certain environment, or maybe you have a certain genetic makeup. You're not necessarily just confined to that. You can change that. You can make a change in your life. All right, next, we have a share from The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, one of my favorite books on stoic philosophy. If you follow my work, you know a lot of what I teach on is stoic philosophy. So here we go, when to stick and when to quit. Think of those who think of those who, not by fault of inconsistency, but by lack of effort are too unstable to live as they wish, but only live as they have begun. And that's by Seneca on Tranquility of Mind. In the dip, Seth Godin draws an interesting analogy from the three types of people in line at the supermarket. One gets in a short line and sticks to it no matter how slow it is or how much faster others seem to be going. Another changes lines repeatedly based on whatever he thinks might save a few seconds and a third switches only once. When it's clear her line is delayed and there is a clear alternative and then continues with her day, he's urging you to ask which type are you? Seneca's also advising us to be this third type. Just because you've begun down one path doesn't mean you are committed to it forever, especially if that path turns out to be flawed or impeded. At that same time. This is not an excuse to be flighty or incessantly, non-committal. It takes courage to decide to do things differently and to make a change as well as discipline and awareness to know that the notion of, oh, but this looks even better, is a temptation that cannot be endlessly indulged either. So my question to you is, which type of person are you? I know, I'm I definitely, I was at Costco yesterday doing a grocery order for the family. And those lines at Costco are no joke. And I, they have the self checkout as well. I don't know why. I'm not too fond of self checkout. And I'm one of those people. I like an actual human being to help me with my checkout process. But anyway, the reason why I mentioned that is because I'm definitely one of those people that are going to look for the shorter line. I'm not gonna just sit there and wait. It's like. How many times have you seen people, and this is like my analytical mind, and I'm sure some of you guys can relate to this, where you're going through a door and maybe you're exiting a building, right? Or exiting church or something like that. And everybody is being funneled into one door and it's a double door and for whatever reason, no one takes the initiative to open up the second door, even though it would help with everybody flowing out of the building. I'm that guy that's always gonna open up that second door. So I'm not sure how many people in the, on the Breakfast club can relate to that, but I most certainly am that person all the time. I'm going to find that extra line that can save me some time, or I'm going to open up that door that nobody is opening up. So next. Before we jump into today's topic, I wanted to make a quick announcement. So as a community, I am launching our very last challenge for 2025. So this is the very last challenge for the year, and I'm super, super excited because this challenge is gonna be different than anything that I've ever done in the past. Now, I'm not sure how many of you have done, let's say, like three day challenges or five day challenges. Many of I've hosted webinars over the years that you guys have come on for a few days. And this challenge that I'm launching is actually called a tiny challenge. The really cool thing about the tiny challenge is that rather than doing a challenge in a group setting, I'm actually going to be selecting a handful of people. Over the next two to three weeks that I'm going to be doing one-on-one coaching with for five straight days. So the reason why I'm launching this is because many of you have set new year resolutions earlier, early in the year, and you never followed through. Maybe there were certain goals that you never set. And keep in mind, the holidays are right around the corner. We have Thanksgiving coming up, we have Christmas coming up. Maybe you're listening to the replay of this and we're already past the holidays, but either way. Think about how much you can get done in a five day window. So these are five days back to back with me personally, right? And I'm gonna be select, I can't do this with everyone. I'm actually going to start creating opportunities throughout the year to be able to do these five day challenges with me. And I'm excited to embark on this next phase of my coaching journey because there are so many of you that could really benefit from that one-on-one attention and working with the coach for five straight days. Now, over the next year, there'll be o opportunities that I'll present to you guys for, like scholarships and things like that. But for those of you who have interests, maybe you're working on a specific project, maybe you've been behind on something that you've been working on, or you just wanna get momentum before the holidays roll around because you guys know a lot of people when the holidays roll around, they just don't do anything, right? You take a break, you slow down. But as a community over the years, we've always picked things up right before the new year. We're not waiting to New Year's Day to start setting New Year resolutions. For us as a community, we always start on those new year resolutions about a month in advance to build up that momentum. So for those of you who want to experience one-on-one with me, it's a challenge on whatever it is that you're working on. Five days all out, massive action. DM me now write the word coach. Maybe you feel like it's a little too late. DM me either way, because even if it's getting on a wait list for some time, let's just say in a couple of weeks, or maybe even later on next year. At least you're on the wait list. But I know that this is gonna go fast. This is my very first announcement about this, right? Not everybody's gonna be selected because again, I'm very limited on my availability. However what I may offer is the opportunity. Let's just say you guys really wanna be a part of the challenge, and you don't get the slot to work with me one-on-one disco around. I'm most likely gonna open up an opportunity for you to at least tune in to a one-on-one with someone over the course of five days. So maybe you're launching a business, maybe you're rebranding, working on social media, you wanna launch your career, coaching, consulting, speaking, maybe you wanna launch a podcast, and you get to sit in. On one of these, one-on-one sessions that I have the tiny challenge for five days straight and you get all the value. Okay? So my recommendation again for those of you who are working on something, this is a great opportunity. I've never hosted tiny challenges before like this, so I'm really excited to work with a lot of you guys on a one-on-one basis. And again, if you don't get around to it, disco around, no worries. There'll be more opportunities at throughout the course of the year next year. But yeah, just wanted to mention this. This is my first time bringing it up to the Breakfast Club, but DM me the word coach, whether you're hopping on live or you're