Motivation – (noun) the general desire or willingness of someone to do something.
While motivation is great, it can often be fleeting. You may be willing to do something one day, and not want to on another day. Motivation is simply wanting to do it! For a little while you’re driven, and if you have no discipline you crash and burn.
Discipline – (noun) the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.
Discipline is doing something whether you want to or not. It’s sticking to a set plan, or something you said you’d do, whether you’re still motivated or not. This is self-discipline. You don’t have to punish yourself if you don’t finish things, but you know that self-discipline is important if you want to have the habit of getting things done.
In the video above, Elliott Hulse talks about his timeline for success. He explains how he worked fruitlessly for five years on creating his youtube channel before he ever got the viewership he has now. It goes to show how you have to stay dedicated, even when things don’t seem like they’re paying off. Even when you have doubts. Even when you don’t know if you really feel like it.
Often times, I think to myself
“What would I gain if I quit working out right now?”
“What would I gain if I quit working on Maxed Out Muscles?”
The answer is nothing. There is nothing to gain from quitting. If I continue working hard I can assume that maybe someday I’ll be successful. I can also assume that I’ll become a different person as I’m working hard to become the person I need to be in order to succeed.
My questions today are
Have you personally felt like giving up?
Whether it be on your fitness regime or something you’re passionate about?
Have you ever been highly motivated to do something and then wavered?
What do you think of today’s post? Do you agree that discipline is extremely important?
Please let me know in the comments down below. I want read your opinions.
M.O.M 