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    How to Build Self-Discipline: Resist Temptations and Reach Your Long-Term Goals: Simple Self-Discipline, #1
    How to Build Self-Discipline: Resist Temptations and Reach Your Long-Term Goals: Simple Self-Discipline, #1
    How to Build Self-Discipline: Resist Temptations and Reach Your Long-Term Goals: Simple Self-Discipline, #1
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    How to Build Self-Discipline: Resist Temptations and Reach Your Long-Term Goals: Simple Self-Discipline, #1

    By Martin Meadows

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    How to Develop Self-Discipline, Resist Temptations and Reach Your Long-Terms Goals

    If you want to make positive changes in your life and achieve your long-term goals, I can't think of a better way to do it than to learn how to become more self-disciplined.

    Science has figured out a lot of interesting aspects of self-discipline and willpower, but most of this knowledge is buried deep inside long and boring scientific papers.

    If you'd like to benefit from these studies without actually reading them, this book is for you. I've done the job for you and researched the most useful and viable scientific findings that will help you improve your self-discipline.

    Here are just a couple things you will learn from the book:

    - what a bank robber with lemon juice on his face can teach you about self-control. The story will make you laugh out loud, but its implications will make you think twice about your ability to control your urges.

    - how $50 chocolate bars can motivate you to keep going when faced with an overwhelming temptation to give in.

    - why President Obama wears only gray and blue suits and what it has to do with self-control (it's also a possible reason why the poor stay poor).

    - why the popular way of visualization can actually prevent you from reaching your goals and destroy your self-control (and what to do instead).

    - what dopamine is and why it's crucial to understand its role to break your bad habits and form good ones.

    - 5 practical ways to train your self-discipline. Discover some of the most important techniques to increase your self-control and become better at resisting instant gratification.

    - why the status quo bias will threaten your goals and what to do to reduce its effect on your resolutions.

    - why extreme diets help people achieve long-term results, and how to apply these findings in your own life.

    - why and when indulging yourself can actually help you build your self-discipline. Yes, you can stuff yourself (from time to time) and still lose weight.

    Instead of sharing with you the detailed "why" (with confusing and boring descriptions of studies), I will share with you the "how" – advice that will change your life if you decide to follow it.

    You too can master the art of self-discipline and learn how to resist temptations. Your long term goals are worth it. Scroll up and buy the book now.

    As a gift for buying my book, you'll get my another book, "Grit: How to Keep Going When You Want to Give Up."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMeadows Publishing
    Release dateJun 5, 2015
    ISBN9781513023229
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    • 1/5
      I won the copy of this book through librarything.com giveaway in Exchange for an honest review.This book may be encouraging at times but it's also shallow and not developed. It states obvious and feels like chaos. It doesn't go deeper that this first layer of skin and doesn't reach to the subconscious mind or heart of the reader, which is really necessary for making a lifechanging experience.What's more, I felt like I have read something like that in the near past. The same stories, the same ideas - a little bit different wrapping. It was in Nate Nicholson's book: how to be happy every single day. I have a feeling that the author for making money purposes is using different pen names and selling the same ideas. It's disgusting for me. That's why I couldn't give more than one star. Sorry.
    • 5/5
      Really good helped me with my weight loss goals. Read it to understand more about yourself and why you can't stick to healthy eating.
    • 5/5
      Great book. Start small change your mindset.You need to do take meditation is a least 5 min daily.
    • 5/5
      This book practically explains my struggles and helps me connect them to the ever-elusive changes I keep in planning to make I my life with reasons. And it doesn't end there but gives common sense approaches to battling the struggles.
    • 3/5
      Simple book that doesnt let you tired with a bunch of scientific information and gets you straight to the point. Useful for starters who want to learn about self- discipline.
    • 4/5
      easy to follow
      logical
      motivational
    • 4/5
      This book is a quick read, with lots of useful tips on how to develop self-discipline. A lot of the tips are common sense and organized in a manner that makes it easy to follow. I particularly liked the “re-cap” section at the end of each chapter.The author recommends a few tips that are not for the faint of heart (or diabetics in the chapter about fasting).Overall, I do think this is a great book to get you started on the road to a more disciplined lifestyle.
    • 4/5
      How To Build Self-discipline is a book that does just as the label says. The e-book is by Martin Meadows, a man who uses a pen name and one that has dedicated his life to constantly reinventing himself through personal growth activities. This is someone who has walked the talk and here he offers readers some practical advice in an easy-to-read format that is nicely summarised at the end of each chapter and above all, is easy to follow.Meadows does not spend a lot of time going into the dry, scientific studies that provide proof for a lot of the phenomena he describes. Instead, he uses lots of annotations and focuses on the “how”. He looks at why we are motivated by instant gratification and the status quo and how we can be overwhelmed by decision fatigue. He offers good advice on how to be more mindful about making decisions and how visualising and mediating on realistic, long-term goals and forming habits can achieve enduring results.The book could use a little more elaboration at times and possibly some diagrams to really hit Meadows’ message home. But that said, the book does offer some helpful advice to people who want to change the way they think and act. How to Build Self-discipline is a great starting point and inspirational tool that will enable its readers to employ real and lasting changes in their lives.***Please note: a free copy of this book was given to the writer through a Library Thing giveaway.
    • 2/5
      same info as every other self-help book

