Everyone throws around the word discipline like it's some sort of magical trait like it's the key to absolutely everything like only successful people have it on the very best the 1 have it

They throw around be disciplined stay disciplined stay consistent

But what does that even mean

I used to think discipline was about consistency as many other people do just showing up every day no matter what

But then I realized that is very surface level

Discipline isn't just about showing up

It's about who you become when you don't want to show up

I Learned that lesson first in the gym

Later on it was reinforced in business

And both times I have found the same constant truth

Discipline isn't about what you do when you feel good when you feel like doing it

It's about what you do when you don't

So today where are we talking about discipline and not the motivational kind not that make you feel good fun and cozy type of motivation where we talk about the real kind the ugly kind the kind that makes you want to quit real quick

If you're watching this on YouTube hit the like button drop a comment subscribe so you miss any future episodes

And if you're listening to this on a podcast platform leave a review

It'll help us out big time and it'll let us know that you guys actually like what we're putting out

All right let's jump right in

When I started hitting the gym I had no plan of building up any sort of discipline

I just wanted to look good and I wanted to feel good

That was really it as I kept going through those 5:00am alarms those cold mornings the ones that really don't make you want to get out of bed

Those are the ones that built me because every time you win that little argument of not wanting to get out of bed wanting to stay cozy wanting to get a little more sleep you start building something that is way deeper than just muscle

You start building trust within yourself

And that is arguably way more important any kind of Biss exercise any kind of gym success

And once I started seeing that physically in me through the gym I also started seeing the same thing monetarily in business

There are days when things are slow when clients cancel complains when everything just starts piling up all the things that you have to do all the problems that you have with people it all just starts playing up a lot

And I'll be honest quitting does sound a little bit good sometimes

You know like just call you quits getting a regular job

You stop thinking about this thing 24 7

It does run through my head when these times come but then that little voice that got me out of bed to go to the gym comes back

And it's that same voice that makes me want to keep building even though things are hard even though everything is against you even though you don't feel like it

Think of motivation like a spark right

It starts out it gets you started

And think of discipline as an engine that keeps you going even when that spark is gone

That's what the difference is

Motivation is emotional discipline is logical

Motivation says I feel like doing it so i'mma do it

Discipline says I said that I would so I'm going to

And that's how you separate people who talk about success people who know about success you know people that flash all the success from the ones who actually live it achieve their goals do what they say they're going to do

Because when that excitement fades when you don't feel like it anymore you're not happy about it realize that it's hard no one's watching you

When there is no reward no light at the end of the tunnel insight discipline becomes your reality

It is not sexy

It's not viral

It's not flashy

It's not necessarily something people brag about but it's the truth

And let me be completely transparent

I am not this godly perfect disciplined guy

I procrastinate a lot

I get distracted a lot

I go off the rail sometimes and I do skip from time to time either the gym or I look over things that I have to do

It's a really it's something that I'm really working on

It's like sometimes I just go very very very very hard on one thing like balls to the walls and then I eventually get burned out

And I keep on doing that even though I know that I'm gonna end up getting burned out

It's something I have to deal with

It's almost like I only have two gears

I either go all in or I'm completely checked out

But what I've Learned is that discipline isn't about being perfect

It's about being aware enough to catch yourself when you're slipping

You can mess up for a day a week even a month

Sometimes people mess up for years

But true discipline is when you catch yourself and you stop from spiraling faster

You catch yourself in the wrong you realize hey I'm going down the wrong path again

Let me stop

Forgive yourself pick yourself up and you get back on track faster

That's what discipline is because guilt kills momentum faster than failure ever will

Discipline isn't about never falling off you're going to

It is a requirement

You have to fail you have to trip you have to make mistakes

That's not what discipline is about

It's not about avoiding that

It's about not staying down on the ground when you get knocked down

It's about getting back up one two three four times

What are you gonna do when you get knocked down 10 times

Are you gonna get back up the 11th time

If you do that's what discipline is

It doesn't matter you can get knocked down you can fail 999 times

Are you gonna get up thousand time over knowing how many times you had to get up before knowing how many times you feel are you still gonna get up and are you gonna go do it

That's what discipline is

It's funny you know there was this stretch of time where my discipline got tested really really really hard

