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Self-Discipline: What does It Really Mean?

• Linton Bergsen • Episode 85

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What if mastering self-discipline could be the key to fulfilling your deepest desires and aligning with your true purpose? Unlock the secrets to self-discipline and transform your life with me, Linton Bergsen, on the Self-Realized, Shatter Your Limits Podcast. This episode promises to reshape your understanding of self-discipline as not only a tool for personal development, but also as a pathway to profound self-realization. Explore the varied reactions to the concept of self-discipline and discover how it can empower you to break free from negative self-talk and align your mind, body, and spirit toward genuine personal growth.
   
Join the journey to achieving growth through self-discipline and learn how to harness mental toughness to transcend ego and external influences. I'll discuss how embracing self-discipline can help you overcome past experiences and assumptions, enabling a reinvention of self that leads to freedom and fulfillment.   
   
Gain insights into mastering self-discipline to fulfill your life’s purpose, connecting with your soul essence, often described as your higher self, God consciousness. This episode serves as a guide for transforming adversity into personal growth, helping you craft the life you were meant to live. 
   
For further insights, don't forget to check out my book, "Purposeful Vision," available at selfrealized.com. This episode serves as a guide for transforming adversity into personal growth, helping you craft the life you were meant to live.  
    

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Linton Bergsen:

Welcome to the Self-Realized Podcast with Linton Bergsen, where you will shatter your limits. I am not much into the self-help industry as much as I'm into the self-realized individual, which is you. What matters most to you, how you get there and the obstacles that may be in your way. If you would like to be part of this podcast and part of that discussion, I welcome you here with an open heart, open mind and open arms. So, without further ado, let's get on with the podcast. Thank you for taking the time out of your very, very busy day to join me on episode number 85, self-discipline. What does it really mean? That is a very important question for you to answer. What does it mean to you If I said to you you need to exercise some more self-discipline to get the results you want out of your life? What would be your first reaction? Contemplate on that for a moment when the words self-discipline are mentioned to you, what do you think? Are you open and receptive to that? Or do you have a negative reaction? Because in that moment, the way that your mind receives those two words is the transformative power, the innate transformative power of your entire life. When you look at the receptivity that you have to the transformation of your life. It is based upon how you process those two words in your conscious mind when you are told them. If your natural reaction is, I don't need more self-discipline, I don't like self-discipline, it's too difficult, those words have a negative connotation or reaction within you, then the only other option that you would have is to say to yourself I'm fine, I don't need any self-discipline, I'm good to go. Which one of those reactions do you have or are you having within you when the two words are mentioned to you self-discipline? Let me suggest a very important key for you going forward, and it's certainly been very instrumental in my life.

Linton Bergsen:

When people mention self-discipline and you begin to understand that, and you begin to understand that you need to improve certain aspects of your life and you embrace it, that you need to change that, you need to look at that, you need to work on that you admit to yourself that self-discipline is something you need and you want to have as a thought process first, because that's where everything starts within the power and receptivity of your mind. Once you accept it that self-discipline is a reality, it then becomes a process of power, of innate power, for you to begin to use. Most people fail in life because their mind and their body cannot receive and accept self-discipline as a reality. You need to change certain things you're doing to get what you want. Accept that now. If you have as a reality when you hear the word self-discipline, you, in my opinion, are 90% ahead of most people. If, on the other hand, you heard the word self-discipline and your reaction was I don't like those words, they don't work for me, I don't need self-discipline, I'm good as I am, then you're running into this obstacle time and time again that you are saying to yourself mentally, which is the first thought, as I've mentioned, I don't need any improvement, I don't need to look at myself. It is an egotistical, damaging, problematic position for you to take, because if you do take that position, how would you ever learn anything? And let me take this one step further and say this to you Anybody going through personal development, trying to improve themselves, going through self-awareness, mindfulness, is going to have to embrace self-discipline as the number one thought process to own and work with consistently, because without it you can get no results. When you look at that as a thought process within yourself, when you embrace it as a thought process, as an affirmation, you will begin to see massive changes in your life. Affirm with me this One thought and this one self-talk affirmation that you can use today. Here it is I need self-discipline, I embrace self-discipline. I embrace self-discipline Because it is through the process of self-discipline that I receive the greatest rewards and benefits in my life. I will give you the affirmation one more time I need self-discipline, I embrace self-discipline. I embrace self-discipline Because it is through the process of self-discipline that I receive the greatest rewards and benefits in my life. Say that time and time again and from a common sense perspective, once the thought becomes ingrained in your mind and you accept it as a process and know that it's going to be difficult and that you're going to need mental toughness in order to get through and see yourself through everything that you want to be and accomplish, you are now at least 90% ahead of most people.

