Author: Thinking about Jun

Modern people often say that "self-discipline is king". When I am self-disciplined, life is king; When I am self-disciplined, life is like hanging up; When you work hard enough, the whole world will make way for you and so on.

Although this is the truth, it is "easier said than done", because it is easy to know a truth, but it is difficult to do it! From "knowing" to "getting", we still need to "do it", and we can resolutely implement and self-discipline, and finally "do it" is the most important thing!

how can we do it well? Chapter 63 of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching says, "All the difficulties in the world must be easy, and all the major events in the world must be detailed." All the difficulties in the world begin with ease, and all the major events in the world are formed step by step from small places.

If we want to be self-disciplined and "do it", we should start with doing some small things well! Self-discipline is not a slogan, but doing the following two little things in a down-to-earth manner. What is self-discipline? Is to do these two little things to the extreme! Let's take a look together!

The Book of Changes says, "If you are poor, you will change; if you change, you will be able to pass; if you are not satisfied with the present situation, you must try hard to jump out of the bondage and boldly try to change, so as to improve your ability and make your thoughts look brand-new; When thinking changes, naturally many things will change with it. Secondly, if you force yourself to do something you don't like, your progress will be the fastest!

Self-discipline is an action for long-term consideration. It is to make yourself better in the future through changes in the present, and it belongs to delayed enjoyment. In the future, we will definitely thank ourselves for working hard now, so we force ourselves to do things we don't like but should do!

For example, it's comfortable to sleep late, but if we can leave the comfort zone voluntarily, form a regular routine, get up early and go to bed early, we can overcome instinctive inertia invisibly, develop a diligent and self-reliant temperament, and eventually we will be full of gains!

Zeng Guofan said, "Diligence is the first thing that makes you get up early, and the second thing that makes you persistent; Where there are no seeds, there are no seeds for sages and heroes, as long as people are willing to make up their minds, they can do it. "He insisted on getting up early for 3 years, thus becoming a sage who made meritorious deeds and made a statement that was immortal."

? What is self-discipline? Is to force yourself to do what you should do! For example, after eating, you don't want to wash the dishes and chopsticks, and suddenly you feel lazy. You should immediately get rid of this bad idea and act immediately, thus forming a small habit of self-discipline.

By analogy, when we see poor indoor hygiene, piles of sundries and clothes left in the corner, if we are lazy, we will turn a blind eye, add up a lot of troubles, and eventually our lives will be a mess.

However, when we see a problem, we act immediately, abandon lazy thinking instantly, and force ourselves to do something we don't like but should do with strong self-discipline. We will find that solving things is so simple and life is so beautiful.

? At this time, you are more able to understand what Laozi said: "The world's difficulties must be easy, and the world's major events must be done in detail." Easy things and small things are done well, and we naturally follow the difficult and major events with ease!

Self-discipline is the process of people's growth and progress. Some small habits seem insignificant, but over time, from quantitative change to qualitative change, and finally an essential mutation occurs, which can make people's abilities advance by leaps and bounds and make people's lives look brand-new.

and so on, there are many small things that force you to do things you don't like but should do, and then form the habit of self-discipline.

For example, sedentary office workers should force themselves to exercise and keep fit; Pupils are forced to practice their handwriting if they can't write well. To put it bluntly, self-discipline is to be able to bear boredom and overcome lazy thinking. It is the so-called "being able to bear boredom and get things done"!

Self-discipline means not only doing things actively, but also restraining yourself from doing some things less. Sometimes, what we have achieved depends not on what we have done, but on what we have not done. For example, some people like to entertain foolish ideas and can't control their emotions, so they delay things; And some people, when doing things, throw away selfish distractions and concentrate, and finally achieve great success.

self-denial, that is, self-restraint and strict requirements, is a moral cultivation method advocated by Confucius. Only when a person knows "self-denial" can he fight against instinctive desires, and then cultivate morality and make progress in thought and cultivation. If a person doesn't know how to restrain his desires and do whatever he wants, it will sooner or later lead to a double blow from heaven and humanity.

Self-discipline means keeping a restraint on what you like, and this little restraint will accumulate over time and make us extraordinary in the future. As the writer Gorky said: "Even a little restraint on yourself will make people strong."

diseases in old age are all recruited when you are strong; Sins are made in good times when times are bad! For ordinary people, if they know how to control their desires and live by themselves, they can gain a good body and let their blessings accompany them for a long time!

For example, if you know that you have "three highs" and the hospital has told you to pay attention to your diet, you should control your mouth and eat less spicy and greasy food. Don't take chances, saying it's okay to try once, because once your psychological defense line is opened, it will be repeated again and again, and finally it will become a regular "try your life."

when you are angry, control your anger; When you meet delicious food, don't overeat, enough is enough. This can be said in the Book of Changes that "a gentleman punishes his pent-up desire", and Zeng Guofan even listed it as wicked heart. In the Book of Treating the Heart, he said: "The way to treat the heart is to get rid of its poison first, and the yang is evil, and the yin is evil."

In today's sports world, many star athletes have finally gained a successful life because they know how to restrain their desires and insist on self-discipline. James didn't eat a bite of pork for eight years in order to keep fit. Nowitz has been sober for more than 1 years during his basketball career. Nash never touches sugar, fried food, deep-processed food and so on.

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo has a very light diet, never eats sweets, never drinks alcohol and carbonated drinks, and tries to avoid eating red meat and frozen food. The body fat rate of athletes is usually around 1%, while that of C Ronaldo is only 7%. Athletes' muscle content is usually difficult to exceed 46%, while C Ronaldo's muscle content is 5%.

Top athletes rely on self-discipline that is close to self-abuse, in exchange for pursuing and enjoying their dreams, and finally they can reap full life and success. So when you are self-disciplined, life is king!

There is a famous saying in the wonderful book "Caigen Tan": "If you manage things on the road, you will regress slightly without fear of difficulties. If you regress, you will be far away from Qian Shan; If you want to do something on the road, you can get your hands on it if you don't enjoy it. Once you get it, you will go deep into Wan Ren. ".

That is, things about desire should not be contaminated at will because of the convenience in front of you. Once you indulge yourself, you will fall into the abyss. Don't be afraid of difficulties, so you don't back down. Once you back down, you will be far away from the truth, Qian Shan.

In fact, this statement is the best interpretation of self-discipline: the first half of the statement tells people to make efforts to make themselves better and force themselves to do things they don't like but should do; The second half of the sentence tells people not to indulge their desires, and to restrain themselves from doing things they like but should not do!

The two sentences complement each other, which explains "what is self-discipline" more accurately, and it is also like Confucius said that "a gentleman does something, but he doesn't"! After reading this article, it is estimated that everyone knows what self-discipline is, that is, to do the above two little things well and achieve the ultimate, then life can be king!

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