Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within.

Dawson Trotman
Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is...
Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is...
Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is...
Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is...
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The idea of discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within. The quote above is true to some extent. Everyone has tendencies to act in certain ways. If you want to change yourself, you must take the time to find out what your tendencies are and then work on changing them.

For example, I used to smoke cigarettes. The first step in changing that habit was finding out what I loved about smoking. The next step was finding out what would happen if I quit smoking.

I could tell what would happen if I quit because I had already experienced it. When I quit smoking, I felt better but my loved ones noticed that I was still backsliding into the bad habits that were so easy for me before quitting. Mentally, I wasn't ready to face the consequences of quitting smoking again just yet so it became easier for me to slip back into smoking rather than facing the consequences head-on.

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