Interesting post on zen habits blog about the fact that discipline is overrated:
Every single specific action you can take to make yourself do something is motivation. Not discipline.
And that’s why discipline is a myth. It might sound good, but it’s not a useful concept. When it comes to taking specific actions to make yourself do something, the only things you can do are motivation. Not discipline. I’ve challenged people to come up with a discipline action that isn’t motivation for years now, and no one has done it.
Do you agree? What does motivate you when you need to change? What are your strategies for change?
PierG
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May 24, 2011 at 8:27 am
Sergio
Good post. It never struck me to put motivation and discipline in confrontation this way. Clifton’s Strengthfinder defines the discipline theme as:
“People strong in the Discipline theme enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best described by the order they create.”
So can we reword this to say people strong in the discipline theme are simply motivated by routine and structure? Probably so.