IRON CLAD DISCIPLINE

The ultimate
handbook on how
to GET THINGS
DONE.
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. MOTIVATION & WHY IT’S USELESS ...................................................................................................... 3

2. DISCIPLINE VS. MOTIVATION ............................................................................................................... 7
3. URGENCY & STRATEGIES TO CULTIVATE IT ....................................................................................... 13
4. CULTIVATING NEGATIVE DISCIPLINE ................................................................................................. 20
5. CULTIVATING POSITIVE DISCIPLINE ................................................................................................... 25
6. SCHEDULING ....................................................................................................................................... 34
7. CONCLUSION & CLOSING THOUGHTS................................................................................................ 39

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 1. MOTIVATION & WHY IT’S USELESS

At some point in your life, you’ve probably said something along the lines
of:

“I wish I was more motivated to do x”

In fact, if you bought this book, you probably came here SEEKING
motivation.

You’re probably expecting a fiery speech that will get you off your ass and
get you to work.

Fortunately, you’re not going to get that, and I’m going to explain exactly
why that’s a good thing.

First, I want you to understand the nature of motivation.

Notice that every time someone talks about motivation, they speak about it
in very temporary terms.

“Yeah, I haven’t been motivated to exercise recently”

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“I was motivated to quit smoking at some point, but not anymore”

Both of the sentences above imply that the motivation existed at some
point, but does not exist anymore.

This reveals the fundamental nature of motivation.

Motivation is flimsy. It comes and goes on a whim. One day you’ll wake up
motivated, the next day you won’t.

This is why I want you to think of motivation as an emotion.

Sometimes you feel happy, sometimes you feel sad, and sometimes you
feel motivated.

All these emotions come and go, just like motivation.

You’ll experience them for a while, and then they’ll slowly fade away for a
while before coming back.

Makes sense so far, right?

Now, I want you to picture the most disciplined person you can possibly
think of.

Do you think they are motivated 24/7?

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Do you think they NEVER have off days?

Of course not, that’s ridiculous.

Michael Jordan had days where he didn’t feel like playing basketball.

Mike Tyson had days where he didn’t feel like boxing.

Elon Musk had days where he didn’t feel like building Tesla.

Yet they kept showing up, every single day.

No breaks, no days off, nothing.

Let’s take Mike Tyson for example.

 Wake up at 4 am
 3 to 5 mile jog
 Sparring for 10 to 12 rounds
 Various calisthenics exercises until lunchtime – push-ups, dips, sit-
ups, shrugs, and neck work
 Lunch
 Six rounds of sparring and other supplementary work
 More calisthenics
 Shadow boxing focused on one specific technique
 MORE calisthenics
 Dinner
 Exercise bike to cool down
 Study fights or training footage till bedtime

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That’s basically 16 hours straight of working towards his goal of being the
best heavyweight boxer in the world.

And this is all BEFORE he got rich and famous.

Most people can’t even get themselves to do 1 hour of exercise a day.

Which begs the question..

WHAT DO THESE GUYS KNOW THAT WE DON’T?

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 2. DISCIPLINE VS. MOTIVATION

We know that guys like Mike Tyson are extremely disciplined.

I mean, his routine speaks for itself.

He’s able to spend day in and day out working towards his goal
relentlessly, with no days off and barely any rest.

But like many words, discipline is one that’s thrown around a lot without
ever being properly defined.

So, what is discipline?

The definition we are going to work with:

Discipline is a lifestyle constructed to serve the best interests of the

individual.

In other words, discipline is the process of making your day-to-day activities

in line with what’s best for yourself.

This may sound complicated, but it’s really not.

For example, a disciplined bodybuilder structures his entire life around

bodybuilding.

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  He wakes up extra early to get to the gym in order to avoid the
crowds hogging the equipment.

 He spends every Sunday meal prepping for the week to ensure he

gets adequate nutrition.

 He avoids unhealthy lifestyle choices like smoking or drinking

because they interfere with his goals.

