Ep. 121 How To Build True Discipline & Stay Consistent (& Why Motivation Is A Myth!)

Working Hard, Hardly Working

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Ceos, Feminsim, Advice, Self-improvement, Business, Women In Business, Stories, Education, Marketing, Self Improvement, Health & Fitness, Ceo, Women Leaders, Money, Careers, Success

4.4 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Discipline is a weird one isn't it, the discourse is so massively dominated by podcast bros telling you to dig in, and when I googled 'books on discipline', I could barely find one by a woman.

But it’s something should still speak about (even if it makes us seem podcast bro), because when we learn to harness it its hugely powerful, and actually sticking to a routine is so so much more important than creating one. The fact of the matter is that discipline is what actually keeps you going towards your goals when your new year's resolutions are crumpled in the bottom of your handbag.

If you missed the first part of our new years series with Roxie Nafousi, you can listen here: https://shows.acast.com/working-hard-hardly-working/episodes/ep-120-how-to-rebrand-your-life-in-2025-with-roxie-nafousi

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

3:14 The Context, what is discipline?

6:35 The Data

10:23 The Theories, how does it work?

18:00 Putting it into practice

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0:29.2	com.com. What is up? And welcome to working Hardly Working. So if you're new here, I started this podcast with the idea of exploring stories and lessons from people across all different walks of life. So experts in all different areas, people who are really successful in all different areas. The concept of these solo episodes, basically, is that they are a shortcut to theories that could
0:57.1	genuinely help to level up your life.
0:59.3	And you can get them all in one walk or one commute or while you're doing your dishes.
1:03.6	And today we are diving into a topic that has been on my mind a lot lately and is something
1:08.5	that I think a lot about generally and always have whether that has
1:11.6	been throughout kind of school throughout trying to get fit throughout you know wanting to reach
1:17.5	certain goals and that is discipline it is very much a word that's associated with hassle culture
1:23.3	and podcast pros you know telling you to like be more disciplined and keep pushing yourself
1:29.2	to achieve everything you want in life. And it's also an incredibly male-dominated conversation.
1:35.1	I would say, in fact, if you Google books on discipline, you will struggle to find a book by a woman
1:41.7	or, I would say, marketed to women even in the suggested list.
1:47.0	And let me tell you, this obviously isn't because women aren't disciplined.
1:51.7	In fact, studies from the American Psychological Association have shown that girls consistently
1:56.2	outperform boys right from elementary school when it comes to discipline with studying.
2:00.6	We are disciplined
2:01.4	but I think the crux of it is that we don't always label it as such so what I mean by that is that
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