Linton Bergsen:

People fight self-discipline. In all the years I've been working with different individuals, it is the lack of wanting to put aside old ideas, old thought processes, old behaviors to embrace new ideas, new thought processes and new paradigms to move forward. You cannot become something that you would like to be by being something that you've always been. It's not possible. You have to look at this from this perspective and the reason I say you have to because really there is no choice.

Linton Bergsen:

Self-discipline for your development is not a choice, it's a prerequisite. When you look at it from that perspective, you begin to say how and this is going to sound strange, but it is a reality that needs to be embraced for you to make the changes in your life that you want. How much change can I begin to make in my life and discipline myself through mind, body and spirit To bring the changes I want as a reality, a manifestation, a living embodiment Of the life that I want? When we come into this world and we begin to develop ourselves, we are seeking as a heat-seeking missile, by the way we are designed opportunities that will help us to grow. Not a single one of us came in here perfect and not a single one of us will exit with any type of beneficial development within ourselves without self-discipline. It is a concept that needs to be embraced at the very core of its understanding.

Linton Bergsen:

Self meaning you. Discipline meaning I'm going to do things I don't want to do, to get to do what I would like to do in my life, your biggest battle in life towards your own success is being able to set out and do things consistently and apply them consistently to get the results that you want. You can read as many books as you would like, attend as many seminars as you would like, professionally or personally, but without self-discipline and application to persist through the difficult aspects of the application of what you need to do, that may be uncomfortable, that may cause you to doubt yourself, cause you to doubt your life and the people around you. The application, the consistent application of what it is that you read or what it is that you attend, is going to make the difference. A lot of people spend their time attending different things listening to podcasts, going to seminars and don't apply a single thing.

Linton Bergsen:

Sometimes it's as simple as this you hear something, you don't agree with it, you dismiss it. It's as simple as this you hear something, you don't agree with it, you dismiss it. You hear something that doesn't flow with your life right now or how you feel it should be, so you dismiss it. Dismissing things that you don't like or that are contrary to your belief system or to what you might be habitually used to doing is your number one problem. For most of us, including me. I have learned a long time ago that dismissing ideas and working under assumptions without having the self-discipline and wherewithal to at least try something I don't like or try something that I might not agree with, cost me a lot of time and energy that if I had simply just had that mindset. At that moment in time of I'm going to do this one thing for a period of time that I may not agree with, at least I'm going to try and not work under the assumption that it doesn't work and discipline myself to see the result. That's you. Self-discipline means I'm going to teach myself to discipline my mind and my actions to do things that I don't want to do, to get the results I couldn't get any other way. You are going to be challenged, but that's the power of self-discipline Because you want to be challenged, don't you? Don't you feel alive when you're challenged, when you find out that something you thought couldn't work did work? And not only did it work, it worked better than what you were doing before or even better than you ever thought it could. Love, discipline, love, self-discipline.

Linton Bergsen:

The true meaning of self-discipline means growth. The true meaning of self-discipline. The true meaning of self-discipline means growth, the true meaning of self-discipline means enlightenment. The true meaning of self-discipline means wisdom. It means that you are open, you are not running off your ego that I know everything. No one knows everything Not you, not me, no one.

