We are often enlightened that there is no substitute for hard work, especially when it comes to achieving our goals. However, it is the discipline that hard work requires as well as the courage to show up every single day no matter what the circumstances which often ultimately guarantees success.
Two pillars to reaching your goal are discipline and courage.
Recognizing Your Goal Through A Disciplined Routine
Often we wish to achieve several things in one go. Considering we have just one life it is easy to get lost among several ambitions. However, it is crucial to consider a few of our dreams which we can see ourselves accomplishing in reality.
- Building small habits throughout each day which can help you reach your goal is essential. This is where discipline steps in.
Suppose a goal of yours is to start running your own business on the side of your full-time job. To do so would require consistent dedication, not only when the time is available.
Start by setting aside an hour every day for your business. This can be either at the end of each day or after you wake up. In addition to this, you also have to set yourself up for success during the rest of the day. This can only be achieved through a healthy lifestyle, an adequate amount of sleep, and tackling stress as it comes.
It is relatively easy to get sidetracked from goals while deviating from a disciplined routine.
To prevent this, plug your routine into an auto-pilot. Deviate only when circumstances seriously require you to. By the end of the year, you would have spent 365 days toward your goal and will start seeing growth.
2. Overcoming Your Fear Through Courage
We are made to believe that fear is weakness. Many speak of being uncomfortable as the only way to move forward. While this holds some truth, it is not the only way to accomplish goals.
Fear can often make you seek the courage to overcome it. Fear can also make you look at more practical solutions to reach your goal. This can work in your favor when it comes to using your logic and reasoning for your outcomes.
Courage essentially helps you stretch your comfort zones when it comes to achieving goals. At every step, you may find yourself questioning your goals or facing some form of failure. This is when courage, of course, coupled with discipline, can help you keep going until the goal is met.
It is also important to know you will be altering your goals from time to time. They may not look the same as when you started. It is crucial to not view this as a failure. But rather as a form of courage to explore new aspects of yourself as you grow on the path toward achieving your goal.
Both discipline and courage are unique traits. They do not look the same for everyone. Forming a disciplined routine might essentially require you to explore what habits help you work toward your goal. Strict regimes advertised on social media may not be the best fit for you. Similarly, with courage, your comfort zones are different. This means working on stretching those limits for your goals will require a more mindful version of what courage means to you.