Daily Discipline from BK

Each day, I write and send brief, simple messages from my personal notes on discipline, focus, and skill. If you're ready to DO THE WORK subscribe today.

Best Practices = Average Results
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Brian Kight

Best Practices = Average Results

Exceptional results don’t come from “best practices”. Follow best practices only if you want to get...

3 ways to strategically challenge yourself
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Brian Kight

3 ways to strategically challenge yourself

Here’s a simple heuristic to help you decide how to challenge yourself:

Build stronger skills through better challenges
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Brian Kight

Build stronger skills through better challenges

I'll briefly describe the three forms of challenges I mentioned yesterday. This is one of my...

How to start teaching discipline as a skill
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Brian Kight

How to start teaching discipline as a skill

"What ideas do you have for teaching discipline as a skill, particularly to high school students?"

Speed to discipline solves a lot of problems
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Brian Kight

Speed to discipline solves a lot of problems

There's always a moment when you recognize the disciplined thing to do. But recognition is not...

Restore, refuel, and recover. Then return.
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Brian Kight

Restore, refuel, and recover. Then return.

You won't get far without endurance, but you won't get anywhere without resilience.

Add flexibility into your discipline
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Brian Kight

Add flexibility into your discipline

The generic view of discipline sees it as strict adherence to rigid rules. The wise understanding...