[Read5for5 📚] Discipline is Destiny: 25 Habits That Will Guarantee You Success

“People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals. That is, goals that do not inspire them.”

― Tony Robbins

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Hi friends,

This is Kei and Kazuki from Glasp 👋

We are excited to start Day 4 of the 5 Day Reading Challenge 📚✨ Here are three good articles we choose, so when you finish reading any of them or any article you want, share it on Twitter with the hashtag, "#read5for5"! Let's read good articles together and connect with like-minded people 🤝

Today's Reading List 📚

(1) Discipline is Destiny: 25 Habits That Will Guarantee You Success by Ryan Holiday (10 mins)

• Central Role of Self-Discipline: Ryan Holiday highlights self-discipline as the key to success, surpassing talent or resources, in his work "Discipline is Destiny."

• Importance of Productive Habits: Advocates for productive habits like early rising, focused work, and self-kindness to foster self-mastery and maintain productivity.

• Excellence through Discipline: Stresses discipline as essential for excellence, emphasizing habits like focusing, delegating, and avoiding perfectionism for personal fulfillment.

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(2) 40 Years of Stanford Research Found That People With This One Quality Are More Likely to Succeed by James Clear (5 mins)

• The Marshmallow Experiment found that children who could delay gratification by waiting for a second marshmallow achieved higher success in life, including better academic and health outcomes.

• Longitudinal studies linked the ability to delay gratification with key life successes, showing the importance of self-control.

• Further research indicated that delaying gratification is a learned skill, influenced by one's environment and experiences.

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(3) The Body at Work: Why Self-Control is the #1 Rule of the 21st-Century Economy by Tara McMullin (22 mins)

• Critiques self-help culture's impact on body image, emphasizing the harmful pursuit of perfection through self-control, influenced by societal norms around gender and race.

• Highlights the arbitrary nature of beauty standards and the economic and social consequences of striving to meet these ideals, fueled by the self-help and beauty industries.

• Advocates for reevaluating body image messages, promoting acceptance and diversity, and addressing systemic beliefs that contribute to body dissatisfaction.

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Glasp team

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