There are two key things to observe here.

1. There is a clear goal in mind.

The bodybuilder wants to build the most amount of muscle while

carrying the least amount of fat possible.

2. Daily life is structured around that goal.

Although very tempting, the bodybuilder will refuse to binge on fast

food because it doesn’t fit his eating schedule.

So, if we break down the concept of discipline at its core, the only two
things we need are a GOAL and a PLAN.

Let’s take another example, this time a non-physical one.

Let’s imagine somebody wants to become fluent in a foreign language from

scratch, like Spanish.

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A disciplined language learner structures his life around developing this
new skill:
 He labels common household items with their Spanish names

 He sets aside 1-2 hours every day to practice grammar & vocabulary

 Instead of spending leisure time consuming English media, he makes

an effort to consume more Spanish media, even though it may not be
as entertaining, in order to immerse himself in the language.

Again, we have a GOAL and a PLAN.

1. There is a clear goal in mind.

The Spanish learner wants to become as fluent in Spanish as

possible in the least amount of time.

2. Daily life is structured around that goal.

Household items are labelled in order to learn vocabulary. Media is

consumed in the target language. Life is structured in such a way that
the learner is immersed in Spanish as often as possible.

I could end the book right here, and you’d be very disappointed.

We may know how to do it already, but how exactly do we get ourselves to

do it?

If motivation doesn’t work, what else is there?

Indeed, it’s a bit more complicated than “just doing it”.

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When you bought this book, I’m sure you had a goal in mind.

Maybe you want to lose fat, or build muscle, or quit smoking, or stop
procrastinating your college homework.

I don’t know what it is, but I’m assuming you have a goal.

If you don’t have one, come up with one and WRITE IT DOWN.

Some possible questions to think about when choosing your goal:

 What is something that you’re struggling with?

 What is missing from your life?

 What have you always wanted to do, but never got to doing?

 Where do you want to be 1, 5, or 10 years from now?

 Who do you look up to? Why do you look up to them? What qualities

or skills do they possess that you admire?

Meditating on these, I’m sure there will be a common theme that you can
narrow down on.

Once step 1 (identifying a goal) is taken care of, what about step 2
(structuring your life around that goal)?

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This is, without a doubt, the most difficult step.

What if I told you that you were ALREADY very disciplined in some aspects
of your life?

 You brush your teeth every day. You will absolutely refuse to go to
bed at night or leave the house in the morning until you have.

 You shower regularly. Maybe not every day, but you continue to do
so in regular intervals to remain clean and presentable.

 You wash your clothes regularly. You make sure to do the laundry
when you run out of clean clothes.

From this point of view, you are extremely disciplined at keeping yourself
clean!

1. You have a clear goal in mind.

You want to remain clean and presentable for the people in your life.

2. Everything else in your life is structured around that goal.

You won’t go out on a Saturday night without showering and putting

on a set of clean clothes.

“But that’s ridiculous”, you’ll say. “Nobody would ever call that ‘discipline’.
Those are just things I have to do.”

EXACTLY.

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Those are just things that you have to do.

Nobody ever says “I’m extremely disciplined for brushing my teeth every
night”.

Nobody ever says “I lacked the motivation to brush my teeth yesterday.”

Everybody just DOES it, because it doesn’t make sense NOT to do it.

This is exactly the mindset I want you to adopt towards your goals.

Pick a goal, assemble a daily routine that propels you towards that goal,
and convince yourself that the routine is non-negotiable.

You’ve done it with brushing your teeth. You’ve done it with showering. You
are capable of doing it with your goal as well.

You will begin work out every other day, not because you’re motivated, but
because it’s simply something you HAVE to do in order to build muscle.

You will eat healthy foods and count your calories, not because you
watched a David Goggins video yesterday, but because it’s something you
HAVE to do in order to lose weight.

You will quit smoking, not because you were finally convinced by some
cute motivational video, but because you HAVE to not smoke in order to
live a healthy life.

