{"id":1893,"date":"2024-12-08T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T14:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2024-12-08T14:41:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T14:41:12","slug":"discipline-is-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/2024\/12\/08\/discipline-is-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Discipline is Destiny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Very good book, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Discipline-Destiny-Self-Control-Ryan-Holiday-ebook\/dp\/B09PWRRCC7\/\">discipline<\/a> keeps me in my place and sane. And nobody is perfect, the key is to get back up when failing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is a very good reminder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3eZJ_y68wsg\">Jocko Willink<\/a>: Discipline = Freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persist and Resist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) The Exterior (The body)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ruling over the body: Gives the example of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lou_Gehrig\">Lou Gehrig<\/a>, I have no clue about baseball but it is very interesting  how he kept at the top, no noise, and died so young.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attack the dawn: wake up early (and go early to bed)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The strenuous life is the best life: Train your body, take care of your body<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quit being a slave: of craving, addiction, vices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid the superfluous: &#8211; desire -&gt; + rich<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean up your desk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just show up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweat the small stuff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hustle, Hustle, Hustle: I dont really understand this part.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slow down&#8230; to go faster<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practice&#8230; then practice more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dress for success: Interesting facts about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angela_Merkel\">Angela Merkel<\/a>.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seek discomfort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manage the load<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sleep is an act of character<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What can you endure?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beyond the body<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> 2) The inner domain (The temperament)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ruling over yourself<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look at everything like this<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep the main thing the main thing: Learn to say no.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus, focus, focus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wait for this sweet fruit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perfectionism is a vice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do the hard things first<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can you get back up?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The battle against pain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The battle against pleasure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fight the provocation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beware this madness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silence is strength: Example from Sparta. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hold, hold your fire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Temper your ambition: Example from a young Napoleon noticing the evil of ambition and then later in life he ignored his own advice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Money is a (dangerous) tool<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get better every day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share the load<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Respect time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Put up boundaries: Examples of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_II\">Queen Elizabeth II<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do your best: Example from a young Jimmy Carter, when he recognized not doing his best when he had an interview with a general.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beyond the temperament<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>3) The Magisterial (The soul)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elevating yourself: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoninus_Pius\">Antoninus Pius<\/a> was the mentor and stepfather of Marcus Aurelius<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tolerant with others, strict with yourself<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make others better<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grace under pressure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carry the load for others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be kind to yourself<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The power of giving power away<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn the other cheek<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to make an exit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Endure the unendurable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be best<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flexibility is strength<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unchanged by success<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Self-discipline is virtue. Virtue is Self-discipline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very good book, as discipline keeps me in my place and sane. And nobody is perfect, the key is to get back up when failing. This book is a very good reminder of Jocko Willink: Discipline = Freedom. Persist and Resist 1) The Exterior (The body) 2) The inner domain (The temperament) 3) The Magisterial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/2024\/12\/08\/discipline-is-destiny\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Discipline is Destiny&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions\/1895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}