I have heard and read several books on habits and concepts along the lines of 'Tiny Habits', 'Atomic Habits', 'Micro Habits' exist. One jumping jack a day may well turn into more, what matters is getting your foot in the door and lowering the threshold so it feels doable. When I first went to the gym, my only objective was to go in there, get changed and be there for ten minutes. Not to work out. I have now increased my 'one push up a day' to mostly ten or more, but it's easier to keep the rule to 'one' so when I feel really exhausted, I will usually still be able to do one and feel disciplined enough to have held up my end of the habit bargain.
Discipline is an identity you develop. Wisdom right out of the gate, great way to start the clip Cal. If you are not consistent it's not a failure of discipline, it's a failure to plan. Understanding your habits and limits in common situations better makes you better at planning.
Why does he only have 34k subscribers???? This stuff is gold. I binged his last three books within a month. I hope he continues creating content (books or videos) regardless of how many people are currently accessing this channel. Such a great mind!!!
Channels that focus on delivering solid content tend to lose out to channels that focus on "entertaining," in some loud or flashy way. E.g. it's very clear among chess youtubers.
I think it is because Cal’s ideas require effort on behalf of the learner, which is less consumable for the greater majority of people looking for “tricks”, “hacks” and easy answers that require no effort.
Great content, Cal, love yr work! I think this phrase summarises Discipline nicely: "Discipline is not the sheer force of will that makes you do something; discipline is the temperament, or strategies, or systems that one comes up with to get to the place where you want to be." - Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic.
This is absolute invaluable wisdom and advice. I just want to say - if you’re doing 30 legitimate burpees every waking hour (or perhaps, every work hour?), that’s pretty beast mode. 240 - 480 of burpees a day. If that was all you did exercise wise, and everything else was in check (diet sleep etc), you’d be doing pretty well
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:27 Developing *discipline is about adopting it as part of your identity.* 01:23 The *Deep Life Procedure involves identifying important life areas and establishing keystone habits in each.* 03:01 Keystone *habits should be non-trivial, tractable, and tracked daily to reinforce discipline.* 06:55 Overhaul *each life area during a one to two-month focus period, making substantial changes.* 09:45 Experimentation *during the focus period helps refine habits and goals for lasting discipline.* 10:15 Even *disciplined individuals should choose challenges that align with their beliefs for sustained success.- **00:27** Discipline is more about developing an identity than tackling specific challenges.* 01:23 The *Deep Life Procedure involves identifying important life areas ("buckets") and establishing tractable keystone habits in each.* 02:46 Keystone *habits should be meaningful but manageable, tracked daily, and reflected in a metric space, such as a planner.* 06:55 Consistently *completing keystone habits enhances one's disciplined identity and commitment to values.* 07:21 Periodically *dedicate 1-2 months to overhauling each life bucket, experimenting and making substantial changes.* 10:15 Even *with discipline, choose challenges wisely; ensure they align with your beliefs and make logical sense to your mind.* Made with HARPA AI
Great observation at the end. I've been struggling a lot on a current project and I think you just made me realize I dont't actually believe in its feasability.
Zusammenfassung - sich einfach nur Ziele setzen und durchziehen bringt nichts: 3 Jahre lang jeden Tag ins Gym gehen. Lösung: 1. in kleine Ziele aufteilen und und in einer vorgegebenen Zeit durchziehen: satt 45 Min. Workout = 3 x 15 Min. 2. mache dies beispielsweise 3 Monate lang PS: ich hoffe ich habe es richtig verstanden :D
"Cal explains that discipline is an identity you have to develop. Once you believe yourself to be a disciplined person you can then apply discipline to many new areas. To get to that identity in the first place, you have to integrate some baseline disciplines." - so, in order to become disciplined you have to be disciplined.. Super useful..
Makes me think of a verse in Scripture that goes like this: “Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.” Matthew 13:12
@@1cindy8552An-Nisa:171 "O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion1 or say about Allāh except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allāh and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allāh and His messengers. And do not say, "Three"; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allāh is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allāh as Disposer of affairs."
