Embracing discipline

Friday, June 7

This is what I got wrong about discipline. And it’s what I think most people get wrong about discipline.

For years, I thought discipline was about sacrifice. I thought it was about what you are giving up. It felt like punishment.

What I realized is not punishment. Discipline is about investment.

When I saw discipline as investment, everything changed.

Discipline stopped becoming about what I had to give up, but about what I was gaining. It stopped being about punishment and started being a reward. It stopped being about a short term struggle and became about a lifestyle.

How you view things matters. When you view them as a negative, you avoid them. When you view them as a positive, you embrace them.

Stop avoiding discipline. Start embracing it.
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Keep chopping wood. 🪵🪓

-Kevin