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 3. URGENCY & STRATEGIES TO CULTIVATE IT

Everything discussed so far ties in closely with the concept of urgency.

Let’s say you’re a smoker, and by some miracle, you knew that if you
continued smoking, you’d get lung cancer TOMORROW. You’d quit
immediately, right?

Similarly, if you have a shit diet, and somehow you knew that if you
continued, you’d weight 400 lbs tomorrow, you’d IMMEDIATELY start
eating healthy.

This is where our mind plays a little trick on us.

These things are almost guaranteed to happen. We KNOW smoking is bad

for us. We KNOW fast food is bad for us. We KNOW exercise is good for
us.

But simply having KNOWLEDGE of the fact doesn’t push us towards doing
something about it.

The best motivator is having a sense of urgency.

Getting lung cancer in 50 years doesn’t scare you because 50 years seems
like an eternity.

Being obese in a few years doesn’t scare you because it feels too far away
to be a concern right now.

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But the closer these threats are, the more inclined you are to take action.

Someone who’s coughing up blood after a long time smoking is more likely
to quit than a young and healthy teenager on his 3rd cig ever.

Someone who’s 50 lbs overweight and is starting to have health problems

is more likely to stop eating McDonalds every day, than a slim person
who’s putting on weight very slowly.

If you think about it, it doesn’t actually make any sense.

We understand RATIONALLY that continuing with these habits will produce

horrible outcomes in the future.

But we justify it EMOTIONALLY, by saying bullshit like “oh, I’ll start later”,
or “I don’t have the motivation right now”.

The sad reality is, we always have the option to “start later” until we’re on
our deathbed.

Every smoker with lung cancer wishes they quit when they were 20. On the
other hand, every 20 year old smoker would scoff if you told them that.

Funny how that works, isn’t it?

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I want you, my dear reader, to frame your self-improvement as an
URGENT, LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF AT THIS VERY MOMENT.

Most of us aren’t capable of doing this ourselves, so I want you to take out
a piece of paper. I’m not kidding, get up and do this right now.

I want you to draw a table with two columns, each one labelled BENEFITS
and DRAWBACKS.

You are going to identity an action that is instrumental in achieving your

goal:

 If you want to quit something, the action is the behavior you want to
quit.
 If you want to build muscle, the action is going to the gym.
 If you want to improve your dating life, the action is approaching
women.
 If you want to become a more educated person, the action is reading
and studying.
 If you want to learn a skill, the action is practicing said skill.
 Etc…

Whatever the action is, write it at the top of the page.

Take your time with this list. Do your research. Google benefits and/or
drawbacks of your chosen activity.

On the following pages, you will find two examples. These are both things
that I personally have struggled with and conquered in the past.

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 Smoking:
BENEFITS DRAWBACKS

-Feels good -Expensive

-Looks cool (debatable) -Smells bad

-Leading cause in:

 Cancer
 Heart disease
 Lung disease
 Stroke
 Diabetes
 Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease
 Tuberculosis
 Various eye diseases
 etc.

-Waste of time & money

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 Hitting the Gym:

BENEFITS DRAWBACKS

-Increased testosterone -I don’t feel like it

-Improved confidence -Takes 3-6 hours of my week

-Improved cognitive ability

-Increased bone density

-Better posture

-Better aging

-Opportunity to make connections

with other like-minded people

-Strength to do things I couldn’t do

before, like move furniture or open
pickle jars

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Whatever you choose, once you begin writing, you’ll start to realize how
ridiculous it is NOT to pursue your goal.

If it’s something you want to quit, chances are the only upsides are gonna
be things like “it feels good”.

If it’s something you want to start doing, chances are the only downsides
are gonna be “I don’t feel like it”.

Fundamentally, the only thing holding you back is COMFORT.

The reason you are living your current life is because you’re too
comfortable with it.

Sitting on your couch watching TV and eating junk food all day feels good.

Smoking cigarettes feels good.

Watching porn instead of getting rejected by women feels good.

