原文: Build Your Self-Discipline Like Power Lifters Build Body Mass

Have you ever felt lazy?

Have you ever wished you had more self discipline and control?

Many people first starting goal setting feel they do not have enough self-discipline to take the necessary actions needed to complete their goal.  Others can hit a plateau after striving for weeks or months.

This is normal.

Like the old adage, Rome wasn’t built in a day most of your life goals won’t be possible in a day either.  You’ll have to have the discipline to get up and get cracking on the sub-goals each and every day.

What you will happily find out he is building self-discipline is easier than you think.  Like lifting weights will build your muscles,  forcing yourself to do the things you know you should do, you will build your self discipline too.  

Here’s the key.  Like lifting weights, you don’t start out bench pressing 150 pounds.  You start with small weights and build up. 

in building discipline take the same approach.  Start with something small like disciplining yourself to wash and put away your dinner dishes every night.

Doing dishes may seem small, but by forcing yourself to do something small on a repetitive basis, you begin to build that muscle of self-discipline much like doing curls will build the fossils of your biceps.  So pick a task and do it every day.  Self-discipline will soon follow.

译文: 锻炼自我约束能力--就像举重选手练肌肉那样

你有曾感到过懒散吗？

你有曾希望自己自我约束、自我控制能力更强吗？

许多人一开始设定目标时就会觉得自己没有足够的自律能力来采取达成目标所必需的行动。有些人则在奋斗了几周或几个月后遭遇瓶颈。

这很普遍。

就像那句古话，罗马不是一天建成的，大多数你的人生目标也不会在一天实现。你不得不自我约束--起床，继续完成子目标，每天如此。

你会开心的发现他正在建立自我约束能力，而且比你想得容易。就像举重选手练肌肉，强迫自己做一些你知道应该做的事，你也就会建立自我约束能力。

这就是关键。正如举重，你不必一开始就举150磅的。你可以从轻量级的开始，慢慢锻炼。

建立自律能力采取相同的方法。可以从小事开始，像是让自己将每晚的餐盘洗干净、放好。