listening to the replay. And I'll definitely send you some more information on how it works. Now let's jump into it. Today's session again, is on how to be more disciplined in every aspect of life. Now, one thing about discipline you have to understand is discipline is the real separator between dreamers and achievers. It's the bridge that gets you from where you are to where you wanna be. And I know discipline has played a crucial role in my life. And it's interesting I think that for me, I'm not sure how many of you can relate to this, but I personally have gotten a lot of discipline watching my stepfather growing up. And my question to you is how many of you, and drop a y in the comments, if this is the case for you, how many of you have become a disciplined person just by watching one of your parents, or two of your parents and their discipline? Anybody can relate to that. Drop a y in the comments. If that's you. If you're someone who you feel like a lot of your discipline simply has come from, maybe you had a single mom who just got up and got after it. Maybe you had a dad who was dedicated to his job. In my case, my stepfather, he would wake up every single morning for work with no alarm clock. He was one of those guys, didn't even need an alarm clock. He just always got up. And then on the weekends I would see him like cleaning up the house. And he was really good about that. Didn't cook, but he was always cleaning up on the weekends to help my mom out because there were a lot of us in, in, in our apartment. I attribute a lot of my discipline just watching another man take care of his family year after year, never even seeing him complain about work one day in his life. Like I, I never saw my stepfather complain about work. So it was it was very helpful for me to witness that as a child. And the reason why I wanted to bring that up is because many of you have children, many of you have young ones that are following in your footsteps and they are watching you. And a lot of your habits, a lot of your character, a lot of your way of being gets permeated and transferred into the next generation just by them observing you, right? So if you want your kids to grow up and be more disciplined, it's not enough just to tell them what to do, embody discipline. That way they have an example to follow. So the good thing is. Because of my stepfather's example, when I went off to college, I remember I went to a military college and initially I started out as what they would call a civilian, where I didn't participate in like the regimen of cadets program that they had there, where you had to dress up in the uniform, salute the flag, do ev daily inspections and all that. I didn't participate that in that. And I remember thinking to myself I would hear these guys jogging and guys and girls jogging in the morning, yelling while jogging at five in the morning while they were doing their personal training with a they'd have a squad leader or a platoon commander that was leading the charge. And I remember thinking to myself, there's no way in hell I'm gonna be doing that or. Be getting yelled at or just even being up that early, and this is New York, y'all. I went to college in New York and it was super cold and my campus was literally surrounded by water on a peninsula, so it was cold. And the thought of having to be that disciplined was just like, there's no way I'm gonna be getting yelled at five in the morning and be jogging out there. But I remember that there was a great opportunity for me to be able to travel around the world via our school ship, because I went to a like a school that specialized in shipping and merchant marines and stuff like that. So I, there was a great opportunity to travel all around the world and I really wanted to travel. Also another benefit was during that time I remember hearing. That over 85% of college grads weren't getting a job in their respective fields of study. And I remember thinking to myself, there ain't no way in hell I'm gonna spend all this time, all of this money, get a college degree and be working, making a minimum wage at this job, or working at, let's say Home Depot and I have a whole college degree and no shade for those who work at Home Depot. But if you're going to college investing tens of thousands of dollars a year, you're probably not gonna want to work somewhere that's paying less than 40 KA year. So the reason why I bring that up is because I had this great opportunity to have a guaranteed six figure job right out of college. Guaranteed. I remember there was a billboard on my college as people would drive over the Throgs Neck bridge. My school was directly underneath the Throgs Neck Bridge and at Fort Skyler. And as you drove over the bridge, there was a huge advertisement that said the highest starting salaries. On average in America, like out of every college in the entire country, this school had the highest starting salaries on average. And the way that you had that as a guarantee was you participated in this program. So I was like, you know what? The prize at the end, the prize of even being able to travel the prize of having a guaranteed six figure career, all of that, it was worth going through the discipline. Like I knew that I definitely had to subject myself to going through all this military training and everything like that, so that I had that as a guarantee. So the prize was absolutely worth it, and I want you to really think about that for a second. What's something that you really want for your life? I was just a young brother that got out the hood and wanted to escape poverty. I wanted better for my life. I wanted to really change my circumstances, and that was enough of an incentive for me to be willing to subject myself to that level of discipline. And I want you to think about that for a second. What do you really want in your life that's gonna require a higher level of discipline? And is the prize really worth it? So the idea of waking up every morning, think about this. How many college students in America have to wake up at six in the morning and have a clean shave every day, or they get written up and possibly kicked out of the school, have to polish their shoes, iron their uniform, salute a flag in the freezing cold? How many students in America have to do that? While they go off to college, that's the last thing someone going off to college wants to do. But the prize was so big, right? The return on my investment of that discipline was so high that it was worth it for me. So think about that for you. You may wanna write a book, you may wanna launch a podcast, you may wanna start a business, and it's going to require a lot of discipline. But if the prize is worth it, then it's worth going through the discipline. And in fact, the discipline doesn't feel as daunting because you have this great prize at the end. So I just want you guys to reflect on that because most people who tune into the Breakfast Club have big dreams. Chances are you have these big things that you're working on, but you just haven't really wrapped your head around the discipline part. Discipline is probably top three things that most people struggle with when it comes to getting their goals accomplished. Okay next we have. I want you guys