Posts for 'Discipline' Category

What is self-discipline?  Self-discipline is defined as the ability to make yourself to do what you know you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like or not!  Disciplined people know what has to be done and they do it.  They don't put it off until later or allow themselves to be easily taken off track.  And, most importantly, they prioritize and focus on being self-disciplined with activities that move them toward their goals.  There's a big difference between having self-discipline with tasks that move you toward your goals and tasks that do not move you towards your goals at all.  It's usually the more challenging activities and tasks that will help you reach your goals than those of less importance.  This concept is easily confused so be careful which self-discipline activities you use to work towards your goals.

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If you have self-discipline in your work, and towards your goals, you will accomplish everything that you set out to achieve. It is not easy to become self-disciplined, but the rewards are great. There are many areas in your life where you can be self-disciplined.

You can be disciplined with your thoughts. Do not let your fears carry you away. If you have thoughts of worry filling your head it chokes out productive and solution-filled thoughts. Discipline yourself so that any time a thought of worry or fear comes in, you stop it immediately. If a thought shouts at you, "This is useless," discipline yourself to shout back and continue on with your work and your goals until you have achieved what you want.

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According to researchers from U. S. people who consumed a Mediterranean-like diet had fewer chances to have brain infarcts.

These small areas of dead tissue are supposed to create thinking problems. Diets of 712 people in New York were assessed by dividing them into three groups.

These groups were based on how strongly they followed the diet. Mediterranean diet is good for health.

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New diet fads constantly offer hope to the unhappily overweight, before fading away, leaving only disappointed expectations and stubborn flab.

The more extreme the eating plan, the more keenly it's adopted - until its followers realise that measuring portions with a thimble isn't sustainable in the long term.

But there's a new diet trend which claims dizzyingly high success rates, promises painless life-long commitment and allows dieters to eat anything they want.

Faith-based diets take the principles of Christianity and apply them to our overwhelming craving for chocolate, chips and cheese. Advocates say dieters learn to fill the spiritual hole inside themselves with something more powerful than saturated fats.

The basic principle common to the U.S. programmes Christian Weigh Down and Thin Within ('Helps you grow in faith while shrinking your waistline'), and the British equivalent Fit For Life Forever, is that dieters need to identify the deeper reasons why they over-eat, before they can hope to lose weight and keep it off permanently.

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Discipline means training or way of life aimed at self control and conformity to any given guidance. Obedience is what required from the person who intends to be disciplined. It is assumed that the one who disciplines another has already attained the top position or perfection in all respects.

In other words, a person is taught how to behave with others, how to cope up with the surroundings and situations, from his/her childhood. The first persons who teach discipline are Mothers and the Fathers. From them everyone learns how to eat, walk, sleep, speak, and how to behave with others. With this initial stage of discipline we learn how to behave in school. In school we are taught discipline of a higher degree, in order to learn self control, respect teachers, do our daily chorus at school and at home. We are taught discipline to study and play. Without this discipline, it would become difficult for the students and teachers to cope up with each other.

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First you establish your goals, and then you enforce a strict set of disciplines necessary to cross the finish line of achievement. Every act of self-discipline moves you toward your goals, and every exception takes you off course.

You may be tempted to pooh-pooh away this statement as something so obvious, however before you do, ask yourself this important question: "Based on my goals set, am I ahead, on or below target?

The answer to that question is directly tied to your willingness and ability to remain focused on the key actions necessary for success.

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The reason for teaching discipline to children is to help them learn how to respect others and to express their needs and feelings in a socially acceptable manner. Providing discipline to your children as they are growing up helps them to become responsible adults. For any discipline method to be effective, it has to be appropriate for the child's stage of development. A child, no matter what their age, isn't able to complete a task that they are not developmentally ready to perform. Children of all ages need to receive a lot of praise, hugs, and smiles as positive reinforcement for doing the right things. A hug or a thank you is much more meaningful than a piece of candy or a toy.

Physical punishment is not an effective way of teaching discipline to your children. Hitting a child only teaches them that it's okay to hit others when they are upset or angry. The best way to teach discipline is to practice what you teach and lead by example. Your children learn more by your actions rather than your words. If your current discipline method doesn't seem to be working, try something different. The methods that worked when your children were toddlers, probably will not work when they are in elementary school. It is essential to remember that your role as a parent is to help your children to develop into adulthood, and their short term behavior is not nearly as important as how they will behave when they are 20 or 30. Your discipline should focus on correcting inappropriate behaviors and teaching them the acceptable behaviors.

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What is self-discipline?  Self-discipline is defined as the ability to make yourself to do what you know you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like or not!  Disciplined people know what has to be done and they do it.  They don't put it off until later or allow themselves to be easily taken off track.  And, most importantly, they prioritize and focus on being self-disciplined with activities that move them toward their goals.  There's a big difference between having self-discipline with tasks that move you toward your goals and tasks that do not move you towards your goals at all.  It's usually the more challenging activities and tasks that will help you reach your goals than those of less importance.  This concept is easily confused so be careful which self-discipline activities you use to work towards your goals.

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The other day I was talking to another health care professional - Her expertise? Kids and pee!
It was an enlightening conversation! Since then I have repeated her advice and education multiple times daily to my parents. Most of my parents say exactly what I said when I heard this: "AHHH! So that’s what’s happening!" Listen up … I’m here to talk about the "pee pee dance and bedwetting!"

I know you’ve seen the pee pee dance! Your child is standing in front of the TV crisscrossing her legs so she can wait until the last possible minute to steal away and go to the bathroom. Or perhaps instead of the dance, they seem perfectly content until they grab themselves and go careening for the bathroom all the while screaming “I HAVE TO GO POTTY!”
They often dribble a little because the bladder is so overfull. Think of the bladder as a balloon and the urethral opening, where they pee through, as the gates. The bladder is a muscle. Normally when it fills up, it spasms and tells the body that a trip to the bathroom is warranted. Children and adults alike learn to suppress this urge and soon the bladder is so full that only when the gates to the bladder are threatening to break open are they aware that they have to go. Up until then, if you ask – "Do you have to go?" They’ll say "no" because they can’t feel it.
When they do finally go, the force is so great that it’s painful! Some don’t fully empty their bladder and within a relatively short period of time have to go again. These are the parents that come to my office complaining of frequent painful urination and are confused when a urine test shows no infection.

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I found a great article when I was perusing one of Eric Brown’s latest posts - ‘6 Small Things You Can Do When You Lack Discipline’.Recession may be making you doubt yourself, or create a drop in motivation, or perhaps you’re feeling unloved by your boss. Or perhaps you’re just overwhelmed and you’re cutting corners. There are many reasons why your discipline drops.What do you do about it?

Leo Babauta on his blog Zen Habits tells us that there are some small things we can do that can make a big difference (ain’t that true of most problems?)My favorite of his list is the first one: Forgive Yourself. If you don’t do this then all the other things won’t really make much difference - at least in the short term.This is what Leo has to say.

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