These things do nothing more for you. They just feel good, and that’s it.

The more astute readers will observe that there is a fundamental difference
between these two tables.

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Smoking is something you want to QUIT, because there are more
DRAWBACKS than benefits.

Going to the gym is something you want to START, because there are
more BENEFITS than drawbacks.

The first requires what I like to call negative discipline.

The second requires what I like to call positive discipline.

Although both are still forms of discipline, there are subtle differences in the
strategies involving each one that I will share with you in the coming
sections.

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 4. CULTIVATING NEGATIVE DISCIPLINE

Negative discipline is having the discipline to not do something, hence the

term “negative”.

For example, a recovering drug addict who’s been clean for 2 years has
developed a very strong negative discipline.

I’m going to share some strategies with you that can help you develop this.

I’m also starting with negative discipline because it’s a lot “simpler”, in the
sense that not doing something seems easier than doing something.

With the men I’ve talked to and worked with, I’ve noticed that letting go of
bad habits is a lot easier than developing good ones.

I’m also starting with it because some strategies in the chapter on positive
discipline will apply here as well, so it’s a good idea to have exposure to
these strategies first.

The first strategy is to remember the drawbacks of the thing you want
to quit.

Remember the list you made earlier? Keep that on you AT ALL TIMES. If
you’re at home, tape it somewhere accessible in the room you spend the
most time in.

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Wanting to relapse is a very emotional decision. Reading the negative
effects of something you want to do can help bring you back down to earth
and think in logical terms.

Burn the list of negative effects into your brain. You want to be armed with
that knowledge at all times.

Eventually, as you arm yourself with more information and your discipline
“muscle” gets stronger, your knowledge will outweigh your desires.

The second strategy is tapering.

Tapering is exactly what it sounds like; you slowly reduce your

consumption of the thing you’re trying to quit until you stop doing it
altogether.

This is very effective in the same way that adding tiny amounts of weight at
the gym is effective.

Very small changes over time add up to one big result.

For example, if you’re quitting smoking, you can go from 20 cigarettes on

day 1, 19 cigarettes on day 2, etc. You get the picture.

I want to emphasize that this strategy DOES NOT WORK FOR

EVERYONE.

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You can try it, but if it doesn’t work, I suggest you go cold turkey.

Cut out the thing in question completely. With the smoking example, you
are going from 20 cigarettes one day to 0 the next.

(I once again want to emphasize that smoking is nothing more than an

EXAMPLE. You could replace it with fast food, or porn consumption, or
whatever else you’re trying to quit.)

The advantage of this approach is that the withdrawal symptoms will hit
immediately, but will also last a much shorter amount of time.

With tapering, you are prolonging your withdrawal with the hopes that the
changes will be too small to notice.

Going cold turkey works very well for “all or nothing” types of people.

I am one of those people.

I used to be a pretty heavy smoker. What started with one cigarette every
now and then became over half a pack to a pack a day.

What did I do to stop?

I started reading the medical literature, I started reading and listening to

people’s experiences online. I started to observe how it was interfering with
my fitness goals. I understood how it would impact my longevity.

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Having all this information floating around in my head whenever I smoked
started to make me feel physically sick of it. It got to the point where it was
disgusting, and the only reason I kept doing it was to avoid withdrawals.

At that point, I simply said “fuck it”, threw away my last pack, and never
smoked again.

No motivational videos, no relapses, nothing. I just dropped it and never

came back.

If you’re like me, I highly recommend this strategy for things like smoking,
fast food, watching porn, or anything else you want to quit.

The third strategy is accountability.

Find a group of people who are trying to quit the same thing you’re quitting,
and talk to them every single day.

They can be real life friends, or an online community. It doesn’t matter. You
just need to be part of a tribe that keeps you accountable.

This is why programs like AA work so well. Having a community of people

who are pursuing the same goal as you is very motivating.

It also instills the fear of social rejection from relapsing, which is an extra
drawback that will make you think twice before doing so.