to know this. By the end of this episode, you're gonna walk away with a blueprint, right? To basically upgrade your discipline in every aspect of your life, whether it's body, habits, relationships, purpose, all of that stuff. So take notes because as I mentioned all the time, I can't mention this enough. The weakest in is stronger than the strongest memory. So here we go. The very first aspect of discipline is the mindset of discipline. That's gonna be the first thing that we cover, where you understand what discipline actually is. Just know this discipline is not punishment. Sometimes we tend to look at discipline as like something that is very rigid or hard. And I remember a billionaire mentor of mine had once said that, you wanna scratch out the word discipline altogether. He says, he doesn't even label it as discipline. He labels it or looks at it. Lifestyle. Think about that. Lifestyle is a lot lighter of a word and it feels lighter. And lifestyle definitely is a much better word than discipline because when we oftentimes think of discipline, most people have this negative relationship with that word. But when you think of lifestyle, it's a lot lighter. And when you really reflect on it, it's like discipline is a big part of your lifestyle. If you have daily habits, right? If you have daily discipline through your habits, through your systems, that ultimately becomes your lifestyle. Exercise has to be a lifestyle. Spending time with your children has to be a lifestyle. Your eating habits are also a big part of your lifestyle. So looking at discipline, not as punishment, but ultimately as your lifestyle. Another thing about discipline is self-respect and action. Think about that. Discipline is self-respect and action. By having discipline, chances are you have a great deal of self-respect for yourself As a human being, you're gonna have a lot more self-respect. Think about it. If you're taking care of your body, isn't this true? If you're disciplined with your body, chances are you have a great deal of self-respect or deep regard for your body, your mind, your emotions, your peace, all of these different things. And when you have that level of self-respect for yourself, again it's not so hard being disciplined in these areas of your life. Next discipline is choosing your long-term identity over your short-term emotions. Most people struggle with discipline simply because it's like they're going through it emotionally. And remember when emotion is high, logic is low, and the last thing you wanna do is be super disciplined and you're having a rough day. Maybe you have a really bad argument, and that one argument affects all of your productivity for the rest of the day. But imagine if you put more of an emphasis on your long-term identity as opposed to those short-term emotions. So it's like I don't give a damn. If I'm having a bad day, I'm still gonna get in the gym. And in fact, I know that the gym is probably going to help me with my emotions, not probably it. Most certainly will. So you think about this. Whenever you have a bad day, how many of you can relate to this? And I've been here, you have a bad day. Maybe you have an argument. Maybe those bills are billing, or you got hit with an expense that you didn't expect, and now throughout the entire day, you have no motivation to put in any work to go to the gym. You have zero motivation. Maybe you went through a breakup. And then the lack of discipline, the lack of doing those things that you know can help you it makes you feel even worse because now you have guilt about not doing those things. Now you feel even worse. So I wanna encourage you, whenever you're having a bad day, just know that inaction many times will lead to you feeling even worse. So productivity is actually a really great remedy for feeling down, feeling depressed, feeling sad. Feeling emotional. It productivity actually makes you feel better about yourself. Don't you feel so much more amazing when you're productive for the day? Like you just cleaned up your house. Maybe you reached out to your prospects for your business, or maybe you read some personal development, you feel so much better for your day. How many of you feel better? Drop a one in the comments if you typically feel better even after hopping onto the breakfast club because you're stimulating your mind. You feel more motivated, you feel more productive. You feel like you're making the most out of your day by hopping on to some personal development. How many of you can relate to that? And that's why productivity is so important, because you're gonna feel so much better when you get things done. So next up, we have remove willpower from the equation. Some of us tend to try to muscle through discipline. You're like, I'm gonna, I'm gonna use all my willpower to make sure that I follow through. But understand this willpower oftentimes fails under stress. So when you're stressed out how well does willpower work for you? It's like you're going through it emotionally, and now you have no desire to go into the gym and you're like, you could easily say, oh let me use all this willpower. But the truth of the matter is it's not enough. It's not enough. So understand this though, systems hardly fail. Systems hardly fail. And when I talk about systems, I'm talking about your dmo, your daily method of operation. What's your system throughout the course of the week? So if you have these things as your, as habits, you have these things as daily rituals. Even if you're having a bad day, it's so indoctrinated to you as a person. It's such a part of who you are, that again, now it's unconscious competence. You don't even have to think about it. It doesn't require any willpower because it's a part of who you are now. It's interesting I've noticed over the last several years of my life it's very difficult for me to not get in the gym. It's very difficult for me to just go more than three days out of the week without working out. Like I, I typically average four to five days a week. And the reason why that's the case is because I've noticed that it's actually painful for me to go too many days without working out. Psychologically I'm automatically drawn to the gym or to exercise because I'm like, no, that's not who I am. How many of you can relate, like to that, to the fact that after two or three days you're like, no, I need to get in the gym. Like it's almost it's like drinking water or being hydrated or eating food. That's what systems do for you. Where it's such a part of who you are, where you no longer have to even think about it. Okay? And you can get to that place. Now, remember this, if you rely on motivation, you'll be inconsistent. If you rely on systems, you'll be unstoppable. So it's going from this idea of, oh, I'm gonna just do it when I feel like it to, no, I'm gonna do it because it's the right thing to do. I remember a mentor of mine would always say, do what you know, not what you feel. Do what you know. So if you know your systems work, if you know you're gonna feel better after being productive, then do what you know. Don't worry about how you're feeling in that specific moment. Now, are there moments where you have to catch yourself and take a break? Of course, that's not what we're talking