I know I have written a couple of posts in the past about discipline indirectly... namely this one. I am going to slide this Principle of Warriorship ahead of selfishness in the pecking order. Without discipline what are we? Lazy? Weak? Inept? Yes to all of these...
How would we function in this society of selfish ambition and hedonistic attitudes if we did not have discipline? How could we possibly find the resolve to pursue perfection and the idea of warriorship? How could we even think about our passion on a professional level without discipline?
The answer to all of these questions would be, we could not obtain anything that we desire that is worth anything without discipline.
Warriorship is Discipline
Building from the last post, true freedom would be impossible without discipline. I am sure that Adam from Manvsdebt would agree that it was probably the single biggest thing to conquering his families debt and obtaining the goals that they had set before themselves.
The same goes for the Warriorship ideology. Without discipline there would be a lot of spinning our wheels in the attempt to become better men, better husbands, better fathers and better people.
Sure small gains could be made in every area of your life without discipline but they will never be what they could be with discipline.
Luckily discipline is something you can work at. Discipline can be developed like a habit and that is very reassuring.
My suggestion is to make some small goals and approach obtaining these goals as mini jobs in our lives. Do you want to get in shape and be ready for everything from a physical standpoint then set a small goal on that path and put your effort into obtaining it. Everyday approach the idea of fitness with a professional mindset and accomplish these goals. The same can be said for anything.
The problem arises when we let small selfish desires eat away at the ultimate goal.
Principles of Modern Warriorship
- Warriorship is Integrity
- Warriorship is Discipline
- Warriorship is Unselfish
Have the resolve to work at discipline. Put some goals out there, here on this blog would be a great forum, and use accountability of others to help you stay disciplined.
In the next couple of days I am going to throw some of my goals for the coming months in a post and I want to use those of you who read this as my accountability to help me stay disciplined.
More to come on this subject very soon...