Self Discipline

This is an interesting topic, so i have decided to post it once again. I hear on a daily basis from clients and individuals within the wider community that they lack the willpower, determination and discipline to achieve a desired outcome or for a better word Goal. It can be a hard subject for those who have the  self control and discipline to swallow, it’s to easy to use the throw away line “Just toughen up and do it”. I found it interesting in the article below the difference between continent behaviour and virtuous behaviour and how this relates to those who may start out with good intentions but find themselves undermining the very thing they set out to achieve due to where their motivations lye.

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Self-discipline refers to the training that one gives one’s self to accomplish a certain task or to adopt a particular pattern of behaviour, even though one would really rather be doing

something else. For example, denying oneself of an extravagant pleasure in order to accomplish a more demanding charitable deed. Thus, self-discipline is the assertion of willpower over more base desires, and is usually understood to be a synonym of ‘self control‘.

Self-discipline is to some extent a substitute for motivation, when one uses reason to determine a best course of action that opposes one’s desires. Virtuous behaviour is when one’s motivations are aligned with one’s reasoned aims: to do what you know is best and to do it genuinely gladly. Continent behaviour, on the other hand, is when one does what one knows is best, but must do it by opposing one’s motivations.^[3] Moving from continent to virtuous behaviour requires training and some self discipline.

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Self Discipline

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