Seri: 365 Days with self - Discipline

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Day 20: On Taking Small Step s

 We should discipline ourselves in small things, and from there progress to things of greater value. If you have a headache, practise not cursing. Don’t curse every time you have an earache. And I’m not saying that you can’t complain, only don’t complain with your whole being.

 —Epictetus 19

 Rome wasn’t built in a day, and you won’t build self-discipline overnight. If you’ve never been particularly disciplined, start small with easy challenges and then build on top of them.

 Epictetus suggests a simple exercise of not complaining when you feel unwell. To make the first step even easier, he says that you don’t even have to immediately stop complaining at all — just stop complaining “with your whole being.”

 Could you do it just for today? Once you successfully go one day without complaining with your whole being, how about two days? Three days? A week? A month? Could you then add other little challenges and consistently strengthen your willpower?

 Other simple practices you can implement to begin building more self-discipline include:

 - Resisting the temptation to yell in anger when another driver does something that irks you.

 - Eating just slightly less than you’d like to eat, like one square of a chocolate or one potato chip less.

 - Working for just one minute longer when you’re ready to call it a day .

 Work on several such little challenges and soon you’ll gain more self-control and be able to progress to bigger changes.

Vocabulary
curse/kɜːs/
a rude or offensive word or phrase that some people use when they are very angry
SYNONYM oath, swear word
He muttered a curse at the other driver.
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Rome wasn’t built in a day, and you won’t build self-discipline overnight. Rome không được xây dựng trong một ngày và bạn sẽ không xây dựng kỷ luật tự giác trong một sớm một chiều. If you’ve never been particularly disciplined, start small with easy challenges and then build on top of them. Nếu bạn chưa bao giờ là người đặc biệt kỷ luật, hãy bắt đầu từ những thử thách nhỏ với những thử thách dễ dàng và sau đó xây dựng dựa trên chúng.

 Epictetus suggests a simple exercise of not complaining when you feel unwell. Epictetus gợi ý một bài tập đơn giản là không phàn nàn khi bạn cảm thấy không khỏe.To make the first step even easier, he says that you don’t even have to immediately stop complaining at all — just stop complaining “with your whole being.” Để thực hiện bước đầu tiên dễ dàng hơn, anh ấy nói rằng bạn thậm chí không cần phải ngừng phàn nàn ngay lập tức - chỉ cần ngừng phàn nàn “với toàn bộ con người của bạn”.

 Could you do it just for today?Bạn có thể làm điều đó chỉ cho ngày hôm nay? Once you successfully go one day without complaining with your whole being, how about two days?Một khi bạn thành công trong một ngày mà không phàn nàn với toàn bộ con người của mình, vậy còn hai ngày thì sao? Three days? A week? A month? Could you then add other little challenges and consistently strengthen your willpower? Ba ngày? Một tuần? Một tháng? Sau đó, bạn có thể thêm những thử thách nhỏ khác và liên tục củng cố sức mạnh ý chí của mình không?

 Other simple practices you can implement to begin building more self-discipline include: Các phương pháp đơn giản khác mà bạn có thể thực hiện để bắt đầu xây dựng kỷ luật tự giác hơn bao gồm:

 - Resisting the temptation to yell in anger when another driver does something that irks you. - Chống lại sự cám dỗ hét lên trong giận dữ khi người lái xe khác làm điều gì đó khiến bạn khó chịu.

 - Eating just slightly less than you’d like to eat, like one square of a chocolate or one potato chip less. - Ăn ít hơn một chút so với mức bạn muốn ăn, chẳng hạn như một viên sô cô la hoặc ít hơn một miếng khoai tây chiên.

 - Working for just one minute longer when you’re ready to call it a day . - Làm việc chỉ một phút nữa khi bạn đã sẵn sàng gọi là một ngày.

 Work on several such little challenges and soon you’ll gain more self-control and be able to progress to bigger changes. Hãy thực hiện một số thử thách nhỏ như vậy và chẳng bao lâu bạn sẽ tự chủ hơn và có thể tiến tới những thay đổi lớn hơn.

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