here. I'm talking about those fleeting emotions where you have one bad argument or you find out about one little thing that knocks your whole day off and you go through days and days of just not doing the things that you know can help you in your life, right? So it's, it is taking control over your mind by integrating systems that are conducive to your overall wellbeing. Next, create non-negotiables. So here are a few examples. It could be 30 minutes of learning every single day. Maybe you have a mantra. I remember back in the day, we'd say, in the world of personal development and entrepreneurship, 10 pages a day keeps the commissions coming your way. So reading 10 pages a day on personal development, that was like our rule of thumb. It was always important to just do at least 10 pages a day or some kind of a audio book, so it could be 30 minutes of learning daily. I know for me, prayer, meditation is such a big part of my life. I remember when I had no discipline to do meditation and. For whatever reason I noticed that I got better with it. I was able to really relax and clear my mind the more that I did it. Meditation is a lot like a muscle. Some of you may have tried it and you had what they call an eastern traditions as monkey mind where your mind is racing and you just can't quiet the mind. Know that the more you meditate, the more you'll be able to quiet the mind. And I noticed that I always felt better after a really good meditation. And after a while it just, it, it was like eating for me every single day. I I don't go days and days without meditating is such a big part of my life. And because I meditate, I integrate prayer at the same time. And that's why you guys will oftentimes hear me say prayer is speaking to God. Meditation is listening to God. It's the act of. Speaking and listening, okay. And it's super, super helpful. For those of you who wanna grow in your spiritual life, I would definitely suggest integrating both of them. Another thing is no phone for the first 30 minutes of waking up. So after you wake up, and I know this is a big part of my daily routine, is no social media. In fact, when I wake up, the social media apps aren't even on my phone on most days because I deleted it the night before because I didn't wanna start my day doom scrolling. So the first 30 minutes, or the last 30 minutes, or even the first hour and last hour of your day, doing your best to not be on screens. And then having some type of bedtime routine. Maybe there's something that you can do, like journaling or reflecting or whatever. Maybe you read scripture right before you go to bed, but something that you can do as a bedtime routine. So these are just a few things that can be non-negotiables in your life. Like for me, meditation, non-negotiable, working out non-negotiable, going for walks outside, non-negotiable prayer before meals, non-negotiable. There's certain things that are just anchors. They're rituals, and you have to cultivate certain rituals in your life to make sure that these are like guardrails. They help you stay on track with your north star, if you will. And if you have these guardrails, again, these guardrails are a metaphor for for systems in your life that you have in place to make sure that you're always on track. Alright, next up we have physical discipline, the foundation of all discipline, physical discipline. So your body, remember, controls your energy, clarity, mood, and stamina. If your physical life is chaotic, everything else will be too. And I would say physical and mental and emotional because as you guys oftentimes hear me mention the African proverb, if there is no enemy within the enemy, outside can do us no harm. So you have to make sure you take care of your inner world because your outer world is a direct reflection of your inner world. Always an essential. Just understanding that will help you with your life. If you want to improve your outer world, always start with your inner world. And I'm not even just talking about your body or your mind or whatever. I'm also talking about your home. I'm talking about cluttering out your space. Sometimes people are like, man I just don't know why I'm all over the place. I don't know why I don't have any discipline. But they haven't cleaned their home since Obama was in office, right? It's been a long time since you just cleaned up your entire space, right? Organize your closet if you have to clean your bathroom. And I'm over here. I'm speaking to myself because it gets crazy with a family of five. And it's not easy with three little boys keeping a clean home. But one thing that I can assure you is that when my home is clean, and I'm sure many of you can relate to this, you just, you feel so much better throughout the day. There's just something about coming home to an organized clean home. How many of you can relate to that? If you don't really know what to do in this season of your life, in terms of productivity, start with your home. Clean out your space, because as I mentioned last week, we were talking about creativity, and one of the things that was mentioned was creativity is not something that you pursue per se. It's not, you can't force creativity. Creativity is something you allow in, right? You open up your life to creative, to be creative for creativity, for receiving downloads, right? That's the idea. You're not gonna be able to force your way into creativity. So the beautiful thing about cleaning your space is that you open up yourself for more ideas to flow those very creative ideas, when you need to be resourceful, when you need to solve certain problems, it always helps to just start with your inner world. Next we have. Start with keystone habits. So that could be a morning routine, it can be hydration. As I mentioned, I'll typically have just this half a gallon jug with me that I carry around everywhere. I keep it in my car, right in the passenger seat. And hydration is such a big part of the way that you feel it can be a consistent workout schedule. So I already know, like today I have my accountability buddy at the gym. Him and I work out at 10, 10:30 AM on Mondays and Tuesdays. That's a workout schedule. Most days I'm in the gym before noon. It's a part of the workout schedule, so I don't have to really think about it. It could be simple nutrition choices or even sleep rituals. So I'm big on sleeping at least seven to eight hours a day because I know that my productivity is gonna be affected. I'm fatigued throughout the course of the day, and also it's gonna affect me emotionally. So if your emotions all over are all over the place, ask yourself, have you been getting sleep? Your energy levels, your fatigue is definitely going to have a direct effect on the quality of your emotions and the quality of your life is always gonna be dependent on the quality of emotions you consistently feel. Why is that? Because everything that we do is a means to an end emotion we want to experience. Isn't that true? It don't. We do what we do because we wanna feel a certain way. It's like you eat certain foods because you wanna feel like what you feel while eating certain foods, or you pursue romantic relationships for the same reason how you wanna feel. And it's crazy because most people seek