Self-Discipline: Follow These 12 Steps to Make it a Habit

Developing self-discipline isn't easy. Procrastination is the enemy of self-discipline. Here's a perfect example!

“I'm going to start the keto diet tomorrow because I want to lose 20 lbs for my wedding. I'm trying to be more disciplined about how I eat.” 

Does that sound familiar? Most of us like to talk about how we're going to work on our self-discipline regarding fitness and finances or just life in general.

How can you build self-discipline? Let's look at 12 ways to develop self-discipline, even if you've already tried everything.

12 Ways to Develop Self Discipline

1. Set Small and Realistic Goals Too often do we fail to stay disciplined because we set unrealistically audacious goals. We don't even know where to start or how to begin, so we end up doing nothing.

“Instead of starting big and then flaring out with nothing to show for it other than time and energy wasted, to really get essential things done we need to start small and build momentum..."

In the book “Essentialism” 

"....Then we can use that momentum to work toward the next win, and the next one and so on until we have a significant breakthrough—and when we do, our progress will have become so frictionless and effortless that the breakthrough will seem like overnight success.”  

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