Growth Instigators Hotline

#387 Alarm clocks don’t negotiate.

• Aaron Havens • Season 4 • Episode 387

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Discipline is what separates dreamers from achievers, requiring us to choose what we want most over immediate gratification. Success doesn't depend on motivation but on habits formed through consistent discipline that keeps you going when initial excitement fades.

• Alarm clocks don't negotiate with your feelings – and neither should your self-discipline
• Discipline means choosing what you want most over what you want now
• Talent starts the journey, but discipline maintains momentum when motivation disappears
• Set non-negotiables that you'll commit to regardless of how you feel
• Shrink the battlefield by focusing on winning small moments rather than overhauling everything
• Reward progress and celebrate small wins to strengthen disciplined behavior
• Excellence isn't a single act but a habit built through repeated disciplined choices

Visit growthinstigators.com and let me know how I can help you or your team grow. What's one area of your life where you need less motivation talk and more discipline in action?


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Ever notice how alarm clocks don't negotiate? They don't care if you're tired, you're comfortable or just not feeling it. They go off loud, annoying, relentless. And self-discipline works the same. Welcome to message 387 of the Growth Instigators Hotline, where we ignite your personal and professional development. I'm Aaron Havens, your personal and professional development. I'm Aaron Havens, your host and growth coach.

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Top Performance Tuesday how to cultivate self-discipline. Here's the one big idea I want to land today. Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now. That's right. Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now, that's right. Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now. Talent might get you started, but discipline is what keeps you going when the initial hype wears off and, trust me, it will always wear off. Think about it the best athletes, entrepreneurs and leaders aren't running on motivation. They're running on habits that have been welded into place by discipline. Motivation asks do I feel like it today? Discipline says we're doing it anyways, aren't they? Here's how to build it.

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Set non-negotiables. Decide in advance what you're committing to, no matter how you feel. Feelings are fickle, decisions are firm. Shrink the battlefield. Don't try to overhaul your whole life. Win the day, win the morning, win the first 10 minutes of the meeting, win the small things. And the last thought is reward progress. Discipline grows when you acknowledge small wins. Celebrate the reps, not just the results. Aristotle said we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. That's the truth. Truth excellence is the child of discipline. So tomorrow, when morning, when your alarm screams at you, don't argue. Get up, move forward. Make one disciplined choice, because when you string enough of those choices together, you build a life that actually looks like the one you've been dreaming about. Thank you for calling growth instigators Hotline. I'd love to hear from you. Visit growthinstigatorscom and let me know how I can help you or your team grow. Here's the question for today what's one area of your life where you need less motivation, talk and more discipline in action? And, as always, keep instigating growth in all you do?