things externally to feel something internally, but happiness and the way that you feel is always an inside job. So you shouldn't have to depend on external things and people and places and all this to fill your cup, right? It happens within, so that's why it's always essential to take care of your inner world. That way you're not dependent on anything on the outside because the moment those things are taken away from you, you go back to suffering. So taking care of your inner world through your diet, through your sleep, through your exercise, and all of these different things, it absolutely makes the biggest difference in your life. Now, how to build discipline and fitness so you can schedule workouts like business meetings. It's a, it's schedule it in. I even always recommend for those of you who are in relationships. Romantic relationships. Schedule your date nights if you have children. Schedule time with your children where you actually spend time with them, and you have to value it in that way. Get it on your calendar. Also, start with minimum viable workouts. It can be something as small as 10 to 15 minutes. Doesn't have to be long. If you've ever worked out with me, you know that I like to superset, meaning I'll stack workouts with each other so I can get in and out of the gym. I am not a gym rat where I'm up in there two, three hours a day trying to compete for some type of bodybuilding competition. No, I'm just in there to maintain. I'm in there so that I feel good about myself. Afterwards and I don't feel like I wasted the whole day by spending hours a day. I have no desire to be a bodybuilder. So minimum viable workouts don't feel like you have to spend 45 minutes an hour plus in the gym in order to get results. You can go in there and be very intentional with your workouts. Next is track progress visually. So it can be a wall calendar, it could be a habit tracker, or even a streak app. I many times I recommend this app, I think it's called Productive but there's tons of productivity apps where you can just go on a streak by following through on things that you know you should be doing. For those of you who followed the 21 Days to Transformation Challenge, you know that the this 21 Days to Transformation Challenge that I've launched many times in the past with you guys is 21 days just following through on certain rituals or certain habits that you do to make this a part of your daily method of operation. Now, here's a bonus hack. It could be wearing the same gym outfit or outfit style for every workout. That way you lower decision fatigue. Remember, we make tons of decisions throughout the course of the day, and this is why if you have, let's just say a nine to five. Oftentimes, for a lot of people with a nine to five, it's hard to build their dream from five to nine because they just have been making decisions all day and they have no motivation whatsoever. There's this idea called willpower depletion, where the more you use your willpower, the less you have of it. It's like a muscle, so you have to be mindful at who and what gets your T. And when I say T, I'm talking about T as an acronym, TEA, your time. Your energy and your attention. So who in what is getting your tea and what's de deserve deserving of your tea? Another thing could be meal prep Sundays, right? Where you could turn it into a family event. I know my wife the other day, she was cooking a soup with the boys and they're there and she loves it, right? And cooking isn't always so much fun for her. And for me, I don't cook dinner in my home. Every once in a while. I might just get creative with it and slap something together. I'm more of a breakfast guy, so I'll cook breakfast a lot of days, but. All in all cooking isn't always the most pleasurable thing for my wife, but when she includes the kids it's it's always a beautiful experience for her. And when she meal preps, it always helps throughout the course of the week as well, because she doesn't have to cook every single day. So I would definitely recommend for those of you who, let's just say you wanna improve your productivity, just meal prep, one day out of the week, have a bunch of meals stacked up that way you can just go microwave or put in the air fryer, whatever, warm up your food and that's one less decision you have to make for the course of the day. Alright, next we have financial discipline. Understand emotional spending is the first thing. Understand emotional spending. I had shared a life hack a couple of weeks ago, how a. In order to avoid impulse spending, what you can do is, let's just say you're thinking about making a major purchase. Give yourself a 24 hour rule where you give yourself an entire 24 hours before you make that financial decision. And oftentimes what you'll realize is you really didn't need that thing, right? You were gonna just buy it because you felt tempted in the moment. So give yourself 24 hours for all major purchases, and this will definitely help you cultivate that financial discipline. Now, understand, for most people, spending is emotional. It's not logical. So you wanna train yourself to pause before you purchase. That's the idea. Next we have as I mentioned, the 24 hour rule. So if you want something that isn't an emergency or a central wait 24 hours, that's how you can gauge what you should wait 24 hours on, right? So 80% of wants. You'll find will disappear. So 80% of the things that you thought you want will just fade away just by waiting 24 hours. Okay, next we have use automations. So automatic savings, it could be automatic investments. Many of you probably have a 401k where the money automatically goes out and goes into your retirement. But having auto automated savings and investments goes a long way or even automatic bill pay so you don't fall behind on your bills. Financial discipline, remember, is about set it and forget it. That's how you create financial discipline. One less thing that you have to think about. Now, we also have Money Habit Stack. So the way this works is you have weekly money reviews. It could be monthly budget resets. It could be quarterly goal review where you're actually taking the time to go over your money and it helps you keep your financial life intentional instead of reactive. That's the big thing. It's interesting because when I go over finances, what people that I coach, oftentimes what I discover is a lot of the people that I coach they've, they hadn't set a budget or probably never set a budget their entire lives. They didn't really take time to think about, Hey, what, how much money is actually coming in and going out? Have any of you ever done that before where you, you did a budget and for the first time you're like, wow, I can't believe I'm spending all of this money right on, on fricking lattes and Chipotle, right? Or, I had no idea I was spending all this money on restaurants every single month. And it takes sometimes a budget for you to really wake up to what's actually going on with your finances. You have to bring consciousness to your finances if you wanna make an improvement in this area. So next we have emotional discipline. When was the last time you thought about being disciplined with your emotions? I remember Jim Roh would oftentimes say, you have to