S2 Episode 22: Pushing Through Tough Days

S2 Episode 22: Pushing Through Tough Days

We read about people who seem to wake up every morning energized and ready to conquer the world. But real life is not like that. Real life includes difficult days and disappointment, frustration, exhaustion, and doubt. It is not that disciplined people never struggle. Rather, the truth is that they have learned how to keep moving when they do have tough days.

S2 Episode 21: Recovering From Major Life Setbacks

Life has a way of knocking all of us down at some point. Sometimes it comes from our own mistakes and sometimes it comes completely out of nowhere. The difficult truth is that no amount of preparation, intelligence, discipline, or planning can completely protect you from hardship. The real test is how you can gather yourself and get back up after it happens.

S2 Episode 20: Combating Decision Fatigue

Every single day you make hundreds of decisions. Some are small and others are bigger. Each of these choices draws from the same limited pool of mental energy. The more decisions you make the harder it becomes to make good ones. That is decision fatigue in action.

S2 Episode 19: The Influence of the People Around Us

The people around us shape us far more than we realize. Human beings are social creatures and we absorb attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, and habits from the environment around us almost automatically. That influence can either strengthen our discipline or quietly destroy it over time.

S2 Episode 18: Understanding Responsibility

It is important to understand that life is not built around constant personal preference. There are many things we do not get to opt out of simply because we do not feel like doing them. A healthy and functioning life depends on people consistently handling responsibilities that are often tedious and unexciting. Self-discipline begins when we stop asking whether we are in the mood and start asking whether the task needs to be done.