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    How to Build Self-Discipline - Martin Meadows

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    I want to thank you for buying my book and offer you my another book (just as long and valuable as this book), Grit: How to Keep Going When You Want to Give Up completely free.

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    In Grit, I’ll share with you how exactly to stick to your goals according to peak performers and science.

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    Table of Contents

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    Table of Contents

    Prologue: Life Is Easy When You Live It the Hard Way

    Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Self-Discipline

    Chapter 2: What Is Your Why?

    Chapter 3: Dopamine – Your Enemy and Your Friend

    Chapter 4: 5 Practical Ways to Train Your Discipline

    Chapter 5: Self-Discipline (or Its Lack Thereof) Is Contagious

    Chapter 6: 7 Traps that Challenge Your Self-Discipline

    Chapter 7: 7 Additional Tips and Tricks to Stay Disciplined

    Epilogue

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    About Martin Meadows

    Extended table of contents is available at the end of the book.

    Prologue: Life Is Easy When You Live It the Hard Way

    The only choices that make the difference between mediocrity and success are the hard choices.

    The choice to stop eating unhealthy food and change your eating patterns. The choice to get rid of your television set and spend time educating yourself. The choice to follow your dreams instead of conforming to the common idea of success that doesn’t give you joy. The choice to keep fighting when you can barely stand on your feet.

    Self-discipline is the key that will help you make these hard decisions instead of sticking with what’s easy and comfortable. People who focus on instant gratification – things that are safe, easy and comfortable – rarely reach their long-term goals.

    How do you build self-discipline in your life? How do you resist short-term rewards in order to reach your long-term goals? This book is the answer to these questions.

    Although I’ve been a self-disciplined person ever since I can remember (thank you, Mom!), I always seek more information and advice about making myself more effective at resisting temptations.

    I abstained from food for over 40 hours. For two months, I took two 5-minute long ice-cold showers every single day. I went on a strict diet and lost over 30 pounds in 12 weeks. On more than several occasions, I ran in shorts in -4 F (-20 Celsius) for 30 minutes. I lifted heavy weights to the point I saw stars in my head. I wrote over 100,000 words in a single month (which amounts to a 400-page long novel).

    Why the hell do I do all these crazy things?

    The answer is simpler than you think. No, I’m not a masochist. I do them to test my boundaries and discover how far my self-control goes.

    I have no doubt there’s nothing more important to a successful life than to maintain a high level of self-discipline and keep growing on a daily basis. Hence, I challenge myself. I want to find out if I can resist the temptation to eat after fasting for almost two days or go home when the frigid air makes my legs go numb.

    My experiments help me understand myself better, and teach me useful things about self-discipline – things that can be applied in everyone’s life.

    Don’t worry, though, you don’t have to make yourself go through my crazy experiments (although it wouldn’t hurt you). Your willingness to understand how discipline works and applying this knowledge in your life is all you need to change yourself.

    Whether you want to learn how to stick to your new eating pattern or transform your entire life, you’ll find out how to do it in the following pages.

    Most of the advice shared in this book is based on scientific research referenced at the end of the book. To help you get the most out of the book in the shortest time possible, I decided not to go into details about each study. Instead of sharing with you the detailed why, (with confusing and boring descriptions of studies) I will share with you the how.

    Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Self-Discipline

    The 80/20 Principle says that 80% of the results come from 20% of the efforts. In reality, you often need to know just one thing to achieve extraordinary results.

    Self-discipline is no different. It can also be simplified to one concept – automating your behaviors. You don’t need any more self-discipline than you have now if you learn how to establish new habits in your life – default actions you take

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