Quotes About Discipline

The 4 Disciplines of Execution,

Deliberate practice is often the opposite of enjoyable.

the big red Xs on the calendar.

Doing things we know how to do well is enjoyable, and that's exactly the opposite of what deliberate practice demands…. Deliberate practice is above all an effort of focus and concentration. That is what makes it "deliberate," as distinct from the mindless playing of scales or hitting of tennis balls that most people engage in. If

we argue that the differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance in a specific domain.

Hours spent in serious study of the game was not just the most important factor in predicting chess skill, it dominated the other factors.

To learn hard things quickly, you must focus intensely without distraction.

tend to map out when I'll work deeply during each week at the beginning of the week, and then refine these decisions, as needed, at the beginning of each day

the ability to concentrate is a skill that gets valuable things done.

1: Prioritize demanding activity over passive consumption.

There is a popular notion that artists work from inspiration—that there is some strike or bolt or bubbling up of creative mojo from who knows where… but I hope [my work] makes clear that waiting for inspiration to strike is a terrible, terrible plan. In fact, perhaps the single best piece of advice I can offer to anyone trying to do creative work is to ignore inspiration. In

Where you'll work and for how long. You ritual needs to specify a location for your deep work efforts.

How you'll work once you start to work. Your ritual needs rules and processes to keep your efforts structured.

To learn hard things quickly, you must focus intensely without distraction. To

Christensen wrote for a book titled The 4 Disciplines of Execution, which built on extensive consulting case studies to describe four "disciplines" (abbreviated, 4DX) for helping companies successfully implement high-level strategies. What struck me as I read was that this gap between what and how was relevant to my personal quest to spend more time working deeply.

Discipline #2: Act on the Lead Measures

Discipline #3: Keep a Compelling Scoreboard

players sounds similar to Jordan Tice's approach to music: They're both focused on difficult activities, carefully chosen to stretch your abilities where they most need stretching and that provide immediate feedback.

the individual's scoreboard should be a physical artifact in the workspace that displays the individual's current deep work hour count.

To successfully adopt the craftsman mindset, therefore, we have to approach our jobs in the same way that Jordan approaches his guitar playing or Garry Kasparov his chess training—with a dedication to deliberate practice.

getting the most out of your deep work habit requires training, and as clarified previously, this training must address two goals: improving your ability to concentrate intensely and overcoming your desire for distraction.

Fixed-schedule productivity, in other words, is a meta-habit that's simple to adopt but broad in its impact.

four hours a day, five days a week, of uninterrupted and carefully directed concentration,

differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance in a specific domain.