Forging Indestructible Self-Discipline

S2 Episode 23: Doing Hard Things

Some things in life are just hard. No matter how much technology advances or how many conveniences we create or how much we wish it were just otherwise. There is no way around them. There is only through them.

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.