The understanding gleaned from this content is notable. A book with akin insights offered a completely new perspective. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze
Yes, it's way too low. If you check stats for Nerds on the TH-cam it is showing -10.8 dB. No point in having the expensive mic etc. and failing to do the basics of managing loudness to TH-cam standard. Having said that I do appreciate the content otherwise I wouldn't be here at all. :)
What if I can destroy every fitness goal but basically lack every other discipline? There’s something that happens during a workout that can get you addicted and keep you disciplined, but any other life-goal or activity doesn’t give you the same affectz
Programming the mind into seeing yourself as a fucking beast is an underrated skill. After quitting anti-depressants, I took a look at myself and announced to my mind that I am a fucking beast and I will take my body to any extent to get the outcome I want. I envision myself as a Soul, in charge of this machine and ain't no way this machine is refusing to carry out any action that I have decided is going to advance me in life. Get disgusted with unhelpful feedback from the mind. Goggins style. This also helped me get out of the 'trick' mindset. These deep work, flow, time blocking, pomodoro concepts... not going into whether it works or not... can go to hell. Don't get me wrong, they absolutely work for a whole lot of guys... but I'm not asking anyone outside of ME what works for me. It works for me to straightaway start whatever it is that I want and then keep listening to my own experience how this body ("machine') is giving me the most results... add this with reading about these concepts and applying them to gauge their efficacy in my particular case. Sooner than later you'll begin noting really insightful things about getting shit done out of your own precious experiences and newer tasks will not cause as much resistance... just like weight training would have given you insights about consistency and progressively increasing difficulty levels for any task. All the best
@@blindguymcsqueezy50 this is really helpful. It’s so easy for me to get in the weight room to bang and clang iron for weeks on end. Didn’t think to apply to other areas of my life. No wonder I’ve been struggling..the tricks weren’t for me. Thank you.
@@prodibig237 most people (including my past self) dont and won’t appreciate this outlook. But it’s up to us and no one else to get the results we want my bro. Glad it resonated!
How do you prevent discipline from becoming mindless obsession that has no benefit? Lets take doing 10,000 steps a day as an example. I done this for a while, felt good, but noticed the more I done it, the more I rationalised with myself that I have to do it every day to have a sense of accomplishment and feel happy. In other words something so simple took over my mind and I became chained to this metric and feeling terrible if I did not do it on a certain day, which is just ridiculous That is just an example.
I believe that if you take time to ask yourself why its so important to do this, youll start to find answers on why it upsets you when you dont achieve this expectation you set for yourself. practicing sympathy and compassion when dealing with your emotions go a long way
10k steps is too big a target. I have also struggled with the things you just mentioned. But when I reduced my target to 6k steps a day, it did wonders to my peace of mind. I now feel much more relaxed compared to the time when target was 10k. Also, I still manage to hit 10k more often then not. So, in my opinion lowering your target helps.
Brow, it's not about doing 10k steps every single day, it's about at least doing the steps if you can and if you tried but because of time/whatever you could only do 4k that's already success, because we can't control everyday, in fact we can't control a lot of things.. but trying, we can control trying...
Maybe you need a better goal. Why do you want to do 10,000 steps a day? Is it to get healthy? Be more active? Sign up for a 5k so you can have a short term goal to keep you motivated to move. Hate running maybe play tennis, soccer, or hiking. Look for enjoyable ways to move.
Hi Cal, This is Patrick here from Mind Life Flow Channel - I'm a Clinical Psychologist in Australia. Your content on discipline is very interesting and will help many people. What is your number one tip on moving towards being more disciplined?
Hey Cal. I have reviewed your life and accomplishments, how you run your life and get done by 5:00. What I find so interesting is you use paper planners. My question is why have we become tied to apps? I get more done with a paper planners and fountain pen and less done with an app. Good job and I am becoming a fan.
@@malexmartinez4007 that is what everyone does already.. is nothing new .. is status quo , the invisible citizen that is nice with everyone but no one sees your actual loneliness outside their business you interact with on a weekly basis...
Why would you say that a 45min a day is too hard? Isnt that immediately putting a glass mental ceiling? Have you heard of the program '75hard', doing 2 daily 45min workouts for 75 days.... many people did this cold turkey
If we are all going to die, and trillions of years will pass after our deaths, then ultimately, what will be the difference between "going after it" versus not "going after it?" A trillion years from the time of your death, you won't be around to rejoice or regret what you did or didn't do.
Lol dude, easy with the big numbers 😂 Trillions, you say? How about 50 years after one's death? No matter what you do, you're largely forgotten in half a century or so after you pass. Now in 2022, how many people that died in the 1970s can you remember, even in your own family? But yeah sure, a trillion seems reasonable. Not as ambitious as, say, a quadrillion years. Now doing things that have impact even after a quadrillion or a quintillion years might take some planning. Yeah, sounds like effort that's worth it.