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Accountability works exactly the same way for positive discipline, which we
will be talking about next.

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 5. CULTIVATING POSITIVE DISCIPLINE

Positive discipline is what most people think of when they hear the word
“discipline”.

It’s the ability to show up every day and DO SOMETHING.

It can be exercise, school work, or building a business.

Due to the nature of the difference between positive and negative

discipline, there are slightly different strategies that we have to adopt.

Our first strategy is the “I’ll just do it once” strategy.

Let’s see you make a plan to get in shape, but you’re not feeling motivated
to go to the gym.

You’ve never been before, and it’s very nerve wracking to go into a new
environment.

All you have to tell yourself is “I’ll just do it once”.

Tell yourself “Go to the gym one time, do your workout, and then you
never have to go again.”

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This strategy works because it relieves you of the mental burden of thinking
about all the future workouts you have to do. You just have to focus on this
one.

Everyone can go to the gym once. And when you go, you’ll finish your
workout, realize it wasn’t that scary, feel amazing, and be more inclined to
go the next time.

The second (closely related) strategy is momentum.

“Lots of small wins add up to a big win” is a recurring theme here.

If getting to the gym is particularly hard for you one day, break it down into
very small steps.

Step 1: Put your gym clothes in your bag.

Step 2: Put your shoes on.

Step 3: Walk to your car.

Step 4: Drive to the gym.

Step 5: Walk into the gym.

Step 6: Do your workout.

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Just like the previous strategy, give yourself the option of bailing out at
any time.

Allow yourself the option of not going once you put your shoes on, or
turning back and going home once you walk into the gym.

The funny part about that? You’re never going to do it.

Once you get there, you’re gonna think to yourself “well, I’ve already gotten
so far. I might as well go all the way now!”

These are small little ways you can trick your mind into doing something it
doesn’t feel like doing.

The fourth strategy is ease of access.

This one may sound obvious, but I’ve noticed that it’s actually very
overlooked with the men I work with.

If your gym is a 45 minute drive away, there’s almost no chance in hell

you’ll be able to get yourself to go every day.

If you can manage to arrange your life in such a way that you have EASY
ACCESS to a gym, the chances that you actually show up will go up
astronomically.

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(At risk of sounding like a broken record, I want to emphasize that the gym
is merely an EXAMPLE. You can replace it with literally any skill you want
to cultivate, whether it’s learning a language, woodworking, a martial art,
etc. Your goal is your goal. I’m not picking one for you, I’m just arming
you with the toolbox you need to pursue it.)

If getting up and moving isn’t an option (and understandably so), there are
tons of other things you could do.

You could build a home gym, or get a pull-up bar and learn some
bodyweight routines. If you’re wealthier and/or more entrepreneurially
minded, you could even open one yourself. The possibilities are endless!

The point is that you have to make it easier for yourself, especially at the
beginning. Doing the thing itself is already hard, and you want to remove as
many extra hurdles as you possibly can.

This applies to negative discipline as well.

If you’re quitting smoking cold turkey, stop buying cigarettes. Throw out the
ones you already have. Avoid people who smoke, or any other
environmental triggers. Do not tell yourself you will never smoke a cigarette
again. Simply tell yourself that you won’t smoke TODAY.

If you’re quitting porn, install porn blockers. Stop following half naked
models on social media. In fact, stop using social media in general.

You get the picture.

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The fifth strategy is perspective.

Keep in mind how GOOD you feel after hitting the gym. How FULFILLED
you feel after spending a focused hour of studying a language, or learning
to code, or building your business. Whatever your goal is, pursuing it will
feel amazing. That’s just how we’re wired.

The rush of endorphins, the amazing pump, the exhilarating feeling of

being done with a monumental task.

Imagine you could replicate that feeling EVERY SINGLE DAY.

How do you do that? Well, you have to keep showing up.

A lot of things that are good for us, like going to the gym, are like drugs.

They release pleasurable, feel-good chemicals in our brain.

