Weekly Motivation by Ben Lionel Scott - DISCIPLINE YOUR THOUGHTS

Episode Date: September 29, 2022

Become a Member for ad-free listening, video versions and exclusive content: https://benlionelscott.com/subscribe — This episode is spoken by Jocko Willink, Mel Robbins, Andy Frisella, Ed Mylett. You can see more of Jocko Willink at instagram.com/jockowillink, Mel Robbins at instagram.com/melrobbins, Andy Frisella at instagram.com/andyfrisella, Ed Mylett at instagram.com/edmylett. The music is In The End by Tommee Profitt. You can see more of Tommee Profitt at twitter.com/tommeeprofitt.

People have this reoccurring nightmare. That there's some thing, some force that's got a hold of them and it's holding them down. And they can't break free no matter what they do. They can't break free from that force. Well, I'm here to tell you that that thing in your nightmare, that thing that's holding you back, that thing that's dragging you down, that thing is you. You know who's going to bail you out? You know who's going to come and rescue you? You know who's going to come and save the day?

No one. You have no backup. You have no reinforcements. No one's going to come and do it for you. You're going to have to do it all yourself. No one's coming to save you. No one's coming to save you. The only person that's going to make a drastic change in your life is you.

You have to do it for you. There's going to be more times that you don't want to do something. then you do want to. You are constantly going to have to do things that you do not want to do. You have to force yourself. Anything that's a break from your routine is going to require force. And the only way you'll get it is by forcing yourself to be uncomfortable. Get out of your head.

Get out of your feelings. Your feelings are screwing you. I don't care how you feel. I care about what you want. And if you listen to how you feel when it comes to what you want, you will not get it. Because you will never feel like it. When your mind starts kicking and screaming about having to do these hard things, you must take control. You've got to discipline your emotions.

Discipline is the path to freedom. Discipline is the driver of daily execution. Discipline defeats the infinite excuses that hold you back. Make discipline part of your daily life and your daily life. daily life will get better. You need to be the master of your emotions, not let them affect you. Get control of your feelings. By getting control of your feelings, you gain control of your life.

When you do this over and over and over again, you change your brain. You become tougher. You become the one who decides what gets done and the level of success you achieve. Discipline is something you dictate. Motivation won't make you exercise every day. discipline will. Motivation won't stay up late and finish a project for you. Discipline will. Motivation isn't going to get you out of bed in the morning. Discipline will. I see people writing on my page, oh, I list your videos and I get hyped. That's great. But what do you do after the five minutes is over?

What do you do when you wake up the next day? What do you do when somebody's not there watching? What do you do when you have to either do what it is you know you're supposed to do without somebody there to supervise you or you get to take the play off? Because no one's going to know the difference. And that's discipline. to do the shit that you don't want to do because you know it needs to be fucking done. Don't run from the difficult classes. Take them. Little pressure, little progress.

Stop taking shortcuts. Stop taking the easy way. Go to the heat. Because the sooner you go to the heat, the sooner it is rain. You got to get a little bit more intense about your life. You got to stop being so casual. It's decisions we make that chase that best version of us every second, every day, because every day alters the direction of the course of our life.

Take ownership. Make excuses, don't blame any other person or any other thing. Get control of your ego. Take ownership of everything in your world, the good and the bad. Take ownership of your mistakes. Take ownership of your shortfalls. Take ownership of your problems. And then take ownership of the solutions that will get those problems solved.

Take ownership of your job, of your future, and take ownership of your life.