Discipline isn't restriction, it's freedom

People have a weird relationship with discipline.

Many think it means restricting themselves or doing things that are unpleasant, and generally they'd rather avoid it.

Which there is some grain of truth to.

I guess.

But it ain't the full picture.

Not even close.

Truth is, discipline is freedom for two huge reasons:

1. When you develop discipline and stop doing things that don't serve your better interests, and do more of what does serve your better interests, you're exercising your freedom to choose what's best for yourself and are less chained down by the weight of behaviors that just hold you back.

It's literally an exercise in choosing what you're going to do, consciously. That's freedom.

2. By developing your internal discipline muscle, you gain a much stronger ability to self-moderate and say "no" to impulses, ideas, people, and situations that don't serve you. And a much stronger ability to follow through on whatever you decide is important to you.

So if being healthy is important to you?

The better your discipline, the easier it is to eat healthy and exercise regularly.

If making more dough is important to you?

Better discipline will help you take the actions necessary to get it.

If your relationship is important to you?

Stronger discipline will help you have those uncomfortable conversations you've been avoiding.

Whatever the specifics are in your case, choosing to be disciplined in a few key areas will have a net-positive effect on every other area that you care about too.

So what's the smartest place to start, or to amplify your progress with the next best steps?

For most guys, it's quitting porn.

Because to do that, you have to learn how to take control over the most primal, powerful, instinctual energy in your body. And when you learn how to do that, it helps you develop a type of self-mastery that ends up touching every other part of your life in ways you simply can't fully predict ahead of time but will most definitely experience for yourself when you succeed.

Don't just take my word for it.

Run the experiment.

Test it for yourself.

You've got nothing to lose and a lot to gain.

... and if running that experiment has been a struggle and you just haven't been able to get it under control, despite years of good intentions, consider reaching out. I can help you quit and stay that way for good over the next 60 days.