Linton Bergsen:

Taking self-discipline to a whole different level of understanding, beyond this world, which the self-realized individual is always stretching that rubber band out to see how far it will go, to see how far, just a little bit, so it doesn't snap. You don want that to snap. You want to go as far as you can go and then pull back a little bit, maybe to check out your position and how you're feeling about what you're doing. But stretch yourself. Self-discipline is about stretching yourself, getting into that place, that mindset, that mental toughness that we all need of let me push, let me try, let me push, let me try, let me see what I can do. When you own that as a part of your own positive expectations for the outcomes of your life, you seek out self-discipline. You seek out situations that will help you to become a better person. You seek out the momentum that that brings in your life that you cannot receive any other way.

Linton Bergsen:

Self-discipline allows you to discover the motivations in your life. How are you going to go about looking at your life from a different way? What are your motivating factors? Without self-discipline, you cannot rediscover yourself and how to re-motivate yourself or how to look at things from a different angle or how to approach people from a different perspective, because you're not trying anything new Really and truthfully. In a nutshell, what self-discipline really means is I'm willing and able to accept and try new ideas, new concepts in my life, apply them and persist with them until I have come to the conclusion of what works for me and what doesn't.

Linton Bergsen:

The one aspect of self-discipline that you're going to have to really really develop is sometimes something that isn't talked about when we look at self-discipline. It's mental toughness. It's mental toughness your ability to be mentally tough in this world is going to dictate how far you get in this world. Believe you, me, and you know this, this world is going to throw so many curveballs at you every day that if you cave and you give in and you don't stand tall, you're done for before you get started. Self-discipline means mental toughness.

Linton Bergsen:

Mental toughness means that you are developing your mind to shut it up when the negative self-talk comes in. Why are you doing this? Are you just stupid. It's ridiculous. Nobody likes you. Why would you want this? Are you just stupid? It's ridiculous. Nobody likes you. Why would you want to do it anyway? You were good as you were before. Tell it to be quiet. Tell that nonsense. Talk in your mind to shut up. That is mental toughness.

Linton Bergsen:

You replace that with a self-disciplined attitude of I deserve to know what works and what doesn't work in my life. I deserve to know what's best for me. You do deserve to know that, as a spiritually endowed individual which you are, you take your spiritual content, that soul quality within yourself and you make it your first port of call for your reality to exist from Intuition, prayer, meditation, god consciousness. Whatever you want to talk about, your reason for having self-discipline or the reasons that you would move forward in life to do things, comes from a source of creation that is pushing you into different avenues to develop your soul, your spirit and your human experience. Here and when you get offered these opportunities that come intuitively which, for those of you who know and listen to the podcast on a regular basis, I talk about a lot it's going to take that self-discipline to act on it because you're going to move against the status quo.

Linton Bergsen:

There is an element again of looking at the language you use with yourself when you are talking about self-discipline that you're going to have to get used to. There's a language of obedience to your higher calling. There's a language of obedience to your higher calling. There is a language of using the word I command myself, I obey myself, I obey my higher calling. Obedience to yourself and commanding yourself from your deepest spiritual core is your greatest activating power. This is something to really understand and get a hold of, not passive language. Well, you know, maybe I would like to sounds good or I'll try it. No, I command myself to obey my higher calling and my intuitive sense and my vision. It is obedience to yourself, to your own spiritual sanctuary within you, that you are actually moving forward towards when you exercise true self-discipline. Because when you go forward in this world, your guiding light does not come from the external sources and people which you may well be aware of by now.

Linton Bergsen:

Unfortunately, most people have their own agenda, most companies have their own agenda. Usually it's about making money and ego. The problem with it is how is that serving you? Of course, we have to make money and live. Your biggest problem, my biggest problem, everyone's biggest problem going through this life is, unfortunately, is our ego. We think that we may know it all. We think we don't have to obey ourselves or command ourselves to a higher calling or even listen to anything or anyone else that may give us some recommendations.

