discipline

concept · in 2 sources (2018)

Doing things without feeling like it; once central for him, later a small supplement to making work feel good.

Sources by year: 2018: 2

Also known as: micro discipline, self-discipline

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018-03-21 · Q & A - 5,000 Subscribers! — recommendation: Ali says motivation is pretty much a myth and people should use discipline instead to get things done. — 00:08:52
2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — Ali calls motivation, the idea that you must feel like revising chemistry before you revise it, a complete myth: if you know you need to do it, discipline is the way forward. — 00:19:46
- Ali tries to scrub the word motivation from his vocabulary because he thinks it unhelpful: if he needs to do something, he does it because he is disciplined. — 00:20:22
- Ali treats pure discipline as an ideal to look towards, without beating yourself up too hard for falling short of it. — 00:20:51