I'm pretty sure that they are not trying to avoid hurting people's feelings. The problem with "discipline" is that people see the word and assume that we're merely talking about strength of willpower. The key to discipline is building good habits and sticking to them, not mere willing yourself to do the right thing. People often make this mistake.
Interesting.. I think we might be saying something similar.
I think I've noticed most people cringe from the word discipline. They feel building discipline like it's some life / breath sucking black hole that kills all creativity and freedom. Maybe to procrastinate.
Wherever I've found anyone with:
- academic discipline (brilliant in a field of research)
- professional discipline (great at their job)
- social discipline (knows how to get things done with difficult people)
- physical discipline (exercises)
- dietetic discipline (eats well)
- emotional discipline (well balanced)
- mental discipline (don't suffer from analysis paralysis)
- spiritual discipline (can take the good from everything, learn how to meditate/focus, get into flow easier)
I find one amazing thing. We call them successful at what they do. It's tied to their discipline. Discipline of creating, maintaining and building on good habits.
In a way, discipline leaves you free to create and succeed.
Yep, agree 100%. I've been telecommuting full-time since 2006. It's not just discipline to work though - as someone else mentioned in this discussion, you've got to pull yourself away from work too.
So discipline and balance, really. Pretty fundamental skills for success, but maybe not skills that everyone applies at home?
Totally. Been full time self-employed since '99 in Uni and I've had to learn discipline, routines, and maintaining all areas of my life. Sucked at a lot of it for many years, still improving.
The one thing I've realized there's always something to improve. If I was finished improving it means I'm not busy enough most days, lol.
This entire article is about building one core skill, entirely summed up in one word. This core skill helps create all other required skills.
That's it.
Sadly it seems to dance around discipline, like we may, avoiding saying it to not to hurt anyones feelings.
Discipline forms habits. Discipline keeps habits. Poor discipline, poor habits.
Not having and always working on your discipline makes it hard to work from home.
Fast Company; I'm available for hire.