How To Cultivate Self-Discipline (Episode #106 - Discipline)

Do you struggle to hold yourself accountable and do what is the right thing? In this themed episode Juan and Kyrin discuss the topic of 'Discipline'. The crew start off as usual with the MMM's/definition before diving into whether the concept is something that they think about often in their day to day life. For Kyrin it has a bit too much of a negative connotation and he prefers to use other language, whereas Juan constantly uses it to motivate himself to do the hard things even while tired or stressed out.

Also included in the conversation were: some tips/tricks of how to cultivate discipline, the difference between moderating something enjoyable but damaging versus something unenjoyable but healthy, the additional concept of 'willpower' and how it is similar but different from discipline, intrinsic motivation and why neither of the Mere Mortals like to reward themselves with treats, some hypotheticals on just how tyrannical they would be as parents before summing up everything in a neat little bow. As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:

0:00 - Intro & Mere Mortal Moments

3:17 - Reason for topic and definition/etymology

7:05 - Is the concept of self-discipline useful

16:29 - Stopping bad things (vices)

26:09 - Ways to be disciplined

27:22 - Willpower vs discipline

33:11 - Harder to moderate a pleasure or cultivate a habit?

36:10 - Don't wait for it to feel right

38:52 - Intrinsic motivation and rewarding yourself with treats

43:03 - How would you discipline your kids?

48:45 - How to balance forgiving yourself vs flogging yourself

52:17 - Calorie deficit & splurging

54:26 - When is discipline harmful?

58:07 - Generic, unhelpful advice

1:01:37 - Regression to the mean

1:04:49 - Looking sharp and tune in for more

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