In this episode, Ryan talks about the importance of discipline and how it can be applied in all areas of your life. He also gives examples of what he believes are some of the most important things you can do to improve your discipline.
00:00:24.420Men, what is going on today? My name is Ryan Michler, and I am the host and founder of Order of Men.
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00:00:58.800Now, I don't mess around here on these shows because, like I said, I only have a limited amount of time, 5 to 10 minutes, so I just want to jump right into it.
00:01:05.800Today, I want to talk about discipline.
00:01:07.660Now, in our closed Facebook group, which you can find at facebook.com slash groups slash order of men,
00:01:13.560I ask the 3,900 guys there what their biggest struggles are as men.
00:01:18.860And more often than not, I hear that self-discipline is the biggest concern.
00:01:24.180In other words, their inability to accomplish what they want and what they know they should be doing.
00:01:30.980Look, I get it. For a long time, I was very undisciplined.
00:01:34.020In fact, there are certain elements of my life where I still am, but it's a continual process for me and I found some things that work.
00:01:40.200So, today, I want to talk with you about some of these key concepts as to why discipline is so important to have and then how you can build more of it in your life.
00:01:49.640And first and foremost, I think it's important when it comes to discipline that we talk about the mindset.
00:01:54.160The reality is that when we get our minds right about something, anything in life, it leads us to making some choices.
00:01:59.880Those choices lead to action. Those actions lead to results.
00:02:03.660So, if we want the results in our life, in any area of our life, health, wealth, relationships, whatever, we need to work on the mindset piece first.
00:02:12.420And when it comes to discipline and the mindset to have more of that in your life, it's really a matter of commitment.
00:02:17.460Are you committed? I mean, like, literally 100% committed to whatever it is you're setting out to do.
00:02:24.380If you're not, you're going to continue to give yourself a way out of everything you say you're going to do.
00:02:29.540And in order to get committed, you need to have two things.
00:02:33.460First, you need to be very clear about what it is you want.
00:02:37.000Do you want a better relationship? Do you want more money?
00:02:39.340If you want more money, how much? Do you want to be in better shape?
00:02:42.180What does that look like to you? What? What is it that you want?
00:02:44.920And without knowing that, it really doesn't matter what you do throughout your day.
00:02:48.540It doesn't matter if you have discipline or not.
00:02:50.180Now, if you want a cool resource that I personally use to map out my day and what I hope to accomplish in any given day, you can go to orderofman.com slash weekly planner.
00:04:03.740My why was that I wanted to be fully present for my children and for my wife.
00:04:08.140And without that why, it would have been very easy for me to revert back to the way things were.
00:04:13.660And I will not let that happen again, guys.
00:04:16.100I won't let it happen again because my why is strong enough to keep me going to the gym or going running, even if I don't want to actually do it.
00:04:25.680So let's assume now that you've got your head straight about this discipline thing.
00:04:53.980What days and times will you be exercising?
00:04:56.180If you're talking about building wealth, what days and time of the day are you going to track your finances?
00:05:00.260What program are you going to be used to track in them?
00:05:02.240How are you going to invest on a regular basis?
00:05:04.360If you're trying to improve in your relationships with your wife, when are you going to take her on a date each week?
00:05:09.860When are you going to have conversations and connect with her?
00:05:12.040I know it sounds strange in this case, but mapping out your week is critical because if you map out what and when you're going to do something, you're more likely to do it.
00:05:20.160Now, some of these questions are going to be difficult to answer, especially if we're talking about in a five to 10 minute podcast.
00:05:25.480But if you want to know some more information about this, you want some more resources, you want to ask these questions, you want to figure out what other guys are doing.