On Living the Hard Way
"Life's easy when you live it the hard way... and hard if you try to live it the easy way."
On Your Choices
"Your choices are made in a moment, but their consequences will transcend a lifetime."
On Being a Human
"Willpower is what separates us from the animals — the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation, do what's right for us in the long run."
On Creating Systems
"Creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control."
On Enslavement to Self
"Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self."
On Superhumans
"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it."
On Poverty and Self-Discipline
"Economic stress robs us of cognitive bandwidth, leaving less capacity to think ahead or exert self-discipline."
How did this week's discipline theme land for you? Which day's reading challenged you most?