Discipline Today

Good website covering a wide range of topics on self discipline and will power.  Site is maintained by a self discipline expert and author of several self help books.

Self discipline defintion from Ramez Sasson... Self-discipline is the companion of will power. It endows with the stamina to persevere in whatever one does. It bestows the ability to withstand hardships and difficulties, whether physical, emotional or mental. It grants the ability to reject immediate satisfaction, in order to gain something better, but which requires effort and time.

Pros: Vast amount of free information and resources on a broad range of self improvement and self growth topics... development of concentration, willpower, self discipline, positive thinking, motivation, visualization, meditation and spiritual growth.

Cons: Information may be slanted to the opinions and conclusions of the author.

Good article with strong opinions on building self discipline for a better life.  Focuses on aggressive tactics and techniques to develop self improvement, doesn't make the claim it's easy but rather that then end result is worth the sacrifice.

Self-discipline involves acting according to what you think instead of how you feel in the moment. Often it involves sacrificing the pleasure and thrill of the moment for what matters most in life.

Pros: Good alternative view points on self discipline strategies.  Lots of reader comments on the article.

Cons: May be too much too fast for a person looking to make an incremental improvement in their own self discipline development.

A quick one pager on self discipline that focuses on routine, schedule and repeating tasks to develop self discipline as a habit.

Sample from Study Guides and Strategies website... "Self-discipline can be considered a type of selective training, creating new habits of thought, action, and speech toward improving yourself and reaching goals.  Self-discipline can also be task oriented and selective.
View self-discipline as positive effort, rather than one of denial."

Pros: A different approach for self discipline concentrating on self training and repetition vice will power.

Cons: This different approach may only be appropriate for a limited number of individuals.  Site doesn't support user comments so there is no feedback speaking to the effectiveness of this particular self-discipline strategy.

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A very well written article by a professional writer.  The self-discipline conclusions were actually derived from researching happiness.

Sample article text from Penelope's blog... "Self-discipline is about small things paving the way for very big things.  My favorite piece of research from all the happiness research I’ve read is that self-discipline snowballs. That is, if you can work hard to have self-discipline in one, small area, you create self-discipline almost effortlessly in other areas."

Pros: Well written perspective combining one's success at developing self-discipline with their likelihood of personal happiness.

Cons: Article may be too philosophical in nature.

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