Personal Development for Smart People Forums - View Single Post - Abstaining from pleasure and increasing self discipline = success

andrew112 · 07-02-2009, 01:45 PM

This is my whole theory:

I believe that all success comes from God. In order for someone to succeed in any way, they must temporarily follow the way of God. My definition of "temporarily" varies widely, as there are many different degrees or levels of success. For example, someone that decides to abstain from eating junk food for a couple weeks has achieved success to a certain degree. However, if someone decides to abstain from eating junk food for an entire year, that person has achieved success on a much larger scale, as the results are far greater than the preceding results in the previous example. Think of it as making a small shift in personal habits; over time that small shift brings the person to a totally different destination than if the person had not made that small shift. Picture the difference between making the shift and not making shift as the difference between the degree measure of an angle being 30 degrees and 0 degrees. The greater the degree of discipline, the greater the success.

Here is another theory:

Sometimes discipline can lead to pleasure, if one chooses to experience that pleasure. However, if one does not discipline themselves in any way, how can there be any long term pleasure? The greatest pleasures of all are always acheived through discipline. The pain of not disciplining oneself is far greater than the pain of disciplining oneself, and the pleaure experienced from being indulging and not disciplined is far less than the pleasure experienced from disciplining oneself. For example, being disciplined results in a feeling of well being and being guilt-free, which is the greatest pleasure of all IMO.

I am mentally ill btw, which explains the disorganized ideas that are sometimes unrelated to one another. I have schizophrenia, which I am currently trying to overcome, along with my other mental illnesses.

07-02-2009, 01:45 PM	#20 (permalink)
andrew112 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 322	This is my whole theory: I believe that all success comes from God. In order for someone to succeed in any way, they must temporarily follow the way of God. My definition of "temporarily" varies widely, as there are many different degrees or levels of success. For example, someone that decides to abstain from eating junk food for a couple weeks has achieved success to a certain degree. However, if someone decides to abstain from eating junk food for an entire year, that person has achieved success on a much larger scale, as the results are far greater than the preceding results in the previous example. Think of it as making a small shift in personal habits; over time that small shift brings the person to a totally different destination than if the person had not made that small shift. Picture the difference between making the shift and not making shift as the difference between the degree measure of an angle being 30 degrees and 0 degrees. The greater the degree of discipline, the greater the success. Here is another theory: Sometimes discipline can lead to pleasure, if one chooses to experience that pleasure. However, if one does not discipline themselves in any way, how can there be any long term pleasure? The greatest pleasures of all are always acheived through discipline. The pain of not disciplining oneself is far greater than the pain of disciplining oneself, and the pleaure experienced from being indulging and not disciplined is far less than the pleasure experienced from disciplining oneself. For example, being disciplined results in a feeling of well being and being guilt-free, which is the greatest pleasure of all IMO. I am mentally ill btw, which explains the disorganized ideas that are sometimes unrelated to one another. I have schizophrenia, which I am currently trying to overcome, along with my other mental illnesses. __________________ a+bi