How to Solve 80% of Your Problems

Want to solve 80% of your problems? You might not like the answer. It's self discipline. That's right, 80% of your problems can be solved with self discipline. It's an answer that's both impowering and intimidating. It's impowering because I have ownership and control over the majority of my life. But it's intimidating for the exact same reason. Let's talk about taking ownership back and being women that are self disciplined. 

Transcript:

Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I'm using that word rebuild because we're specifically designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

Now, a few things can lead you to that point.

For me, it was divorce after a 20 year marriage for my sister, it was the death of our spouse.

All I know is the commonality is when all your hopes and all your dreams for the future have totally gone up in smoke.

And what the reality of your life looks like is completely different than what you had envisioned.

And it really does.

It feels like you have to start over, and that is an overwhelming feeling.

It is an itchy feeling.

There are a lot of emotions wrapped up in that.

But I'm here to tell you, it gets better.

You can rebuild a life that is amazing, that won't fall apart on you, that is solid, that has a good foundation.

So that's what we're here to talk about.

You, I promise, are not alone.

You're actually in the right place.

So welcome.

I'm so glad that you're here.

So let's get down to today's episode.

And if you'll remember in the beginning, I said I focused on five areas when I rebuilt my life.

I focused on my spiritual health, my mental health, my physical health, my financial health, and then growth and goals.

So today's episode, I believe if it had to fall under one of those categories, it would maybe fall under growth and goals.

This is a growth topic to me.

And it's, what we're going to talk about is this saying, this phrase, and it just struck such a chord with me, and I really wanted to share it with you.

And it says that self-discipline solves 80% of your problems.

And that struck me as so true and such a helpful thing.

Sometimes when we are going through a major change, and a major transition in life, it feels like everything is happening to us, and we have so little autonomy and control over all the negativity that is going on in our life.

Like major, major things have happened, and it can easily feel overwhelming because it feels like we're out of control.

It feels like things are happening beyond our control.

And we didn't get to say so in some of the worst things that are happening.

I know what that's like, I relate.

But this concept that 80% of your problems can be solved by you, by self-discipline, that puts the responsibility back on ourselves, right?

So yes, there are some things that we cannot control.

But as we're rebuilding our life, I think it's super important to take the responsibility back.

And quit giving the responsibility to somebody else.

My life fell apart because of you.

You've ruined my life.

No, I'm taking responsibility.

I believe my self-discipline can solve the majority of my problems.

Okay, so let's break it down a little bit, and look at what that means.

My mental health, 80% of my problems, maybe, let's use maybe mental health as an example.

Being self-discipline.

Self-discipline in practicing healthy mental health habits.

Healthy mental health habits.

I don't know if that's a great phrase, but a