The Taylor Discipline Podcast

In this podcast: the constant state of anxiety and stress that you have become familiar with is unnatural. Learn a powerful lifestyle framework that can help you to protect your psychology & physiology from the demands and inevitable hardships life presents. CONTENT TO REF: Social Media Addiction & Your Mental Demise | Podcast #223 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-223 9 MIN "The more you learn about the what and the why, the easier and more effective the how becomes." - Joe Dispenza

In this podcast: how this one common tendency prevents you from accomplishing your goals and how you can get rid of it. RELATED PODCAST: Mastering The Mundane / Cure Boredom | Podcast # 217 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-217 8 min "The glory is not in starting something new, as much as it is in making what you've already started work." - Alexa Taylor

In this podcast: how you can stop letting social media use you, but instead, create fixed rules and routines around it. Attention must always be directed and budgeted. Rules and timing things matters. Do not rely on your biology—it cannot be relied on. Discoveries in neuroscience have shown that you get pleasure from potentiality and not actuality. Social media companies know this, and they construct their platforms in a way that encourages compulsive behavior. Potentiality in social media show up as likes, comments, notifications, live streams, etc. Make sure you have rules around when and how long you use it. Extend that practice to any and all areas of your life that are susceptible to abuse. PODCAST REFERENCED: How Setting Parameters Will Reduce Your Stress | Podcast #221 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-221 6 MIN “Resisting temptation and instilling self-control are general human goals, and repeatedly failing to achieve them is a source of much of our misery.” ― Dan Ariely

In this podcast: I discuss a quote I heard the other day, and why I think its incredibly powerful. The quote was: "You Get Paid Twice For Doing The Work" What do you think about when you hear that? I think this quote can increase confidence and enthusiasm on your goal pursuit. MORE PODCASTS ON MINDSET: http://www.taylordiscipline.com/mindset "The attitude must precede the accomplishment." - Earl Nightingale

In this podcast: Parameters are measurable factors that define the conditions under which a thing operates.The power of having parameters set on your behavior is incredible. There is a common misconception that rules and boundaries are a bad thing; according to psychology, that's completely false...Rules (i.e. parameters) provide more freedom and certainty. It is certainty that tends to bring joy to life. I explain further in today's podcast. MORE PODCASTS ON PRODUCTIVITY: www.taylordiscipline.com/category/productivity "Freedom is adherence to self formulated rules." - Aristotle

In this podcast: why you should avoid people who are overly willing to sacrifice themselves for you in your relationship. MORE PODCASTS ON RELATIONSHIPS @ link = http://www.ichooseselfdiscipline.com/category/audio-posts/ “It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.” ― Voltaire

In this podcast: How you can protect your identity and as a result learn to persevere in the face of obstacles and push-back. RELATED PODCAST: How to Build an Unstoppable Identity | Podcast # 210: https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-210 Podcast Length = 8 MIN RESEARCH REFERENCED: Eyes on the Prize: The Preference to Invest Resources in Goals Over Means: http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/ayelet.fishbach/research/Investing%20in%20Goals.pdf The process is about doing the right things, right now. Not worrying about what might happen later, or the results, or the whole picture. - Ryan Holiday

In this podcast: why the key to success in life is to master sticking to things even when they at first feel mundane or boring. You can do this by creating novelty. I further in depth in this episode. RELATED PODCAST: Get Comfortable With Boredom | Podcast # 48 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-48 “To be, in a word, unborable.... It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish” ― David Foster Wallace

In this podcast: The importance of cultivating your identity to gain an advantage in your field, and why its more important to "rust out" versus "wear out" to cultivate resilience. RELATED PODCAST: Why Struggle Is Necessary for You To Be Happy | Podcast #215 http://www.ichooseselfdiscipline.com/podcast-215 "A man must exercise his will and improve it by labour so as to make it conformable to nature and free." - Epictetus

In this podcast: why its important to practice aversion regularly AND how it prepares you for larger aversive circumstances that life presents on its own terms. RELATED PODCAST: Incessant Struggle Is The Name Of The Game | Podcast #169 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-169 “If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In this podcast: In this video: I summarize Jordan Peterson's 2nd rule for life from his book "The 12 Rules for Life" RELATED PODCAST: Why You Must Prioritize How You Feel About Yourself | Podcast # 140 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-140 “He is prepared, each day, to confront his own self-sabotage.” ― Steven Pressfield