Ants, Bees, Birds, fish are hard wired to build, collect and protect, life has these foundation drives, without them there is no life. I totally understand your point which had plagued continental philosophy for over 150 years that life has No meaning. I believe it only has the meaning we create. It doesn't matters at all except to us. Find something that matters to you, infinity can wait.
@@cientifica9150 Experience only matters if you can reflect on it. There is no reflection once dead. Life is like writing an exam and never knowing the result. Pointless.
I have heard and read several books on habits and concepts along the lines of 'Tiny Habits', 'Atomic Habits', 'Micro Habits' exist. One jumping jack a day may well turn into more, what matters is getting your foot in the door and lowering the threshold so it feels doable. When I first went to the gym, my only objective was to go in there, get changed and be there for ten minutes. Not to work out. I have now increased my 'one push up a day' to mostly ten or more, but it's easier to keep the rule to 'one' so when I feel really exhausted, I will usually still be able to do one and feel disciplined enough to have held up my end of the habit bargain.
Discipline is an identity you develop. Wisdom right out of the gate, great way to start the clip Cal. If you are not consistent it's not a failure of discipline, it's a failure to plan. Understanding your habits and limits in common situations better makes you better at planning.
Discipline = Freedom.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by this?
@@theanonymouslegion4811 Only if you are disciplined, you can be truly free from all your thoughts, emotions, passion and desires.
@@shubhamlahoti9758 free from emotions isn t freedom
@@Karincl7 maybe.
G O O D
Why does he only have 34k subscribers???? This stuff is gold. I binged his last three books within a month. I hope he continues creating content (books or videos) regardless of how many people are currently accessing this channel. Such a great mind!!!
Agreed love his books got me through my first year of law school flawlessly unfortunately I fell off track so now I'm back to absorbing his content.
Telling people to make changes to improve their lives is a bad recipe for popularity.
Channels that focus on delivering solid content tend to lose out to channels that focus on "entertaining," in some loud or flashy way. E.g. it's very clear among chess youtubers.
I think it is because Cal’s ideas require effort on behalf of the learner, which is less consumable for the greater majority of people looking for “tricks”, “hacks” and easy answers that require no effort.
up to 170k now!
Great content, Cal, love yr work! I think this phrase summarises Discipline nicely: "Discipline is not the sheer force of will that makes you do something; discipline is the temperament, or strategies, or systems that one comes up with to get to the place where you want to be." - Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic.
This is absolute invaluable wisdom and advice. I just want to say - if you’re doing 30 legitimate burpees every waking hour (or perhaps, every work hour?), that’s pretty beast mode. 240 - 480 of burpees a day. If that was all you did exercise wise, and everything else was in check (diet sleep etc), you’d be doing pretty well
Very happy to hear about Brian Johnson! He's the reason why my life has changed :)
wait, the guy from AC/DC?
No the Liver King probably
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:27 Developing *discipline is about adopting it as part of your identity.*
01:23 The *Deep Life Procedure involves identifying important life areas and establishing keystone habits in each.*
03:01 Keystone *habits should be non-trivial, tractable, and tracked daily to reinforce discipline.*
06:55 Overhaul *each life area during a one to two-month focus period, making substantial changes.*
09:45 Experimentation *during the focus period helps refine habits and goals for lasting discipline.*
10:15 Even *disciplined individuals should choose challenges that align with their beliefs for sustained success.- **00:27** Discipline is more about developing an identity than tackling specific challenges.*
01:23 The *Deep Life Procedure involves identifying important life areas ("buckets") and establishing tractable keystone habits in each.*
02:46 Keystone *habits should be meaningful but manageable, tracked daily, and reflected in a metric space, such as a planner.*
06:55 Consistently *completing keystone habits enhances one's disciplined identity and commitment to values.*
07:21 Periodically *dedicate 1-2 months to overhauling each life bucket, experimenting and making substantial changes.*
10:15 Even *with discipline, choose challenges wisely; ensure they align with your beliefs and make logical sense to your mind.*
Made with HARPA AI
Could you make a dedicated video on timeblocking that covers every detail
Its great to see Cal doing youtube
Identity is everything.
Bedroom workout bars! True genius at work.
Great observation at the end. I've been struggling a lot on a current project and I think you just made me realize I dont't actually believe in its feasability.
Zusammenfassung
- sich einfach nur Ziele setzen und durchziehen bringt nichts: 3 Jahre lang jeden Tag ins Gym gehen.
