How to Build Self-Discipline: The Stoic Way | Stoicism for Discipline

The Stoics considered discipline a virtue, along with other related qualities like perseverance, endurance, high-mindedness, and self-control. The Stoics favored hard work and spending their days wisely. Seneca, for example, urges us not to waste our time and act now as life is short. Marcus Aurelius points to nature, concluding that we naturally tend to be hard-working. This video explores Stoic philosophy that may help develop self-discipline.

Video: How to Build Self-Discipline: The Stoic Way | Stoicism for Discipline

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00:00 - Intro I
02:08 - What is self-discipline?
03:50 - (1) The power of self-control
06:33 - (2) Industriousness: a Stoic virtue
10:22 - (3) The star in the sky

[yohaizilber]

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

[aakashailajan]

“Once you master self control and detachment, Nobody can phase you.”

[self-inflictedphilosophy]

“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.” ~Frank Herbert

[elbachiroutidrarine]

I have this quote in front of my bed, it's the last thing I see when I go to sleep, and the first when I woke up: "becoming rich is hard, being poor is hard, choose your hard" and this quote helped me a lot to improve in life, and after discovering stoicism, I change my perception to rich and poor, not about just money or materials, but about the quality of life, thoughts, and mindfulness.

[Florencecoxx]

Nobody can become financially successful over night. They put in background work but we tend to see the finished part. Fear is a dangerous component, hindering us from taking bold steps we need in other to reach our goals.

[Asgarimusluman]

Hello Einzelgänger! Can you please, PLEASE enable community translations so we can translate and share these amazing videos with non-English speakers?

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[pipbernadotte]

I lack self discipline when it comes to your videos. As soon as the notification pops up on my phone I have to step away and watch immediately.

[TheDoomerGoGetter]

I'm working on becoming more self discipline, throughout my life I've always been the lazy guy and seen as a manchild by my family.
Now I'm documenting my journey of going from a lazy modern man to a hard working stoic on my YouTube channel to motivate others and show them even laziest person can become disciplined.

[mouradinius]

The timing of this video is perfect in my case, just started a job after years of doubt, laziness, and procrastination, things seem hard and challenging as former workers seem comfortable in their tasks doing it quickly and I seem lost, but i'm determined to continue, gain experience and never give up, Good luck everyone.

[ItsMe-sxck]

Yeah, discipline is a superpower
After my college graduation, I want to be financially independent and take responsibility of my parents, so I selected a specific area which I thought ok for me. Then I started to work, slowly and calmly [Time and patience are the strongestof warriors]After understanding the basics, little by little I began to enjoy my work. Now I am have an earning and doing the work that I choosed to do.
Doing things are much easier after certain time man, because you will unconsciously find time for it, even in the midset of troubles.

When I started to fix myself. The one thing I want to cultivate the most was discipline. Firstly I started to read, when it became my habit I started to workout/playing, then started to Expertise In a specific area for earning bread, now it all becomes a habit and still going on, much easier.

[aaronbeardsell]

This reminds me of writing my first few novels, building the self-control and discipline required to create the book was like building a set of muscles. It was hard at first, only a few hundred words per day. But, like anything, it became easier with practice and I could increase the mental weights to a few thousand words per day.

Discipline is freedom!

[ralphdupreez]

"Sacrifice. You get to pick your damn sacrifice, that's all, you don't get to not make one. You're sacrificial whether you want to be or not." - Jordan Peterson

[darkcloud]

"Motivation is overrated. Discipline is the answer"

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[lifefindsaway]

I’m commenting so the algorithm keeps putting your videos in my feed. They’re the only thing that breaks me out of my YouTube binges

[nomadismileseeker]

Motivation doesn’t breed action. Action breeds motivation.

[SoloMotivation]

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The way you think and feel about yourself, your goals and expectations for the future, and how you interact with the world around you can all have a massive effect on your success (or failure).

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[heathernks]

As a GenXer who only discovered YouTube in 2017, this was one of the first channels I subscribed to, and this man's self-discipline to upload content every Thursday needs to be applauded! There are other content creators I've discovered who expect more while uploading essays once every 2 months, and they don't understand why they stagnate. Congrats on the channel; I share it wherever I can!!👏👏👏

[joenichols]

Self discipline is one of the most frustrating but rewarding challenges in my life. You always say "tomorrow I'll get it 100%" but it never happens. But looking back a few years ago my self discipline is far better. Best anyone can do is 1% better tomorrow than today. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

[sanketvaria]

A human"s strongest:
Power is to choose,
Reason to exist is work,
Strength is his Skills (art, science, etc).