How did you discipline yourself?

[Kabylfx]

I think we are all aware that motivation never lasts long and that killer work ethics only come through self-discipline. I've been working towards achieving that mindset for the past month and was wondering how some of you guys might have done it.

 

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[Joaki]

I've gotten to a point throughout the last year where I'm working every single day for a big part of my day (12-16 hours)...

All it comes down to is building a habit man. There are so many distractions but when you want it so bad it's so much easier to sit down and put in actual work. I remember it being harder when I didn't have a such a strong certainty of what I wanted to do. But now, I'm programming and coming up with new ways to create more effective and scalable code on a daily basis because my company needs me to be the best-for our customers.

There are very few days when I barely feel like working and what I do on those days is think about the impact of what I'm about to do is going to have in the future and don't think about my short term feeling of not wanting to work. Imagine how serious the habit has gotten that if I go a day without putting in tons of work and making tons of progress I will literally go to sleep disappointed.

It's going to be very different for everyone because not all circumstances are the same but I hope that you can pick something up from that and apply it to yourself.

 

[AndrewNC]

I think we are all aware that motivation never lasts long and that killer work ethics only come through self-discipline. I've been working towards achieving that mindset for the past month and was wondering how some of you guys might have done it.

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