“I always wanted to be a scientist, I always thought I'd be a scientist, that was the narrative I was carrying around. I worked in a neuroscience lab as an undergraduate and then after, almost five years in total, but I realized I just wasn't good at science. I didn't have the discipline for it.” YearsWantedFiveDisciplineScientistI RealizedNarrativeFive YearsNeuroscienceLabsUndergraduate Author:Jonah Lehrer
“There can be no doubt that the young of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization. Five social diseases surround them, even in early childhood. There is the decline in fitness due to modern methods of locomotion; the decline in initiative due to the widespread disease of spectatoritis; the decline in care and skill due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship; the decline in self-discipline due to the ever-present availability of tranquilizers and stimulants, and the decline in compassion, which William Temple called "spiritual death.” SelfCareTodaySpiritualYoungCertainSocialCompassionDoubtFiveModernChildhoodEffectsDisciplineCivilizationSkillsDiseaseTraditionMethodDuesNo DoubtTemplesSurroundDeclineProtectedInitiativeInherentSelf DisciplinePresent DayPoisonousAvailabilityEarly ChildhoodCraftsmanshipStimulantsSpiritual Death Author:Kurt Hahn
“I never made any money from my music. I don't make that much; I make it flip-flopping between five and ten different disciplines.” MadeDifferentFiveDisciplineTenFlipFlopping Author:Charlemagne Palestine
“The amount of our endurance is directly proportionate to the clarity of our vision, so the practical application is we need to spend time to develop clarity of vision. What do you want your life to look like five, ten or fifteen years from now? Oftentimes, it's not so much a lack of discipline but a lack of vision.” WantNeedsYearsLooksVisionFiveAmountDisciplineTenPracticalsClarityEnduranceApplicationFifteenEnd TimesSpend TimeFifteen YearsClarity Of Vision Author:Rory Vaden
“I was very interested in vaudeville. It was the only sort of discipline that was a five-minute act on stage, which is what I really enjoyed and saw myself doing. And I bought books on it.” BookFiveSawsMinutesStageDisciplineEnjoyedFive MinutesVaudeville Author:Steve Martin
“Also, it's not the mathematical skill that's critical to winning, it's the discipline of being able to stick to the system. There are very few people who can withstand the losses emotionally and still stick with the system. Probably only one in five hundred people has the necessary discipline to be successful.” PeopleStillsAbleWinningLossSuccessfulFiveDisciplineSkillsHundredSticksCriticalMathematicalBeing Successful Author:Blair Hull