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What exactly do you guys mean by discipline? Like, sticking to a studying schedule even though the process is repetitive and such?

• gooseus 11y ago
  Discipline is the muscle that needs to be worked so that when shit gets heavy, you don't just drop it. Really it's about developing the behavioral pathways in your brain, your second nature if you will. For me, when something hard comes up, I automatically try to find a way around it or some way to accomplish the goal without dealing with the hard thing. This is great for my creative problem solving skills since I'm able to automatically think outside the box and find workarounds to hard problems that can't feasibly be worked through. However, when there is no workaround, actually convincing myself to do the hard work is extremely tough... my brain keeps automatically pausing and trying to find an easier way around and in those pauses I find it very easy to be distracted and a reason to put off the hard work just a little longer. So yeah, sticking to a studying schedule would be a good way to exercise that discipline.
• jotm 11y ago
  By discipline, I mean the willpower to go on when all motivators have failed but the logic still says that the current path is correct. When you know that a task needs to be done, yet your body and your brain tell you to leave it for later, that they're too tired, that it's not worth it, etc. When you know a task needs to be done to achieve the goal yet most of your colleagues and even part your own brain tells you to stop because... reasons, excuses. I don't know how else to explain it, you just don't stop until the goal is reached, and long before that, motivation, excitement, curiosity, drive, and whatever else emotional factors people have will most likely have stopped...