The only reason they’re not as popular is because there are a lot of extra
steps needed to get there.

Once you understand this and recognize the benefits those extra steps give
you, you will voluntarily choose to go.

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The take-away: the activity you perform in order to achieve your goal is a
DRUG. The delivery system is showing up and putting in the work. Make a
habit of getting high on life every single day.

Another aspect of perspective is to keep in mind the person you want to be

1, 5, 10 years from now.

In a decade, you will be you but 10 years older. Why not be you, 10 years
older, and also be jacked as fuck?

We fantasize about ourselves being a certain way in the future, but we’re
not willing to put in the daily work that it takes.

Having a clear image of where you want to end up makes it much easier to
keep showing up, even on the days where you don’t feel like it.

Too many people expect everything in life to fall into their laps without any
work.

Their entire life passes them by in the blink of an eye and they still have
nothing.

But that’s not you, is it?

By now, you may have realized that the only shortcut is to understand
that there is no shortcut.

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Read that again, very carefully. Internalize the message.

Everybody is trying to sell you on how to do something QUICK.

“Insane 2 week weight loss program!”

“Get rich with this SECRET METHOD in just 90 days!”

It’s all BULLSHIT.

The only “secret” is that there is no secret.

And nobody is going to tell you that.

Because hard work doesn’t sell.

The last strategy I want to present to you works for both types of discipline.

This concept boils down to doing things for others. I like to call this
martyrdom.

Do you have parents? Children? A significant other you care deeply about?

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Think about how your actions affect them, both in the short-term or long-
term.

To take our classic examples, imagine how your second-hand smoke is

harming your loved ones. How your time spent on smoke breaks could be
spent with them instead.

Think about how you are depriving them of your full lifespan by committing
yourself to a habit that is everything but guaranteed to kill you at a young
age.

The same can be said for obesity. The health risks are well-understood and
well-documented. You are depriving the people who love you of a full
lifetime spent with you.

You are depriving them of the strength, both physical and mental, that you
develop from a consistent weightlifting regimen.

If you choose not to take action, you are depriving your future sons and
daughters of a positive role-model that they will undoubtedly emulate as
they grow older.

Do you want them to look up to a strong, healthy, committed, inspiring

leader? Or a fat, lazy, dull, unhealthy slob?

If you’re abusing pornography, think about the love and intimacy you’re
depriving your current/future partner of.

Etc, etc.

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Once again, these are just examples. Whatever goal you wrote down
earlier, chances are it has a host of benefits that help not only you, but also
the people around you. Burn them into your brain.

The idea here is that if you’re not able to sell yourself on doing
something for yourself, do it for someone else.

This ties in very strongly with accountability (discussed earlier).

If you develop an intimate connection with a group of accountability

partners, relapsing and giving up on your new lifestyle changes will be
DEVASTATING.

Not only are you disappointing them and risking exile from the group, but
you are also tempting them into going back to their old ways as well.

You wouldn’t want to do that, now would you?

Step up and be an inspiration to those around you. The most meaningful

change in the world starts with yourself.

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 6. SCHEDULING

“The failure to plan is the plan to fail.”

It’s time to put together everything we talked about so far.

You can internalize and apply every single thing you read in this book, but if
you’re not scheduling, things are going to fall apart.

Here’s what I suggest for you.

Every single Sunday, spend 30 minutes or so planning the upcoming week.

I don’t mean rough plans like “Monday I will do x, Tuesday I will do y”.

I’m talking, plan every single thing TO THE HOUR.

Schedule your wake up time. When you’re eating breakfast. When you’re
taking a shower. When you plan to work, or exercise, or even spend leisure
time.

Plan everything, ESPECIALLY the goals you’re working towards.

Even if you’re quitting something, introducing a rigid structure to your life

makes it much less likely to relapse.

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In fact, developing an exercise habit will make it easier to quit smoking or
eating fast food, because the latter two will hinder your progress.