In this podcast: In this video: I summarize Jordan Peterson's 1st rule for life from his book "The 12 Rules for Life" RELATED PODCAST: Using Movement To Change Your Emotions | Podcast # 145 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-145 “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” ― Albert Camus

In this podcast: why its important to organize your tactics, strategies, and vision before you actually start pursuing your goals. How your identity is affected by a lack of preparation? The power of preparation in affecting your perception of control... RELATED PODCAST: How to Think Clearly, Critically, & Creatively | Podcast #133 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-133 QUOTE: “Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.” ― Robert A. Heinlein

In this podcast: How being accountable to others and holding others accountable can accelerate your success. What is being held accountable all about? When are expectations constructive and when are they destructive? How do you cultivate relationships of accountability? RELATED PODCAST: The Truth About People Who Support You No Matter What | Podcast # 159 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-159 QUOTE: “No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.” Seneca

In this podcast: we are so socially determined that there is so much power behind forming an identity. Identity has to do with your perception of yourself in relation to others. I talk about how to form an identity that is unconquerable and able to withstand all that life throws at it. RELATED PODCAST: The “No Hesitation Rule” | Podcast # 198 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-198 “When the pressure is on, you don't rise to the occasion – you fall to your highest level of preparation.” - Chris Voss

In this podcast: the dangers in thinking "normal" exists often prevents you from doing the things that would make life easier for you. You have to cultivate the habit of identifying when old philosophies and ways of operating no longer serve you.... RELATED PODCAST: The Chains Of Habit | Podcast # 63 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/the-chains-of-habit-the-taylor-discipline-podcast-63 “If the abnormal goes on long enough it becomes the normal.” ― Terry Pratchett

In this podcast: the nature of habit and how to get rid of bad ones. RELATED PODCAST: Identifying Negative Habit Triggers | Podcast # 187 www.soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-187 The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. - Samuel Johnson

In this podcast: the importance of being congruent with your values and your behaviors AND returning to podcasting. "If you choose to rest comfortably in your ignorance and your refusal to observe things as they are, the accumulation of that ignorance will eventually burn you badly. " - Alexa Taylor

In this podcast: announcing a break from uploading new content.

In this podcast: how one factor if not tamed will be the demise of your long term happiness. RELATED PODCAST: You..Me..He..She..It..Will Never Be Enough | Podcast # 171 http://www.ichooseselfdiscipline.com/podcast-171/ “Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.” ― Albert Camus

In this podcast: a framework to apply to keep in mind in order to increase your sense of abundance and prosperity. RELATED PODCAST: Unconditional Support Is Harmful | Podcast # 166 http://www.ichooseselfdiscipline.com/podcast-166 length = 5 min "Any building is a temple if you make it so." - Phil Knight

In this podcast: why its important to control the number of things you are uncertain about that are regulars in your life. "Our lack of selectivity leads to lack of clarity(certainty about life) which leads to anxiety and self-destruction." - Alexa Taylor RELATED PODCAST: How to Handle Uncertainty | Podcast # 143 http://www.ichooseselfdiscipline.com/podcast-143/

In this podcast: how to accomplish more things in a day without feeling burned out. RELATED PODCAST: Why Simplicity Matters for Productivity | Podcast # 196 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-196 "Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers." - Shakuntala Devi

In this podcast: how I use fasting for better productivity. RELATED PODCAST: How to Use Temptation to Increase Your Perseverance | Podcast # 182 http://www.taylordiscipline.com/podcast-182/ “My own mind is my own church.” - Thomas Paine

In this podcast: how to get the best results from visualization. “What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.” ― Aleister Crowley RELATED PODCAST: The Reason Why Visualization Works | Podcast #102 http://www.taylordiscipline.com/podcast-201/

In this podcast: what to do when you are feeling tempted to do something out of line with your goals. "A grand strategist knows the value of preemptive action. " - Robert Greene RELATED PODCAST: How to Use Temptation to Increase Your Perseverance | Podcast # 182 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-182

In this podcast: what you should do when you are unmotivated. “What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.” ― Aleister Crowley RELATED PODCAST: How to Start Your Work Session for Best Results | Podcast # 183 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-183

