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  • In this article, you'll discover why the word "discipline" still scares so many people and how it can be redefined as direction, not suffering.
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    Discipline Is Not Suffering: It Is Direction

      Many people hear the word discipline and think of something heavy. They think of demands, strictness, tiredness and a life with no pleasure. It seems that being disciplined is living trapped in a list of rules, with no rest, no lightness and no space to make mistakes. But maybe you learned to look at discipline in the wrong way. Discipline does not need to be a prison. It can be a path. It does not exist to take your freedom. It exists to protect what you say is important. Without discipline, life is in the hands of the day’s mood. If you wake up excited, you do it. If…

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