Self-Discipline Exercises: How to Build Self-Discipline

Self-Discipline Exercises: Today we’ll learn how to build self-discipline. We’ll try a simple but effective Self-Discipline exercise from Mao Zedong, a great man of China. Training self-discipline is a way to success.

Mao Zedong Builds Self-Discipline

Self-discipline Quotes: Mao Zedong Teaches How to Build Self-discipline

Mao Zedong (also translated as Mao Tse-Tung, read Mao Zedong Quotes and Mao Zedong Biography): Fate, Behavior and Self-discipline. Now we’ll learn a simple but effective self mastery exercise from Mao Zedong.

It is known that Mr. Mao Zedong is addicted to smoking, but during the decade negotiations between him and Chiang Kai-Shek (also translated as Jiang Jieshi), Mr. Mao didn’t have any smoke.

“Mao Zedong is a person to whom we must be careful. I heard he smokes about one tin (50 pieces) of cigarette every day, but he didn’t have any smoke when he known I don’t like smoke.”” Chiang Kai-Shek (also translated as Jiang Jieshi) said afterward.

From this we can see that Chiang Kai-Shek (also translated as Jiang Jieshi) didn’t compliment Mr. Mao’s intellect, eloquence or courage, but admire Mr. Mao’s high skills of self-discipline.

What is self-discipline? How can you define self-discipline?

Discipline means submitting to an external authority. Self, meaning you do the whole masochistic pattern in the comfort of your own tortured psyche.

Self-discipline is self-control and self-restraint. Self-discipline is self-reliance and independence. Avoid the whole mess, and be nice to yourself.

Self-Discipline is courage. To achieve self discipline we must be continually gaining more and more control of ourselves, and Self-Control requires Self Discipline.

Practically speaking, how can a person develop self-discipline in his or her life?

OK now, have you ever learned how to build self-discipline from Mao Zedong? What alternatives do you have to using self discipline?