10 Steps to Creating Self-Discipline

Self-discipline is the ability to face the strongest form of temptation and overcome. Supposing you find yourself in a situation where someone very attractive tries to seduce you when you have made a vow to stay sex-free for a certain period of time, the ability to ignore the seductive moves of that stunningly attractive seducer is self-discipline. Self-discipline is that ability to cut down on what you live on in order to save more money for more important things. For instance, if you have been living in a duplex all your life and suddenly you decide to become a minimalist, the ability to move from your comfortable duplex to a one bedroom apartment is self-discipline. Self-discipline is the ability to stay home because you want to study more for your exams and make better grades when your peers are out there partying. Self-discipline is the ability to quit drinking and smoking by thinking about the health risks you are exposed to as a result of your continued addiction to those harmful drugs and excess alcohol. It is self-discipline that helps you say no to those MacDonald's fries you have come to love so much to enable you to keep your weight under check. Imagine where you are asked to quit taking your favorite MacDonald's burger simply because you have put on some weight and would love to shed the unwanted fats. Giving up your favorite things whether food, drink or cloth could be one of the most difficult things in the world. So that ability to give it all up because you desire a better life is self-discipline. This book deals with all aspects of self-discipline such as what it really is, what causes it, what you lose to lack of it, its benefits, natural ways to build it, and daily habits to sustain and increase it.