discipline your disappointments. You have to discipline your disappointments. How? How fascinating is that? He would say, you have to get fascinated with your frustrations. Discipline your disappointments and get fascinated with your frustrations. And this is a great way to cultivate that emotional discipline, right? So thinking about that, like the other day, I'm driving on the highway, someone cuts me off. And for me, I'm one of those people, I do not get road rage. Like I have no issue with just driving in peace. You wanna cut me off? Go right ahead. It's all good. Especially out here in Florida. Like in Florida, people can carry pistols and stuff and anybody can carry a weapon in Florida. So I don't want no smoke with nobody. You don't know if people are in their right mind, you don't know what they went through for the day. I have no desire to get into it with anyone out here in Florida. So the reason why I'm bringing that up is because when it comes to road rage what are you really doing? Like I, I had this woman she's I'm on my way to a men's business leaders meeting that I had at 7:00 AM and this lady is like tailgating me, and then she tailgates and then she cuts me off and I'm driving the speed limit, right? And for me, it was just like, immediately I got fascinated with the situation. Man what if what if she had something that was devastating that just happened, right? What if she was rushing to an emergency room? What if she accidentally left the stove on at home and she's freaking out, or she left the door open and not sure. You have no idea what people are going through. You have no idea. I remember hearing a story of this dad who was on a train in New York City, and the dad was on the subway and he had four kids that were just doing the most these kids were being really bad. They're jumping around, they're acting all crazy. And he was not saying anything about it, right? They were like climbing over people and just doing the most, and there was someone on the train the person who I shared the story were like, they were on the train and in their mind they're like, man, what the this guy needs to discipline his kids. What kind of man is this? He is got his kids just doing all this. And he finally said something to the guy Hey like your kid is like all over these people and they is everything okay? And the guy just like snaps out of it. He was like in a trance. He was like, oh, I'm so sorry. He was just like, my wife just passed away and my kids just dunno how to act, you know about it. Like they, and she was always the one like helping to keep the discipline and his wife literally had just passed. This is a real story. And the guy felt so horrible about it. And this was a big message on judgment, right? Because sometimes we're so quick to judge, but we don't really know what people are going through. We have no idea like what someone is going through. And we're there. I remember I had one of my really good friends, I went to a, I went to a banquet and when I went to the banquet, one of the the staff workers that was working there was the brother of a really good friend of mine from many years. This friend of mine. Her and I hadn't really been in contact for a couple of months, but she was my friend from like elementary school. And at this event I was very quiet and I was sitting to myself and a lot of people probably are like, man, why is Josh so anti antisocial? And they had no idea that I had went up to this guy who was my friend's brother, and I'm like, oh how's so and how's she doing? And he's you didn't hear? And I'm like, no. What happened? He's she passed away. And immediately it, it messed up my entire experience at this one banquet. And people could have very well been thinking, I'm over here an antisocial and not engaging or whatever, and not realizing that I just found out that one of my really good friends had passed away and I had no idea. So this is again. It's a reminder that you always wanna be mindful at judging certain things, right? You may be judging the person that's cutting you off in traffic, but think about it. If you had to rush to the emergency room because you just found out your kid got into an accident, you probably would be cutting people off too. You probably would eat a red light too. You just never know what people are going through. So just a little lesson on judgment. Okay. Next we have, when it comes to emotional discipline, the skill of staying calm under pressure. Discipline is not reacting to every feeling or impulse. That's the big thing. Okay? Staying calm in the midst of a storm. Another thing is the ten second pause. Really helpful. The way it works is before responding when triggered, pause. Breathe, observe. This small habit can save relationships, opportunities, and self-respect. Think about how many things that you've done throughout your life, and I've been through this as well, where you've reacted right out of impulse. Somebody rubbed you off the wrong way, they triggered you and you reacted out of impulse, and you did something that you regretted or you said something that you later regretted. It happens all the time, but what if you just took 10 seconds to just say, you know what, rather than me spazzing out on this person let me just take some time to really process what's going on here. I know for my wife and I, one of the things that have been helpful for us is whenever we would have heated arguments, like we're in the moment, we just take some time. To just let it dissolve and a couple hours later we'll come back around. And what we've learned by taking that approach is 90% of what we argue about. Like we just probably even forget, you don't even remember what you were arguing about, but you were just so caught up in your feelings that you're like, eh going back and forth. But just taking time to just say, you know what? I'm gonna get back to this later on in the day. And maybe that's not your approach. You're probably someone that's no, I wanna address it right now. But again, when emotion is high, logic is low. And you definitely want to approach certain problems that you need solved with logic as opposed to emotion. Next, we have emotional literacy. So the way that works is it could be naming what you are feeling, what exactly are you feeling? I had mentioned at a speaking event that I had did that there was a study that showed a direct correlation with inmates, prisoners and how expansive the, their vocabulary is. And there was a direct correlation to a lot of people who were incarcerated, had very limited vocabulary. And the study was basically showing how a lot of these inmates ended up in prison because of them responding to something emotionally, right? They made these bad decisions and oftentimes what led to that was their inability to articulate what they were feeling inside. How crazy is that there are people out there that can't really communicate what they're feeling? So the way they communicate is through action as opposed to really processing and articulating what it is that they're feeling. Name, what you are feeling is a big part of emotional literacy. Another thing is challenge the thought behind the emotion. You guys hear me mention this from time to time that whenever I get emotional about