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To instruct a person to follow a particular code of conduct or order. Discipline refers to methods of modeling character and of teaching self-control and acceptable behavior, for example, teaching a child to wash her/his hands before meals. Here, washing hands before meals is a particular pattern of ...

Hey I would like to know what you guys think about amphetamines for an academic . Do they hurt originality? How long can you get a boost out of them in your career (through tenure?)? Does it take away ...

I have following linked problems:
I want to do one thing at a time; and another at another time. I
start taking small steps toward my goals and then think of doing
another thing, talk myself out of ...

So I procrastinated because I opted to work on job related projects rather than school assignments. Its now Spring Break and I want to turn my classes around before it is entirely too late. How do I ...

I have an issue in that I don't think I was ever taught real discipline. I was always a really good kid, polite, never really acted out or anything of the sort really, and so my parents never really ...

I have developed really bad habit of checking my Facebook every often. I check it at work, during dinner, on the road, signal, when I wake up. It's becoming too much and irritating. Every minute I am ...

I guess this is a fairly broad question for this Stack Exchange, but anyway, here goes: how do I just force myself to do my tasks that I need to do, even though I'm depressed and lack the energy or ...

How come some people are more productive on publishing papers?
Do faculties with many publication follow a particular strategy or method? If so, what is it?
What are the major skills or think style ...

I have ADHD and am controlling it with concerta. My lack of focus and attention, I'm learning to use Todoist app + GTD method. When I work, I use pomodoro to keep my attention zoned into one task at a ...

During my working life, taking notes in an ordered, relevant fashion has been quite burdensome. It seems to be essential to planning not to rely on the fragile human mind, so it is evermore needed to ...

Recently it has dawned on me the necessity to exercise regularly, but I am highly over-pushing myself to do it, and its causing me to stress out about doing it. I've been doing it consistently for the ...

Is there any research investigating the effect (or correlation) of a military background of a person on his productivity, effectiveness and other characteristics?
It is often casually claimed that a ...

I'm curious of how disciplined people think? What is their mind like? I found that some tips on how to be disciplined are good, but not good enough if one's mind is not thinking about it differently. ...

I have many things I want to do, but I never get anything done. I want to start learning things, but never have the motivation. I want to start doing things that are readily available, but hold myself ...

I love programming, but excessive programming is bad for health/sanity.
So I want to make it my goal to exercise for at least 30 minutes after work. I can't exercise right after work since my commute ...

Alright, this may sound weird but how do I stop watching movies? In my religion people generally don't watch movies for many reasons: it shows stuff we are prohibited from doing, may have influences, ...

Suppose I need to study something that is required by my university-degree/job. But the study-materials are either very much hard to learn or boring or tedious.
How can I develop a solid interest in ...

I am sure all of us would be facing/have faced such stages in life when you're buzzing with energy and ideas and you find 24*7 less for them.
I find myself in such a quandary often. And I feel this ...

Our thoughts tend to wander off to the past or present, and our awareness of the present is reduced. This indirectly promotes or reduces our perception of reality. As a regular habit, we tend to live ...

My problem is that whenever I try to learn a new programming language such as Java, I start and give it up after 2-3 days. If I think about starting to practice programming I feel it's a very boring ...

While looking at The Happiness Project, Steve Pavlina, Randy Pausch etc I realize there are a number of objective things you need to do in your life to be productive. One needs to learn how to sleep ...

How do I enjoy solving hard problems? I love learning--reading and understanding textbooks or papers, for instance--but I am slower to try to solve problems or apply what I've learned. I am naturally ...

I used to play a Management game which simulated the results early in the morning and the anticipation of match result used to trigger me to wake up early and start my day.
But i realized that this ...

My question is twofold: What makes a good routine and how do I stick to it?
Things to do in the morning include keep hygiene, have breakfast, pack lunch, and do bodyweight exercises. I find that the ...

Often I find myself stuck in endless navigation on my phone. I just want to check if I received a message, or doing some basic research, and without noticing it I jump from link to link (or spending ...