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INTRODUCTION.

What is self-discipline? We all seem to know we need it. More of it. I don’t know anyone who thinks they need less self-discipline. We know we need it, yet we all seem a bit foggy on the actual definition. Is it being on time to every-thing? Or early? Waking up at 5 a.m.? Doing everything everyone asks us to, on time, all the time? Does self-discipline run us ragged, chew us up, and spit us out eventually, or is it something deeper? Something more meaningful, perhaps. Something more nourishing. Something not-so-scary, not-so-distasteful.
Perhaps self-discipline, more than being something we lament needing more of, should be something we take joy in cultivating. Something that feeds us, rather than depletes us. Of course, we aren’t always very good at taking care of ourselves, so it’s no surprise we’re still wondering how to get more of this elusive magic-sauce that is self-discipline.
Have no fear. This handbook delves into the art and science of self-discipline. What it is, how to get it, why we need it, how to keep it, and why we want it. It also covers the major stumbling blocks in our way, both internally and externally. Self-discipline has many friends. It also has many foes, and I have made peace with the self-discipline devils. You can, too.
“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging-on of an unfinished task.” —William James
Who Am I to Write about Self-Discipline?.
I’m no scientist, and I don’t study the way our brains work and what makes us scientifically more likely to keep or not keep resolutions. But I’ve been practicing the art of self-discipline since I was very young. I started high school when I was twelve, not because I was particularly smart, but because I worked hard and was motivated. I enjoyed Latin class, took AP classes, did dual-enrollment, and graduated at fifteen with a year’s worth of college credits alongside my diploma. I graduated college at age nineteen, before taking a few years off. On my twenty-first birthday I started a Master’s program in Poetry at Dartmouth College and graduated when I was twenty-two. I’ve been published in the New Yorker, written several books, been featured on a television show, and worked with many influential people, and I’m not even thirty yet.
Does this make me special? Does this make me Superwoman? I don’t think so, and neither should you. Did I work harder than your average teen? Absolutely. Did I also wear myself out and spend a few years completely crashing and burning? Yes, yes, I did that as well. See, I’ve done this self-discipline thing both ways. I’ve been on top of the world with green juices and aerobics before 5 a.m., and I’ve fallen into the self-discipline depression hole that is my bed for days on end. And I’ve learned a few things from both.
We will take a look at the science, because science has plenty of great things to say about how our brains work. But self-discipline also requires heart, spirit, and motivation, things science still doesn’t have a great handle on. It takes a more creative approach to figure out what makes those things work, and they are crucial for positive self-discipline.
“Let us, then, be up and doing …
Still achieving, still pursuing …”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

THE SELF-DISCIPLINE by NATALIE WISE
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