Hypnosis admin on 17 Aug 2010 06:22 pm
How To Develop Self Discipline and Take Control of Your Life
At first glance, self discipline seems to be one of those things in life that you either have or have not got. Some people are just mega organized and appear to fit twice as much into their day as us mere mortals manage.
But it is possible to develop a better sense of self discipline if you know what to do:
Develop self discipline and avoid distractions
You probably know what distracts you most often so you’re already part way towards developing self discipline even if you don’t realize it. Whether it’s checking your email relentlessly, browsing the web rather than researching or watching “just a bit more” television. We all have distractions that we allow to creep into our life. Don’t go cold turkey and cut them out altogether but do restrict yourself to certain times and an overall weekly allowance. Sure, you might go over the allowance occasionally but you’ll still spend less time on the distraction than you did before. You can tighten your allowance over time if you need to.
Schedule your time
You’ve probably got a diary of some sort – maybe a “real” one, more likely an electronic one. Use it more often. Start to schedule your time and make appointments with yourself. And, of course, keep those appointments! There’s no point in blocking off an hour for an important project and then goofing off for most of it. Again, you’ll probably mess up in the initial stages but rather than use that as an excuse that “it’s not working”, instead vow to improve next time. And the time after that!
Avoid the timewasters
You’ll know who these are. The people who distract you from your purpose. They may ask dumb questions, they may keep you longer at the water cooler with conversations about last night’s television, whatever the reason they waste your time, cut down on them. Obviously you’ll need to do this tactically – you probably can’t just tell them to go away and stop bugging you. But you can be polite and cut the conversation short. Any excuse will work – use the word “because” before it and they’ll almost certainly accept that it’s a legitimate reason. Go on – try it!
Set milestones and reward yourself
Most people work better with deadlines and goals. If your projects haven’t already got these built in – or if the end is too far away – set yourself a target. When you reach that target, give yourself a reward. It doesn’t have to be a big reward (although it could be if the goal was big enough) but it definitely has to be a reward of some sort. You’ll know what incentivizes you so feel free to choose something that fits that.
Use hypnosis
Self discipline is a state of mind and hypnosis is a good way of training your mind to do more of what you’d like it to do.