Examples of how to build Self-Discipline

I read this beautiful and useful story from kensray self developement blog. You can have a look below what he is doing to build Self-Discipline. I think from now onwards I would love to follow his trick.

What he is doing, have a look below, this is really cool . . .
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Following are some of the ways I have used to build my self-discipline up to a respectable level. I am still no where close to where I would like to be but I am still ahead of where I was a few years ago.

• washing my dishes right after I had used them - since I was quite weak, I could not imagine doing this for 30 days straight, so I started off with a goal to follow this for the next 100 times and stop after that. That got me started and I continued this non-stop for the whole year
• no sugar in coffee or tea - again the goal was to follow this for the next 100 cups of coffee or tea, without a break but I ended up doing this for over two months and it’s been around two years and I still drink tea without sugar
• sit-ups every single day for 30 days
• no reading self-help books for 30 days - I was reading too many of the books and not taking enough action. One day I decided that I knew enough so it was time to stop reading anymore and start taking action
• making my bed every single day for 30 days
• not watching any t.v. for 30 days - continued this for over two months
• working out every single day for 30 days - continued this for over two months without a single break, even though a lot of the times I would go to the gym around 1-2 a.m. while having to wake up around 6 a.m. the next morning to go to work
• going to the gym and doing cardio every single morning before going to work for 30 days I continued this for over two months
• going to work at 7:30 every day instead of 8:30-9 a.m. for 30 days- continued this for over two months as well
• studying for 15 minutes a day, learning new ways of improving my job, for 30 days - continued this for over two months, moving to studying for 30 minutes daily after the first 30 days
• folding my clothes right after they have dried, for 30 days - still doing it
• unloading the dish washer right after the dishes have been washed and dried - another 30 day goal and I am still doing it
• ironing my clothes every night for the next day - 30 day goal and I am still doing it
• shower/shave/bathe every single day for 30 days - I used to shower but not shave every single day so this was a challenge as well but I continued for over a year
• learning about real estate market for 30 days by spending 30 minutes daily - continued this for over two months as well
• talk to every single person who serves me for the next 30 days - this was one of the toughest since sometimes I would be in a line up at a cafeteria and I would have to yell to talk to the servers on the other side but still managed for 30 days
• read 50 pages of a book every single night - this is quite tough especially if you’re working full time and you are not a speed reader
• cold calling - speak to 10 people every single day for 30 days regarding real estate - continued this and then increased to 15 people and eventually 20 people every day
• door knocking - again talk to minimum of 10 people every single day for 30 days regarding real estate - continued this and at the end was speaking to around 20 people every day
• throw garbage out as soon as the bag is full and replace a new bag in the garbage bin - initially 30 day goal but served me so well that I decided to stick to it
• do 5 sets of chin ups in my backyard every single day for 30 days - this was a few years ago and was quite challenging as well since there was not a proper chin up bar. I was doing chin ups in the garage which was at the back end of our property. Sometimes I would go there in the middle of the night and little animals running around there and got kind of scary. But continued for over two months
• do push ups every single day for 30 days - still doing them
• do chin ups every day except weekends for 30 days - I am still doing them. Actually there isn’t a proper chin up bar so I am doing them in the washroom stall at my work. The bar that the stall doors are attached to. Hopefully it doesn’t break any time soon
• keep all my receipts in separate envelopes for each month - this is amazing when it comes to organization so still doing it
• keep track of all my expenses by writing them down every single day - still doing them, quite an eye opener

These are the only ones I can remember right now. Some of these I kept on doing because they felt so good and were quite helpful, while others I stopped after my initial goal was reached. It’s also a good way to see if a certain habit is worth keeping.

Just doing stuff like this has built a solid foundation of self-discipline in me. Right now if I wish to do something, I just go ahead and do it instead of trying to motivate myself or finding reasons not to. I usually test theories out myself instead of wasting time deciding whether they’re good or not. I think that is the best way to really find out for sure. Something that might have worked for someone else will not necessarily work for you, so just fold your sleeves and get to work and before you know it you will be done. If it works then great, if not then still you have learned that much more about yourself.

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Hey guys what do you think, isn't it useful ?