Discipline

The advice that changes lives

Do what you must, even if you do not feel like it.

It is not a complicated idea, but it is demanding. Many lives change not through great revelations, but by learning to fulfill what is important when there is no desire. Fortitude is formed right there: in acting out of conviction and not merely by impulse. Doing the possible good today is worth more than waiting for the perfect moment. The will is strengthened like any habit: repeating good choices when they are difficult. Small victories prepare you for decisions of greater weight.

Key idea

Doing good without feeling like it also builds your life.

Your challenge for this idea

Do something now that you are avoiding. Without excuses: begin with the first step.