something, it really helps to just question where's this emotion coming from? Or why am I feeling the way that I'm feeling? Why did that rub me off the wrong way? And what you'll oftentimes discover by asking yourself that is that it was something in the past that may have happened to you that caused you to get triggered by. Remember, emotions don't happen outside of you. They happen inside of you. No one has the right to rob you of your personal power. And your personal power is your willpower. Your willpower is your ability to control your emotions. But if you allow people to rob you of your joy. Then you essentially have no personal power, no willpower. You relinquish your willpower to external circumstances or factors. Now the next thing is to choose a response aligned with your values, not your mood. So what are your values? I know one of the things that I value is being calm, cool, and collected. Like I'm not the person that's going to just be super loud and aggressive. I like to just keep it very even keel, right? Not all over the place. Just chaotic and drama. And it is funny this month my theme was no drama November. Like I've had a chaotic last couple of months business-wise, but I was just like, this is a no drama November for me. And you have to be intentional about your values and what you really stand for and how you want to feel throughout the day. The next thing is build inner strength. So how do you build your inner strength? How do you really cultivate that personal power? And you guys hear me talk about it all the time. It could be meditation, it could be breath work. So I love box breathing. Inhaling for four seconds, holding your breath for four seconds, exhaling for four seconds and holding your breath on empty lungs for four seconds. And doing this four times. So that's box breathing. Really great breathing exercise. It can be journaling. These things ultimately help with creating emotional control. Okay, next we have discipline and work and purpose, discipline and work and purpose. Now, if you guys are getting value so far, drop a v in the comments for value. I wanna make sure y'all are still with me. And remember, I speak to a camera. I, there's nobody on the receiving end here where I am. So I am speaking to you guys all around the world and it's not like I can hear laughs or I get engagement, right? So my engagement is seeing you guys comment and it does help that this information is registering for you. Drop a v for value if this has been valuable for you so far. Next we have discipline and work and purpose. First thing is the discipline of focus. Discipline is saying no way more often than you say yes. Okay. Think about that. Discipline is saying no way more often than you say Yes. I always share, you guys have heard me mention this over the years, you have to build your no muscle. If it ain't a hell yes, it should be a hell no. Build your no muscles. So many people have the disease to please, and I've been there before where you have the disease to please and you don't like rejecting people. And maybe because you don't like being rejected, and that's a big reason why you don't like rejecting people. But there is something about just the disease to please that has a very powerful effect on self-sabotage. You wanna self-sabotage yourself, then have just have no boundaries whatsoever. I can assure you, if you have no boundaries whatsoever, people will treat you more like a doormat than a doorway. They're not gonna treat you like a doorway of opportunity. They're gonna treat you like a doormat where they're gonna walk all over you. You have to be assertive. You have to stand for something or fall for everything. That's the big thing. Now, discipline is saying no again, way more often than you say. Yes. And for me, for example, I had to really focus on the way that I went about business, my brand, social media, everything like that. I had to say no to a lot of baby showers, barbecues, celebrations, everything like that. And this is not to say that you can't be a good friend. Like I just celebrated one of my best friend's, 40th birthday parties in Dominican Republic, flew out to an entirely different country, right? Just to celebrate them. And I'm not here to tell you to just say no to everything, but there are a lot of things that you will have to say no to so that you can say yes to things that truly matter, things that are going to absolutely help you with your life. Okay? So many of you are saying yes to everything. Every time you there's some type of function or event happening, you're saying yes. And that's causing you to go broke. It's causing you to have less time for productivity. And I remember when I first retired from the workplace, I had a lot of friends and I noticed that. I'd have friends that would invite me out to things on Thursday, and then another circle of friends that would invite me out to things on a Friday and then another circle on a sat. And I'm like, man, I'm gonna go broke like this because they're not going out every day of the week. I'm the one going out every day of the week because I'm just saying yes to everything. And it got to a point where I just started saying no, and I started saying no. So much to the point where they stopped inviting me and I was okay with that. It actually spared me of having to tell people no. So moral of the story is build your no muscle. Another thing is block scheduling. So structure your day into focus blocks so you can control your time. Instead of letting distractions win, you guys oftentimes hear me talk about the Pomodoro exercise. If you've never done it before, look it up. It's a really great productivity hack. And the way the Pomodoro works is you schedule 25 minute blocks of time to just focus on one specific task. So whenever I work with clients and I'm optimizing their calendar, that's one of the biggest things that we go over. And the idea, again, is that these are guardrails in your life because as you oftentimes hear, an idle mind is the devil's playground. So if you are idle, you are leaving opportunity to get caught up in distractions and things that aren't necessarily serving you. Next, we have outcome over activity. I share all the time that people oftentimes feel that busyness equals productivity, and it really doesn't. So you always wanna be outcome driven as opposed to activity driven. Meaning don't ask, what do I need to do? Ask what outcome do I need to create today? How powerful is that, take notes of this because this is probably one of the biggest takeaways for this morning. Don't ask, what do I need to do? Ask what outcome do I need to create today? Because sometimes we think we need to do a bunch of things, but what's more of a priority, what you think you need to do, or actual outcomes that you need to produce. It's definitely the outcomes. So really great share there. Next we have the accountability advantage, and this is major. This has helped me so much throughout the course of my career. Remember, discipline grows in community. Mentors, masterminds, accountability partners, public goals, people rise to the standards of their environment, and this has been one of the biggest contributors to my discipline. Think about it. I'm accountable to this amazing community