Lösung:
1. in kleine Ziele aufteilen und und in einer vorgegebenen Zeit durchziehen: satt 45 Min. Workout = 3 x 15 Min.
2. mache dies beispielsweise 3 Monate lang
PS: ich hoffe ich habe es richtig verstanden :D
Ja, hast Du. ;)
"Cal explains that discipline is an identity you have to develop. Once you believe yourself to be a disciplined person you can then apply discipline to many new areas. To get to that identity in the first place, you have to integrate some baseline disciplines." - so, in order to become disciplined you have to be disciplined.. Super useful..
Makes me think of a verse in Scripture that goes like this:
“Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.” Matthew 13:12
@@1cindy8552An-Nisa:171 "O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion1 or say about Allāh except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allāh and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allāh and His messengers. And do not say, "Three"; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allāh is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allāh as Disposer of affairs."
@@mimoz265 Jesus is not only a messenger, he is the way, the truth, and the life. He is God. I cannot worship Allah. Allah is not the true God.
start with the small things. like making ur bed and build up
@@1cindy8552 is he talking to himself when he talks to the Father? No, he talks to God as he is just a messenger
11:11 Be The Light In The World
Man i need to build discipline in my life. Thank you.
I’ve been shaving off my splits on the concept2. I’m down to 2:05 on 5ks. Trying to bring it down to sub 2s
It's great to see you here in TH-cam
Wow, this was fantastic! Thank you so much.
The understanding gleaned from this content is notable. A book with akin insights offered a completely new perspective. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze
love the advice cal, just started the digital minimalism book as well!!
Thanks, Bobby Newport
Excellent response, Cal.
I just watch your talk ar Google, you look very diferent😁!
Great job And a big help,cal!!
Love from Portugal 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹👍.
Thanks for sharing 🙏
Thanks, Cal! Great video 🎉
Content is great but sound is low
I feel the same way, then when another video gets on that one is too loud. so i think the audio on this show could be 20% higher probably
Yes, it's way too low. If you check stats for Nerds on the TH-cam it is showing -10.8 dB. No point in having the expensive mic etc. and failing to do the basics of managing loudness to TH-cam standard. Having said that I do appreciate the content otherwise I wouldn't be here at all. :)
What if I can destroy every fitness goal but basically lack every other discipline? There’s something that happens during a workout that can get you addicted and keep you disciplined, but any other life-goal or activity doesn’t give you the same affectz
Agree, weightlifting is actually fun
Maybe change your life goals
Programming the mind into seeing yourself as a fucking beast is an underrated skill. After quitting anti-depressants, I took a look at myself and announced to my mind that I am a fucking beast and I will take my body to any extent to get the outcome I want. I envision myself as a Soul, in charge of this machine and ain't no way this machine is refusing to carry out any action that I have decided is going to advance me in life. Get disgusted with unhelpful feedback from the mind. Goggins style.
This also helped me get out of the 'trick' mindset. These deep work, flow, time blocking, pomodoro concepts... not going into whether it works or not... can go to hell. Don't get me wrong, they absolutely work for a whole lot of guys... but I'm not asking anyone outside of ME what works for me. It works for me to straightaway start whatever it is that I want and then keep listening to my own experience how this body ("machine') is giving me the most results... add this with reading about these concepts and applying them to gauge their efficacy in my particular case. Sooner than later you'll begin noting really insightful things about getting shit done out of your own precious experiences and newer tasks will not cause as much resistance... just like weight training would have given you insights about consistency and progressively increasing difficulty levels for any task. All the best
@@blindguymcsqueezy50 this is really helpful. It’s so easy for me to get in the weight room to bang and clang iron for weeks on end. Didn’t think to apply to other areas of my life. No wonder I’ve been struggling..the tricks weren’t for me. Thank you.
@@prodibig237 most people (including my past self) dont and won’t appreciate this outlook. But it’s up to us and no one else to get the results we want my bro. Glad it resonated!
How do you prevent discipline from becoming mindless obsession that has no benefit? Lets take doing 10,000 steps a day as an example. I done this for a while, felt good, but noticed the more I done it, the more I rationalised with myself that I have to do it every day to have a sense of accomplishment and feel happy. In other words something so simple took over my mind and I became chained to this metric and feeling terrible if I did not do it on a certain day, which is just ridiculous That is just an example.
