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The Mindset Mentor

How to Trick Your Brain into Liking Discipline

The Mindset Mentor

Rob Dial

Business, Health & Fitness, Education, Mindset

4.914.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Why do you keep saying you’ll start tomorrow but never do? In this episode, I explain why it’s not laziness holding you back and how to rewire your brain so you can finally take disciplined action, even when it’s uncomfortable. If you want 2026 to be your best year yet then this video is for you. In just 30 minutes, I’ll help you build a clear, simple goal system so you stop guessing and start moving forward with confidence. 👉 Build your 2026 goal system here: https://www.goalslesson.com/lpy63738896 Feeling stuck? It's time to take back control. If you're ready to master your mind and create real, lasting change, click the link below and start transforming your life today. 👉 http://coachwithrob.com   The Mindset Mentor™ podcast is designed for anyone desiring motivation, direction, and focus in life.     Past guests of The Mindset Mentor include Tony Robbins, Matthew McConaughey, Jay Shetty, Andrew Huberman, Lewis Howes, Gregg Braden, Rich Roll, and Dr. Steven Gundry.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor Podcast. I am your host, Rob Dial. If you have

0:12.9

not, you done so hit that subscribe button so you never miss another episode. We put out episodes

0:17.0

four times a week to help you learn and grow and improve yourself because if you can

0:21.2

improve yourself you can improve your life so if you want to do that hit that subscribe button today

0:27.0

i'm going to talk about how to actually get yourself to enjoy taking action because you don't

0:34.7

need another productivity hack you already know what to do in your life but somehow

0:39.7

you're not doing it you're still stuck you're still hesitating you're still scrolling you're still

0:46.0

quote unquote thinking about it and deep down like you actually are starting to hate that

0:51.9

you're becoming the type of person who keeps almost starting or who starts and then immediately gives up but i'm not going to do that you're not starting to hate that you're becoming the type of person who keeps almost starting

0:55.0

or who starts and then immediately gives up. But I want to be really honest with you. You probably think

1:01.3

you need more discipline. You probably think it's more action. You probably think all of that. But before

1:06.9

you do any of that, it goes much, much deeper psychologically and neurologically into your

1:11.7

brain and into the wiring of your safety mechanisms in your brain.

1:15.8

And so today we're going to talk about how to outsmart those parts of your brain and even

1:20.5

trick your brain into enjoying taking action.

1:23.7

And I'm going to dive into the three reasons why you're not disciplined and taking action

1:27.6

and then talk about how to overcome them. So first one, number one is fear. At its simplest form,

1:35.3

your brain thinks that taking action equals danger. So whenever somebody comes to me and they're

1:41.9

like, Rob, I'm procrastinating, or I need to take more action, I need more discipline, or I want to do this thing and I'm not doing it, the very first question I always ask them is, what are you afraid of?

1:52.2

Because at its simplest form, I want to do something. I'm not doing it. At its simplest form, you're probably afraid of something.

2:00.8

You know if you've been

2:01.5

this podcast for a while, your brain's number one job isn't productivity. It's not discipline.

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