In this podcast: using anti-hesitation to create an identity of follow-through to help increase your productivity. "Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself” - Publius Syrus RELATED PODCAST: Operating Like A Professional | Podcast # 142 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-142

In this podcast: how compromise hurts your productivity and relationships and why you should avoid doing it excessively. "People will try to make you wrong for being selective..for knowing what you want..don't allow this to disrupt your path." - Alexa Taylor RELATED PODCAST: Self Sabotage Is More About Other People Than It Is You | Podcast #149 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-149

In this podcast: how prioritizing simplicity helps to increase your productivity. "The truth is we are at this day once.. The truth is we must somehow attain Focus..The truth is with Focus we can then simplify...The truth is with Simplicity we can be of High Impact. " - Unknown RELATED PODCAST: Why Doing Behaviors Everyday Matters | Podcast # 164 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-164

In this podcast: why its important to give yourself permission to be uniquely you. “I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.” ― Robert Frost RELATED PODCAST: Using Self Validation For Increased Motivation | Podcast #170 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-170

In this podcast: how expectations negatively affect your mood. "Expectations are the shackles that will not permit something to be what it actually is.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough RELATED PODCAST: Disappoint Early | Podcast # 57 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-57

In this podcast: why you should focus on efforts and reducing helplessness. "When you show up everyday, your either making a deposit or a withdrawal." - Kevin Plank

In this podcast: the #1 culprit that gets in the way of getting rid of bad habits. “Study the past if you would define the future.” ― Confucius RELATED PODCAST: The Chains Of Habit | Podcast # 63

In this podcast: why you must keep failure in perspective for long term success. “Every flight begins with a fall.” ― George R.R. Martin RELATED PODCAST: Your Desire For Safety Keeps You Unmotivated | Podcast # 152 https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-152

In this podcast: why its important to filter the information you consume for better mental well-being and enthusiasm in your pursuits. “A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth." - Daniel Kahneman RELATED PODCAST: Culturing Your Social Environment | Podcast # 117 >> https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-117

In this podcast: a 3 step process for protecting your thoughts. Protecting your thoughts is becoming more and more of a necessity with the easy access to messages from various unfiltered sources. “We are not victims of our situation. We are the architects of it.” ― Simon Sinek

In this podcast: a hack I use to reduce and get rid of discouragement. “To be successful you need friends and to be very successful you need enemies.” ― Sidney Sheldon

In this podcast: 3 common; yet subtle, triggers for negative habits. "Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius

In this podcast: 3 practices to cultivate in order to generate an attitude necessary for tenacious productivity. “Discipline in perception lets you clearly see the advantage and the proper course of action in every situation—without the pestilence of panic or fear.” ― Ryan Holiday RELATED PODCAST: Using A Sense of Importance For Better Results | Podcast #173 >> https://soundcloud.com/taylor-discipline/podcast-173

In this podcast: why a bias for confronting truth will increase the likelihood of your success. “You submit to tyranny when you renounce the difference between what you want to hear and what is actually the case.” ― Timothy Snyder

In this podcast: why struggle should be celebrated. “All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

In this podcast: what to do before working on your day's tasks. "The people that go slow are the people that dont know." - Grant Cardone

In this podcast: how to play with temptation in order to increase your perception of your commitment; resulting in your behavior staying consistent. "If your day doesn't challenge you it won't change you." - Fred Devito

In this podcast: I discuss using behaviors as transition activities for recharging your brain. DAILY ROUTINE FORMULA: http://www.ichooseselfdiscipline.com/daily-routine/ “Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.” ― Terry Pratchett

In this podcast: 3 practical reasons meditation helps to enhance your productivity. "Our lack of selectivity leads to lack of clarity which leads to anxiety and self-destruction." - Alexaray Taylor

In this podcast: how anticipation impedes your progress and leads to procrastination. "We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality." - Seneca

In this podcast: 4 things to hone in your relationship in order to extract the most value. “You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” ― Epicurus

In this podcast: why its important to create tangibility through making sure your progress is visible to your eye. “What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.” ― Aleister Crowley

In this podcast: why following your intuition matters so much towards the successful completion of your goals. “A man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe to assist him.” ― Aleister Crowley

In this podcast: why its important to use action in order to increase confidence and tenacity. "Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." - Dale Carnegie