that hops onto the Breakfast Club that are anticipating the Breakfast Club every single Tuesday. So I have accountability from the community. There have been many times where I've also publicly declared things that I was working on to you guys because I made a public declaration and now I'm forced to do it because I don't wanna be out here looking like a fool for not doing what I said I was going to do. I've invested in masterminds, I'm talking tens of thousands of dollars in masterminds and coaching and seminars and all of that. So the idea, remember, people who pay attention and it is super helpful to just invest. Your productivity, invest in your personal development. Remember, if you empty your mind on your wallet will, or if you empty your wallet on your mind will fill your wallet as we get ready to wrap up. How to maintain discipline long-term. The first thing is reduce friction. Make good habits easy. Don't make it so daunting. Also, make bad habits hard, so make it easier for good habits and harder for bad habits. So prime example. Rather than having a bunch of sweets and ice cream and chips and all that stuff in your home, make it so that you have to go out in order to get those things. Junk food. Don't keep it in your cabinets. Make yourself have to go out that way. You add more friction to the very hard things. Maybe you are looking to quit alcohol. You probably shouldn't have a bar at home. If you're looking to quit alcohol, make it so that you have to go out. In order to drink alcohol it makes it a lot harder. And as I mentioned earlier, with exercising, don't have a gym that's an hour away because you're making it harder to get inside the gym. Make it as easy as possible for the things that are essentially good habits. So if you have to do prospecting for day, for the day for your business, if you're working on a book, have everything already laid out on your desk. Have your list of potential clients at your desk. Have your, whatever it is that you use for writing at your desk or social media, make it easy. Eliminate all distractions so that you reduce as much friction as possible to do the things that you need to do. Okay, next is track small wins. So remember the brain builds. Confidence from progress, not perfection. The brain builds confidence from progress, not perfection. So I always highlight this because as you oftentimes hear me say, perfection is the enemy to execution. If you're so caught up in being perfect with everything, it's gonna be hard to be disciplined because you're having paralysis of analysis where you're always just thinking about, oh, what can I do to make it perfect? No, it, sometimes it's just better to have progress. And then you could always work on the perf, the perfection as you go. Next we have Revisit Your Vision Weekly, revisit, revisit Your Vision Weekly. So many people put their dreams on the back burner and they get so caught up with life because life is life and Bill's a villain, and the last thing that they're thinking about is their vision. But get yourself back on track with your North Star. Have it be like an anchor. Your North Star should always be like an anchor. Even if you go dancing in the dark for a season, you always can find your way back to the main objective. Discipline dies where vision fades. Discipline dies where vision fades. You guys hear it all the time where there is no vision that people perish. So you have to have a compelling vision to help pull you when motivation can no longer push you. Next we have reward systems. Positive reinforcement matters. Positive reinforcement matters. So celebrate consistency, right? Because it reinforces identity. So the more you celebrate those small victories, the more this really becomes a big part of your identity. It's a lot easier to do those things that typically are a lot more difficult for you. Next, we have expect setbacks. So this is what we refer to as obstacle mapping. You guys, if you've done masterclasses with me, you may have seen me mention obstacle mapping, where you identified those obstacles that may come about, because the truth of the matter is obstacles are inevitable. They're a big part of the journey. You're going to go through obstacles on whatever it is that you're doing. But imagine if you anticipate them in advance, then when they present themselves, they don't have such a negative effect on the quality of your emotions. So remember, discipline isn't perfection. It's a comeback mindset. It's you know what? The reward is significant enough. The prize is great enough that, that the sacrifice is worth it. The discipline is worth it. And remember, discipline. The ultimate form of self-love discipline is the ultimate form of self-love. It's an act of self-love by you saying, no, I'm going to sacrifice and be disciplined with this because this is the best thing for my future. This is the best thing for my health. This is the best thing for my peace of mind. This is the best thing for my family, for the people that I serve, for my mission of what God wants me to do. That's why you cultivate discipline, because discipline ultimately equals freedom. You may feel like discipline is so rigid and all of this, and you're sacrificing and all of that, but discipline isn't it true ultimately leads to freedom. If you're disciplined with your finances, you'll have financial freedom. If you're disciplined with your emotional and mental health and your physical health, then you'll be free of dis-ease if you're discipline with your relationships. You'll have freedom from those toxic relationships, right? So really bringing your consciousness to the areas that you've gotta work on and bringing a lot of discipline to it. Remember, every discipline action today is a gift to your future self. You guys, being here on the Breakfast Club is a gift to your future self. You taking action today, coming out of the Breakfast Club is a gift to your future self. So you always wanna do things that your future self will thank you for. And remember, your entire life can change, which is 90 days of consistent discipline. It can be drastically different. 90 days of consistent discipline. And as I wrap up here, remember we have our challenge. This is the very last challenge that we're doing for the year, and it's a one-on-one tiny challenge with me. Five days, maybe you've been struggling with discipline all year long. This is the time. If you've been looking for a sign, this just may be the sign. And I have only a limited amount of slots because it's me one-on-one. I'm not doing this challenge with a big group of people all at the same time. This is my undivided attention for five days straight. Dm me the word coach if you want more information on it. And again, you may not make this first round of people. No worries. Maybe you've, you're watching the recording like two weeks, three weeks later. All good. Hit me up anyway and I'll share with you how you can have that opportunity down the road and how it basically works. But with that being said I hope that you guys got value out of today's session. Breakfast is officially served, and if you got value drop a comment comment, share, tag someone who can get value from this, and I'll be seeing you all next week. Take care, everyone.