I believe that if you take time to ask yourself why its so important to do this, youll start to find answers on why it upsets you when you dont achieve this expectation you set for yourself. practicing sympathy and compassion when dealing with your emotions go a long way
10k steps is too big a target. I have also struggled with the things you just mentioned. But when I reduced my target to 6k steps a day, it did wonders to my peace of mind. I now feel much more relaxed compared to the time when target was 10k. Also, I still manage to hit 10k more often then not. So, in my opinion lowering your target helps.
You might be overthinking it now. Specific goals like 10000 steps give you something to hang your hat on. That helps is sometimes.
Brow, it's not about doing 10k steps every single day, it's about at least doing the steps if you can and if you tried but because of time/whatever you could only do 4k that's already success, because we can't control everyday, in fact we can't control a lot of things.. but trying, we can control trying...
Maybe you need a better goal. Why do you want to do 10,000 steps a day? Is it to get healthy? Be more active? Sign up for a 5k so you can have a short term goal to keep you motivated to move. Hate running maybe play tennis, soccer, or hiking. Look for enjoyable ways to move.
Hi Cal, This is Patrick here from Mind Life Flow Channel - I'm a Clinical Psychologist in Australia. Your content on discipline is very interesting and will help many people. What is your number one tip on moving towards being more disciplined?
Hey Cal. I have reviewed your life and accomplishments, how you run your life and get done by 5:00. What I find so interesting is you use paper planners. My question is why have we become tied to apps? I get more done with a paper planners and fountain pen and less done with an app. Good job and I am becoming a fan.
Same here. It just looks less convoluted to me and my smartphone has become a source of anxiety.
what if you do not live or interact with other people physically then.. what is the first thing to do?
Starting by greeting people on the street, the cashier who served you, or the security guard at a mall would be a great start.
@@malexmartinez4007 that is what everyone does already.. is nothing new .. is status quo , the invisible citizen that is nice with everyone but no one sees your actual loneliness outside their business you interact with on a weekly basis...
very refreshing.
I have a whole new level of respect for Cal now that I know he rowed for Dartmouth. Because before I thought he was just a nerd haha
We need an Andrew Huberman and Cal Newport Podcast
Are you happy about It?
Discipline = Destiny
5:00
also not calling things boring names like constitution would help
you're free to call your life buckets what you want, but I find constitution pretty cool to talk about physical shape and health.
Why would you say that a 45min a day is too hard? Isnt that immediately putting a glass mental ceiling? Have you heard of the program '75hard', doing 2 daily 45min workouts for 75 days.... many people did this cold turkey
What if I use Adderall?
"Tractable but non trivial" spoken like a true computer scientist
True. That's a non-trivial insight.
Those terms are common to all disciplines that use lots of mathematics.
3:21
Why does this guy sound and have the exact same mannerisms as Marty Bird
I only listen to Bobby Newport for advice from parks and rec
11:11
If we are all going to die, and trillions of years will pass after our deaths, then ultimately, what will be the difference between "going after it" versus not "going after it?" A trillion years from the time of your death, you won't be around to rejoice or regret what you did or didn't do.
Lol dude, easy with the big numbers 😂 Trillions, you say? How about 50 years after one's death? No matter what you do, you're largely forgotten in half a century or so after you pass. Now in 2022, how many people that died in the 1970s can you remember, even in your own family? But yeah sure, a trillion seems reasonable. Not as ambitious as, say, a quadrillion years. Now doing things that have impact even after a quadrillion or a quintillion years might take some planning. Yeah, sounds like effort that's worth it.
Ants, Bees, Birds, fish are hard wired to build, collect and protect, life has these foundation drives, without them there is no life. I totally understand your point which had plagued continental philosophy for over 150 years that life has No meaning. I believe it only has the meaning we create. It doesn't matters at all except to us. Find something that matters to you, infinity can wait.
It matters because you only live ONCE, make this life count because it's your only opportunity to enjoy the experience of life.
@@cientifica9150
Experience only matters if you can reflect on it.
There is no reflection once dead.
Life is like writing an exam and never knowing the result.
Pointless.
The lesson is to live life as close as to reality.
Struggling with discipline? - Good.
Cal is like Ben Shapiros nicer brother.
A whole lot of blinking going on here 😂
What if I have ADHD....i can't focus for sht
I love how the examples are of multi millionaires who run their own companies from home. Yeah.. not applicable for most.
each video..promises something..yet each one more boring than the last..
This video is rambling about nothing lmfao. Gotta reach that 10 minute mark though lol!
Carl newport has ported many peoples life thank you Carl port for porting people's life 😊🐁