What's the good I will get staying disciplined?
A big reason unsuccessful people don't make it isn't because they don't have the desire to be successful, it is because they lack the skill of discipline to shun their emotions when they needed to. Instant gratification is what our society promotes, this is why most people can't be rich or successful. Do you think self-made millionaires got rich because of instant gratification?
Of course no, they had to delay instant gratification, they had to sacrifice the short term for the long term. Mediocrity is a big keyword that limits people from living up to their potential because not everyone is ready to sacrifice the short for the long term. If you are someone who lacks discipline, this is a wake-up call for you.
5 Reasons why you need discipline
#1 Grounded
Lots of people just dream, they live in a fantasy of their own. If you don't want to end up in mediocrity and regret, you will have to discipline yourself, and discipline will help you to stay grounded in reality. Most of the things promoted in our modern society are built to keep you in a world of fantasy and delusional, more like a false reality. Snap yourself into reality, you have to make discipline a lifestyle, a friend.
#2 Long-term benefit
Financial success or success at anything in life will require you to sacrifice the short term for the long term, and this can only be done by discipline. The great things that we all consume and admire are built by people who stayed disciplined. Mobile apps, skyscrapers, and roads are built by people who are disciplined. This same goes for you, to get your desired reality you will need to shun your emotion and work when necessary.
#3 Personal Development
Do you want to be the best you can be?
You will need to outgrow your current self into a better version and to do this you will need discipline. Discipline is a skill you need to outgrow your old self, there are bad habits that will limit you from upgrading the version of yourself. Habits are what you do, and bad habits are things you do that have negative effects on your long term, to replace bad habits with good ones, discipline is needed
#4 Mastery
Reaching a point of deep understanding in a skill or a field of study requires you to go through the pain of discipline. Having a vision, setting goals, and making a plan is a good formula for mastery, but will be useless in the long term when if you lack discipline, you won't make it. Discipline fuels consistency which naturally leads to success
#5 Goals
Goals are steps you need to set to bring your dreams to reality. Depending on the type of goal you have, you will need to set a routine and consistently follow the routine before experiencing success. Without discipline following a routine consistently will be impossible, because there are days you won't feel like working, so it's the mentality of still working regardless of how you feel that matters.