Linton Bergsen:

I've worked with many people who, the minute you challenge them or you give them a recommendation outside of their comfort zone maybe because of their own assumptions or whatever it is they were brought up with their comfort zone, maybe because of their own assumptions or whatever it is they were brought up with their face changes, body language changes. There's no receptivity to it. Why? Because, ultimately, sometimes people who aren't receptive not all of them, but in my experience, to a large extent they think they know everything already or their own experiences have closed them down to anything new. Once you have become closed down because of what's happened to you or become very narrow-minded because of your influences and experiences, you may no longer be in the position to change what happened to you. That might be detrimental to changing your point of view into reinventing yourself, so that what happened to you is not dictating what is going to happen to you in the future.

Linton Bergsen:

Don't give up because of adversity. Don't give up because someone said or did something to you. You have now become powerless and that situation circumstances happen to you has the power, self-discipline and mental toughness is required to change your paradigm from where you have been and what has happened to you to where you want to go and the life that you deserve to have. There is nothing and no one in this world that is going to control what you do with your life, how you deal with adversity and circumstances that come into your life. Nothing is going to stop you, except this one initial thought what is the true meaning of self-discipline when you understand that the true meaning of it is freedom, when you understand that the true meaning of self-discipline is growth? The true meaning of self-discipline means that I'm going to discipline myself so that, no matter what happens to me, I am going to overcome it, because I'm going to have to make the changes consistently and continually, going down the road of life and adapt myself accordingly, to change my paradigm, change my thinking, change the way that I've approached things that weren't working in the past. If I've made bad relationship decisions, I'm going to change the way I'm thinking and discipline myself, going forward in future relationships to act differently, to ask different questions, to expect more of myself and the people around me. That is self-discipline.

Linton Bergsen:

It is so easy when we're dealing with relationships to go back to old patterns and have people come back in our lives, personally and professionally. And have people come back in our lives, personally and professionally same people, different name. Why? Because you weren't disciplined enough to write down articulate. Begin to think to yourself on a very deep level what changes do I need to make in order for me not to have repeating situations in my life? Getting back to two very important words when you write them down, you're going to have obedience to yourself, you're going to obey what you wrote down and you're going to command your spirit to do it. There's no negotiating this. If you don't have obedience to what you've written down which means you're going to be your own self-governance and then you don't have the follow-through, the commitment to see it through and command yourself at every turn to keep on track, you're not going to succeed in the changes that you're trying to make.

Linton Bergsen:

Because self-discipline requires obedience to yourself and what you set out to do and commanding yourself to do it. You are a spiritual being and I'll share something with you that I know for a fact in my own life your spirit, your essence, your core sense only responds to two things your willingness to listen and be obedient to your higher calling, to you, to the essence of you. Obedience is not a bad word. It's a good word Because it allows you to have that level of commitment to yourself. You're simply allowing yourself to commit at a very high level to obey you.

Linton Bergsen:

Your spirit obeys you and then, once you have the obedience of your spirit under your command, you then command your spirit, your inner sanctuary, who you are, on a very deep level, to do exactly what you want it to do, not what it wants to do according to the whims and fancies of this world.

Linton Bergsen:

You are in command of your life, you are obeying your higher calling and that is your purpose.

Linton Bergsen:

Once you understand that, then you understand the power of self-discipline to bring about your purpose, and what you are truly here to do Become an experience.

Linton Bergsen:

So, through the power of obeying yourself and what it is you want for yourself, commanding yourself to do it and having the self-discipline to follow through, you will find that your life takes on a totally different meaning than it ever could in any other way.

Linton Bergsen:

And, much more importantly, you find that you are in communication with the essence of your creation, the pure spirit of your creation, god consciousness, whatever you want to term it. But whatever you do in this life, get in contact with the deeper sense of yourself and you will find fulfillment, because there is no other way to fulfill your life but by being true to yourself and your true calling. Understand that and you will have the true meaning of self-discipline, which is simply a tool, the tool for you to use to carve out and chisel with great detail and creativity the life that you were actually designed and born to express and live. Additional information on me, Linton Bergsen, and my five-star reviewed book, Purposeful Vision, is available at Selfrealized. com which is all one word. You can also leave any comments or suggestions on the website. I look forward to connecting with you very soon and take good care of yourself.