I read a book yesterday called How to Build Self Discipline by Martin Meadows.
Discipline is an interesting word. Often it brings up a negative connotation with its meaning. But really discipline actually makes our lives easier. The author said something very profound- he said “Life is easy when you live the hard way”
The hard part is creating the new habits necessary for success. Once the habit is formed then, it becomes easy.
He has a great suggestion that there are Keystone habits that if created, can effect other positive habits. So by adopting these keystone habits other positive habits will be formed more easily. Those keystone habits are:
1) Daily Exercise
2) Meditation – start with 5 minutes of just focusing on your breath
3) Wake up earlier
4) Try a new thing everyday- something that you are either afraid of or are just procrastinating
5) Save money
6) Gratitude
Except for waking up earlier and daily exercise (I already wake up at 5am and go to the gym at 6am) I can get better at all of the other keystone habits. I am taking on the challenge to get better at all of them. With that we will see how they ripple out into other good habits.