Putting together a disciplined lifestyle is kind of like a butterfly effect. One

habit leads to another, and that one may lead to two more, etc..

You look at the lives of crazy disciplined people, but once you walk the
road yourself, you’ll realize that it’s not even that hard. You’ll begin to
WANT to do all these things.

Arranging every day into what is essentially a to-do list leaves very little
room for falling off the wagon.

The best scheduling tool I’ve found that works for me is Google calendar.

It’s available for free, all you need is sign in to your Gmail account and visit
calendar.google.com

On the next page you will find a sample schedule from one of my weeks
(career-related and personal activities censored for obvious reasons):

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You will notice that everything is color-coded.

DO THIS AS WELL.

If you’re working a 9-5, choose a color for work.

If you’re hitting the gym, pick a different color for the gym.

If you’re building a business on the side, pick a color different from the
above two.

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You get the idea.

It makes your schedule prettier to look at, and prettier to look at = easier to
follow.

I know a lot of guys reading this are going to skip the schedule part.

DO NOT DO THIS, TRUST ME.

You NEED a schedule. It’s an absolute must.

Take it from someone who used to be extremely unproductive and erratic in

his personal life. It is a GAME CHANGER.

You can’t just “wing it” through life. That’s not how it works.

Implement and internalize everything you read in this book.

Start with a LIGHT schedule. Put in a couple gym sessions, or AA

meetings, or whatever you’re working towards.

Slowly up the ante as you go more.

In the beginning, you’re gonna have gaps in your schedule. Even I have
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It’s impossible to have everything filled, unless you’re a robot. Plus, after a
while, you’re going to internalize the schedule to the point where you won’t
feel the need to write down when you’re eating breakfast, lunch, and
dinner.

However, you should still AIM for filling every hour of the day. It’s not
realistic, but you should at least have the main hours of the day covered.

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 7. CONCLUSION & CLOSING THOUGHTS

Congratulations on making it this far!

You have succeeded in taking the first step towards your self-improvement
journey, and that is arming yourself with information.

You really do not need to do anything else except START.

One suggestion I would make is to read this book a second time through
and take careful notes.

As you’re going along, try to:

 Envision your goal

 Take note of which strategies will help you achieve your goal
 Have your list of benefits readily available at all times
 Build a schedule that is in line with your goal
 Execute ruthlessly. Don’t start tomorrow, start TODAY. Even if it’s
something small.

That’s really all there is to it.

As you’re working towards your goal, make sure to arm yourself with the
wealth of information available to you on the internet.

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If you’re planning to build muscle, pick a good program and stick to it. I
recommend “Start Bodyweight” if you don’t have access to a gym, or Jim
Wendler’s “5/3/1” if you do.

If you’re trying to quite smoking, or porn, or anything else, keep arming

yourself with knowledge on WHY that thing is bad for you. Knowledge is
power in this domain. The more knowledge you’re armed with, the lower
your risk of relapse. You need your knowledge to outweigh your
emotions.

If you’re planning to learn a skill, like coding or speaking a foreign

language, spend an afternoon collecting resources and optimal learning
strategies, so that you don’t waste time making your journey more difficult
than it needs to be.

And the list goes on…

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I want to give you a big THANK YOU for purchasing this ebook. I sincerely
hope it was helpful to you.

If you enjoyed it, please make sure to rate it 5 stars on Gumroad.

If you want to leave me some feedback, please email me at

[email protected] OR send me a DM on twitter
@masculinesoul.

If you have any QUESTIONS or CONCERNS about this book, feel free to
contact me as above.

This book is an ever evolving product. What this means is any changes or
additions I make in the future will be available to you at no extra cost.

The more feedback and reception from readers like you, the better of a
product it will turn out to be.

I am relying a lot on your feedback to make this THE perfect, go-to

handbook on discipline.

Lastly, if you want to say something nice about this book publicly on
Twitter, send me a DM of your tweet and I will happily retweet you in front
of my growing audience of 5500+ followers.

Talk soon,
~MS

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