Why You Don't Need Self-Discipline to Succeed at Dieting, Sports--Or Anything Else in Life

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Dear Group Member

 

" Why You Don't Need Self-Discipline to Succeed

at Dieting, Sports--Or Anything Else in Life "

 

If you have to use self-discipline in your work,

you are doomed to failure.

 

I don't have a self-disciplined bone in my body.

We all do things every day. We move towards

things we like and love, and move away from

things that cause us pain.

 

Do you think I'm writing this article because I

am self-disciplined? Hell no! I'm writing it

because I get pleasure out of doing this - just

as I get pleasure from exercising, and I get

pleasure from eating a raw food diet.

 

Many people can't imagine gaining pleasure from

writing, exercising, or eating a Vegan Raw Food

Diet. But I, in fact, love doing these things.

However, there was a time in my life when I was

in high school and college that I hated

computers, writing, lifting weights and eating

fruits and vegetables.

 

So how did I do it? Did I use self-discipline to

make myself all of a sudden like these things?

Absolutely not. I am horrible at self-discipline.

But I am a motivated person as all people are.

Every single one of us on this planet is

motivated towards something.

 

Many of us are very self-disciplined at watching

TV, going to movies, playing video games, surfing

the web, eating out at our favorite restaurants,

or hanging out with friends. So we are all self-

disciplined.

 

Get it out of your mind that you lack self-

discipline. You can get yourself to do just about

anything if you really want to do it.

 

Life is about pleasure and not about self-

discipline. You must learn to master the two main

motivating forces in life: Pleasure and Pain.

 

Why do we file our income taxes? For most of us

it's not for the pleasure of it, but to avoid the

pain of going to jail or paying heavy fines. Why

do we want to go on vacation? Because we picture

all the enjoyment we will have.

 

So the key question is: how was I (and how will

you) be able to get yourself to do things that

you currently don't like?

 

There's obviously going to be a need of change

in your mindset. Are you going to have to force

yourself against your own will? This, I'm afraid,

can't be done for any great length of time.

 

What you have to do is to associate in your mind

more pleasure with the new activity and more pain

with the old activity. Then you have to keep

consciously doing this until you have established

a new habit. A new habit usually takes about 21

days to solidify, though it could take only a week.

 

Why is it that I enjoy writing now? It's not the

actual writing I enjoy, it's the ability to

express my ideas. I have a burning desire to help

people discover their full potential. Whenever I

discover something really helpful, I love sharing

it. That's just my personality type.

 

 

Several years ago I realized that writing is one

way, I can reach many people both via the

internet and through authoring regular books. My

desire for expression and the income I could

receive from writing overpowered my absolute

disgust at writing.

 

I also had a major change in my outlook in 1987

so that I felt I had something to write about. I

started keeping a journal and often wrote in it

several times throughout the day. Eventually I

realized that I liked writing. I especially

realized that I like writing letters to friends.

I have no problem whipping out long emails. I

know that most people are not like that. But this

is all related to desire.

 

How did I get myself to do a Raw Food Vegan

Diet? By reading books about the diet. I was so

impressed by what could be done I figured what

the heck, I'll give it a try. Right away, I got

out of a six and a half year depression.

 

Eliminating the pain of depression motivated me

to do the raw diet. If I ate at least 50% raw

foods throughout the day, I felt fine. When I had

days where I ate all cooked food, I quickly got

back into a depressed state. This has happened

over and over so I know it is the cooked food

causing this. In fact, I had tried several other

diets but they didn't have anything close to the

effects of a raw diet. So I don't think it was a

placebo effect.

 

But that was only a 50 to 70% raw diet. Yet I

knew there were many other benefits I would

achieve if I could go 100%. One day I ** decided

** to go 100% raw by focusing on all the benefits

and equating cooked food to being worse than

smoking. If you know me, I hate smoking with a

passion. So these things worked to get me started

off.

 

Then I said I'd just do it for one month. If I

don't like it, I can always go back. I gave

myself the freedom to go back - hoping I would

choose to stay raw. During the initial week, I

had a hard time. I was on vacation and we were

passing all these great restaurants. I started

focusing on all the meals I was missing out on.

This made me very hungry.

 

Then I realized what I was subconsciously doing.

So I changed my thoughts and focused on how well

I was feeling and on all the amazing benefits

that I would reap from doing this diet. I also

realized that one day it would be easy for me to

eat raw when it became a habit.

 

That day has come. I never think about going out

to cooked food restaurants anymore. That desire

has completely left me. To completely get rid of

the desire for cooked food took me about a year.

But each week was easier than the week before.

 

You can train yourself to like anything. If you

like it or love it, you will be very self-

disciplined. So remember to use the force of

desire and you'll never fail again by trying to

use the concept of self-discipline or will power.

This desire you create must be a raging desire.

It must be really strong to get you over the

hurdle.

 

I recently read a fantastic book that will teach

you how to find out what you ** really ** want

out of your life. The book is by Jack Zufelt and

is called, " The DNA of Success. " In it Jack shows

you how to find your Core Desires. Once you find

your Core Desires, they will unleash the

Conquering Force of Desire within you. You will

be motivated by desire and not self-discipline to

achieve your dreams.

 

If you are like many other people and don't know

what you want out of life then this is the book

for you. Jack also has audio programs so that you

can Unleash your Conquering Force while driving

to work. Make sure to check out his interview

with Mike Litman which can be found at this link

as well.

 

To find out more just .

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To Your Radiant Health, Happiness and Fitness, Roger Haeske

 

Are you having trouble staying 100% raw? Are you afraid of eating fruit?

Are you sick of the time consuming effort of having to juice, sprout,

dehydrate and ferment your foods? Discover the simple secrets to raw

food success from Radiant Health and Peak Performance Coach, Roger

Haeske. <http://www.howtogoraw.com/> http://www.HowToGoRaw.com for more

info.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks for writing this; I needed to hear it. I am still fairly new to raw foods

and I've been struggling with the holildays and cool weather coming on, thinking

about all the regular comfort foods I can no longer eat if I stick to the raw

diet. I really do need to focus on how much better I have been feeling, and how

the weight is coming off and staying off. Again, thanks!

 

Valerie

 

 

 

 

 

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