365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success



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365 Days With Self-Discipline 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success by Martin Meadows (z-lib.org).epub

Day 303: On Buddha’s Counsel

The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any

precious  time  by  engaging  in  idle  conversation,  oversleeping,  pursuing

fame  and  recognition,  chasing  after  desires,  spending  time  with  people  of

poor  character,  and  being  satisfied  with  only  a  shallow  understanding  of

the teaching.

—Thich Nhat Hanh

 

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Buddha’s advice offers several interesting challenges you can dedicate

yourself to in order to work on your self-discipline.

The first one is not engaging in idle conversation. Small talk might be

useful  to  initiate  a  conversation,  but  the  sooner  you  get  to  the  business  at

hand,  the  more  effective  your  communication  will  be.  By  “idle

conversation,”  we  can  also  include  gossip,  criticizing  others,  or

complaining,  all  of  which  are  not practices  in  which  a  disciplined  person

should engage.

The second suggestion is simple: avoid oversleeping. As long as you

don’t  need  more  sleep  to  recover  from  a  difficult  workout,  illness,  or  any

other similar situation, sleeping too much doesn’t deliver any benefits and,

according to scientific research, might even hurt (in one study, sleeping too

much was associated with psychiatric diseases and higher body mass index

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 ).

The  third  suggestion  advises  against  the  pursuit  of  fame  and

recognition.  Too  often,  people  care  too  much  about  their  status  in  other

people’s eyes and neglect other, more important aspects of their lives, which

may  only  be  visible  to  themselves.  Focus  on  becoming  better,  but  not

necessarily with the expectation that somebody will reward you for it.

The  fourth  recommendation  is  not  to  chase  after  desires.  There’s  not

much to add here — this entire book is about learning how to control them

and focus on something more important than your temporary urges.

The  fifth  piece  of  advice  pertains  to  structuring  your  social  life  in  a

disciplined way. Spending time with people of poor character increases the

risk that you’ll develop a poor character, too.




Lastly,  Buddha  reminds  us  not  to  be  satisfied  with  only  a  shallow

understanding of what we’re learning. This advice is particularly useful for

students and virtually any person learning a new skill. Resist the temptation

to  learn  just  the  bare  minimum  and  only  scratch  the  surface  of  the  topic

you’re learning before you leave it altogether. Use your willpower to make

sure that you thoroughly understand the fundamentals and then proceed to

more  advanced  concepts,  so  that  you  deepen  your  understanding  of  what

you are seeking to learn.





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