Having difficulty waking up for classes in college? Are you always in trouble with your boss because you can't meet your deadlines? Are you always the last one to arrive for an important meeting yet nothing significant was holding you back? Do you have the dreaded postponement syndrome? Then I'm talking to you. You need to pay attention.
Cherop was an all-rounder in school and we all marveled albeit on the sidelines about how great she was at sports or how she was always number one in the whole stream, Jelimo could do no wrong. To our young eyes in primary school she had it all and she seemed to have a certain air about her that made it all seem effortless. Fast-forward years later, she went on to Alliance and then to MIT ( The Massacheusets Institute for Technology) on a full scholarship. MIT is the college to attend if you're a budding technology geek and getting full scholarship is not that easy. In short she has done very well for herself. Question is have I?
What we were not able to see as young children was that Cherop had discipline. We're always told when we're young that we should always work hard but what exactly does working hard mean? Discipline breeds hard work. I have come to learn over the years that discipline is the most important ingredient to being successful. It is the stepping stone to working hard or working smart as we like to say these days. As adults, we are products of the kind of socialization we received as children. The environment and society shape the kind of people we are but most importantly our families are our first agents of socialization and they greatly determine the kind of outlook we will have in life.
Discipline is easily instilled in children but as we approach puberty and ultimately become adults it's a different ball game altogether. As human beings we are always learning. Whether what we are learning is building or breaking our character is to be questioned. Discipline can be taught in different ways to children but we have to understand that it is a skill and that those who lack discipline probably didn't learn it as a child. So how can you instill self- discipline in yourself?
According to psychcentral.com here are 10 steps to learning self-discipline,
Keep working on this one problem before you take on another. I would have to work on not always postponing previously made plans or engagements.
My father always tells me learning never ends and although he may mean education, I believe it is also applicable in everyday life and that we can always improve and become better versions of our selves’ every day.