Name: How to Build Self Discipline - My #1 Exercise
Uploaded: 2018-01-23T14:54:22.000Z
Duration: 4 min 47 s
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Past simple

I get asked about all the time
and that is self-discipline

and specifically, what
I'm gonna do in this video

is share an exercise that
I've done in the past

and that I believe is one of the best ways

to build a universally
applicable mental toughness

take an ice cold shower every single day.

and now on a regular basis,
I end my showers cold

even though I do do
them warm at this point.

So the question is why is
an ice cold shower challenge

Well, to answer that, first,
I wanna talk a little bit

and that could be in the form
of physical pain or discomfort

or it could be in the
form of the discomfort

that comes from denying
yourself instant gratification

in service of making progress
on longer term goals.

In either case, your ability
to deal with that discomfort

is a skill that must be built
through repeated exposure.

or rather the historian
Will Durant paraphrased,

"Excellence then is not
an act, but a habit."

which is one of the core
components of excellence

and slot it in there in place
of that word excellence,

is that no matter how you do
it, it's an adaptable skill

It's able to tackle a variety
of different situations

even if it was trained in a different way.

So we've laid the foundation
of self-discipline

Why the heck is an ice
cold shower challenge

that is particularly resistant to excuses.

clever little rationalizations
for not doing it now.

In fact, I do work better
under a deadline anyway

so I'll be more creative if
I wait till Friday to start

and I'm just gonna play
some Mario Kart now

In any case, you're gonna
come up with a rationalization

affords you no opportunity
for these clever

because you were already
gonna take a shower

every day anyway so
you're left with nothing

or you avoid that discomfort
and turn the handle to hot

is because of your ability
and your willingness

to accept or not accept
that level of discomfort.

The second reason this
is such a good exercise

Instead, you're just
facing that same decision

and you're choosing
discomfort rather than comfort

you're building that
universal mental toughness

that you can use in every other situation

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