It was like 12 16 hour days

I'd go to work I'd hit the gym

I would barely have any time to eat or sleep or literally do anything else

It was just literally that I was not motivated at all

I hated it

I was tortured for a while

I didn't like it not even a single bit

But I was locked in

It's like I entered the state where life wasn't happening to me before

I stopped letting things happen to me and I started actually doing thing

I was happening to life

I took control of my actions and I did what I had to do in order to get the outcome that I wanted

That's when you realize you've crossed over

You don't need motivation anymore because discipline becomes who you are

You're not fighting it anymore

You're not resisting you're flowing with it

It is an innate part of you

There's no second guessing yourself

There is no doubts

It's like hey I need this done and this is what I have to do

So I'm gonna do it and I'm gonna keep trying until I can't anymore

Even when I can't I'm still gonna keep going

And honestly like some of the hardest lessons I've Learned throughout my life so far has come from the times that I wasn't disciplined

You know I've missed opportunities I've missed some business I've missed workouts and above everything I've missed that feeling of like that personal momentum you get you know that pride you get from keeping promises to yourself

Cause at the end of the day you only have yourself

The worst part wasn't what I lost or what could have been

The worst part was realizing that I didn't stand by my own word

My word meant nothing

That's the worst part

You make promises not only to other people but to yourself

And every time you break that promise you break trust within yourself sometimes even unconsciously that happens

It eats you

Honestly it's very toxic and very detrimental because if you can't trust yourself then who's going to trust you at all

How are you gonna get any kind of confidence any kind of credit towards yourself

If you can't even trust yourself you won't be able to be confident cause you can't trust yourself

Discipline it's personal integrity

It's the contract between who you currently are and who you said you'd be

And every time you break that contract you weaken that bond you give yourself another reason to not keep going and not believing in yourself

So I started rebuilding that trust one step at a time one promise at a time and everything started going great

I honestly felt at peace and that's what discipline gives

It makes you feel peaceful

And honestly that's what discipline does and gives you peace

There is no amount of money that will give you peace

There's no amount of success that will give you peace

There's not amount of fame or recognition that will give you the peace that discipline can

Peace that I'm talking about is that kind that comes from knowing that you are in control of your actions or of your direction

Even when life feels chaotic you still have control

You still gripping on that wheel

Motivation gives you highs and gives you lows

Discipline gives you that balance you know lower highs and higher lows

Not really glamorous flashy

It's not a thing people brag about but it is reliable

It's like having this little compass this little guide pointing you north towards your destination no matter how stormy it gets

And if you think about it disciplines like a thunderstorm

At first it's manageable

There's a little bit of drizzle maybe a cloud here and there a little bit of dark skies

And then it gets rough

Then the rain starts pouring thunder hits lightning strikes and you can't see two feet ahead of you

And so you start thinking maybe I should pull over

But turns out that if you keep driving if you keep your hands on the wheel and keep moving forward eventually you'll break through that storm

You'll pass right by you'll get to the other side when it's not raining anymore

And at that moment when the sky clears that's what all that pain was for

That's what all that doubt goes out the window

And you were glad that you kept track because if you had pulled over you would still be on in that storm regardless the fact that you pulled over doesn't mean you get out of that storm

You're still in it you're just not moving forward

And that's exactly what discipline is

Discipline is not the storm itself

It's the choice to keep driving through it right

The storm's gonna be there regardless

It's your choice whether you understand pull over and just sit there while everything's happening to you or take accountability take action and do the thing that will get you through that

Because on the other side of that storm is you stronger confident and unshakeable at the end of the day everyone wants success everybody wants freedom

Not a lot of people are willing to do what it takes because most people forget that the bridge between you right now and you where you wanna be is discipline

That's what will get you there

So when you wake up tomorrow and you don't feel like doing it you constantly have to remind yourself the storm always ends

You just have to keep driving

And that about wraps it up you know something great some little bit of golden nuggets here and there for you guys hopefully like it

I'll put more of these little lessons that I've Learned so far out in the coming episodes and yep stay tuned for more and I'll catch you guys in the next one

Peace

Thank you so much for listening and for watching

It really does mean the world to us and we really appreciate every single one of you who sticks around all the way until the end

Don't forget to like comment subscribe leave us a review in the podcast platform

It really does help us grow

And until next time see you guys