Why can some people insist on doing one thing for a long time, while some people can only be popular for three minutes and give up halfway?
If you see others being able to persist and be very self-disciplined, you will be very anxious, and think others are so powerful and you are so bad, you must be misunderstanding the essence of self-discipline and persistence.
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The essence of self-discipline is to restrain small desires for greater desires. People with deep desires do not need to force themselves to be self-disciplined, they have their own internal motivation.
I have seen many girls fail to lose weight on weekdays, but if she is going to get married, she will definitely lose weight on the wedding day. Because wearing a wedding dress stuns everyone's desire to eat and lie down, it defeats the desire to eat and lie down.
Self-discipline is just an external state that people present when pursuing greater desires and deeper desires.
I insist on writing for 2 hours a day for 6 years to do self-media, in order to accumulate influence and give myself the ability to influence more people.
I have been running for 5 years to keep myself healthy and energetic. My failure to run now does not mean that I am not self-disciplined, but that I have changed to other ways that are beneficial to my health.
Don't be self-disciplined for the sake of self-discipline simply because you don't have greater desires, or know nothing about greater desires. People who can persist in doing one thing for a long time are not the strong willpower and ability they are, but the right thing they have done.
They agree very much with what they do (for the greater desire behind it), and feel the fun and value in the process of doing it, and taste the sweetness. Secondly, they will never be disappointed.
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Think about why you can't stick to it? Is it because of fear of disappointment?
I insisted on exercising for a week and didn’t lose weight. I was so disappointed and gave up. I insisted on being a self-media for one month, but I didn’t increase my fans and didn’t cash in. It was very unhappy and was so disappointed that I quit.
If we follow this logic, we can hardly stick to anything. Because any unpleasant situation may stop you.
. A person who will not be disappointed can calmly accept the occurrence of all uncertainties, never expect anything to happen or not, and do not have any luck with the tortuous and complexity of the development of things.
Whether to stick to one thing depends only on whether he wants to do one thing. Whether things go smoothly will only affect his strategy and methods and will not become the reason for him to give up.
Behind all the almost cruel persistence and self-discipline, there is an almost crazy desire and a soul that is not afraid of disappointment. Crazy desire gives you a constant motivation, and not afraid of disappointment allows you to persevere to the end.
