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The reason nobody has discipline anymore is because it's not taught. Discipline isn't taught, and the idea of being disciplined is seen as negative. We also live in a world where everything and everybody is vying for our attention. Everything! There's ads everywhere. YouTube happens quickly. Kids are being raised with iPads. Like, when I was a kid, or you were a kid, we had a coloring book. Now, they've got flashing lights and little video games. How do you think you're going to keep his attention as he grows old? He's been entertained by some of the best software developers in the world, permanently, since the second he could pick up an iPad. So, your attention is very, very difficult. And that's what discipline is, really. It's the ability to stay focused on one thing for a long period of time.
I think most people don't realize how bad their attention span is, or how much discipline they lack, until they really start to suffer from it. And that's what will happen, especially as a man. I can't say as a woman, but as a man, if you don't have the ability to knuckle down and focus on something for a long time, life's gonna punish you sooner or later. Life is going to wake you up to the reality of mastery and the reality of success. And it's not really a glamorous story. Like, how do you become the best pianist in the world? You do the same thing over and over for 15 years: learn, practice, perform, learn, practice, perform. It's boring, you know? But that's what discipline is.
So, the idea that a lot of people want to be constantly entertained... "I want to be entertained." Well, that's boring! That's why you need discipline. People want to be constantly motivated. "Oh, I don't feel motivated." Listen, if you're not motivated to go to the gym, and that has resulted in you being obese, suffering health adversity... so you now damaged your health, on top of that, you're less attractive to females, on top of that, your energy levels are lower... if you really need motivation to just lose weight and live a life worth living, but there's something wrong with you.
I train every single day, and I'm never motivated. But I'm disciplined. I never wake up and think, "Yeah, I want to train." I've been training my whole life. I'm bored of it. But it's something that has to be done, right? So, the idea of entertainment, the idea of motivation... these things are completely detrimental to discipline.
People ask all the time and say, "How do I get motivated?" And I say, "You don't. You get disciplined." I don't care if you feel like doing X. You must do X, or you will stay a loser. So, do you want to be a loser, or do you want to do X? There's nothing to do with motivation. A lot of these things people are constantly distracted, and I think a lot of the things that are taught and told about discipline are actually detrimental to a disciplined mindset.
I think most people don't realize how bad their attention span is, or how much discipline they lack, until they really start to suffer from it. And that's what will happen, especially as a man. I can't say as a woman, but as a man, if you don't have the ability to knuckle down and focus on something for a long time, life's gonna punish you sooner or later. Life is going to wake you up to the reality of mastery and the reality of success. And it's not really a glamorous story. Like, how do you become the best pianist in the world? You do the same thing over and over for 15 years: learn, practice, perform, learn, practice, perform. It's boring, you know? But that's what discipline is.
So, the idea that a lot of people want to be constantly entertained... "I want to be entertained." Well, that's boring! That's why you need discipline. People want to be constantly motivated. "Oh, I don't feel motivated." Listen, if you're not motivated to go to the gym, and that has resulted in you being obese, suffering health adversity... so you now damaged your health, on top of that, you're less attractive to females, on top of that, your energy levels are lower... if you really need motivation to just lose weight and live a life worth living, but there's something wrong with you.
I train every single day, and I'm never motivated. But I'm disciplined. I never wake up and think, "Yeah, I want to train." I've been training my whole life. I'm bored of it. But it's something that has to be done, right? So, the idea of entertainment, the idea of motivation... these things are completely detrimental to discipline.
People ask all the time and say, "How do I get motivated?" And I say, "You don't. You get disciplined." I don't care if you feel like doing X. You must do X, or you will stay a loser. So, do you want to be a loser, or do you want to do X? There's nothing to do with motivation. A lot of these things people are constantly distracted, and I think a lot of the things that are taught and told about discipline are actually detrimental to a disciplined mindset.
