3057: [Part 2] Iron Discipline: These 7 Steps Can Help You Accomplish Your Goals by Eric Teplitz on New Habit Formation

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3057: Eric Teplitz emphasizes that true discipline stems not from heroic willpower, but from small, repeatable actions that become second nature over time. By recognizing progress, leveraging past successes, and allowing discomfort to guide you back to purposeful habits, you can build lasting self-discipline and accomplish more than you ever imagined. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://medium.com/better-humans/iron-discipline-these-7-steps-can-help-you-accomplish-your-goals-5e8c7a587274 Quotes to ponder: "The doing of the activity is usually not the hardest part. It’s the getting yourself to do it." "You have stretched yourself. You have explored something and gotten a sense of what it is like based on the reality of it, not simply conjecture." "You are capable of taking action even when you don’t feel like it, and you have benefited from doing so." Episode references: Ironman Triathlon: https://www.ironman.com The Power of Now: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Now-Guide-Spiritual-Enlightenment/dp/1577314808 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.7	Iron Discipline.
1:06.0	These seven steps can help you accomplish your goals.
1:08.8	Part 2 by Eric Teplitz of ericteplets.com. And I'm Dr. Neal,
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