People always tell me that I’m so disciplined or that they wish they had my sense of discipline. I found it praiseworthy at first, but then it started to irk me. The same people who were telling me these things had such low confidence in their own self discipline (or lack thereof) that I found it hard to believe.
Alongside those “wonderful” comments is the question, “How do you do it?” Believe me, it’s taken me years to motivate myself to get things done, even things that I don’t enjoy doing. But I can tell you that if you’re really determined about developing self discipline, you’ve got to have a LOT of determination. Low self esteem will get you nowhere.
