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.

This is why mental health is declining
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Brian Kight

This is why mental health is declining

2024-03-25 04:00:00

Consuming content is destroying people’s mental health.

Best Practices = Average Results
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Best Practices = Average Results

2024-03-22 04:00:00

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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3 ways to strategically challenge yourself

2024-03-21 04:00:00

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

Build stronger skills through better challenges
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Build stronger skills through better challenges

2024-03-20 04:00:00

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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How to start teaching discipline as a skill

2024-03-19 04:00:00

"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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Speed to discipline solves a lot of problems

2024-03-18 04:00:00

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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Restore, refuel, and recover. Then return.

2024-03-15 04:00:00

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

Add flexibility into your discipline
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Add flexibility into your discipline

2024-03-14 04:00:00

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

How far will you get without endurance?
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How far will you get without endurance?

2024-03-13 04:00:00

Discipline and consistency are not the same thing. Related, but not the same.

No more soulless discipline
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No more soulless discipline

2024-03-12 04:00:00

We have lost the art of discipline. And with it, the skill. Like many things in the modern world,...