In this article, I am going to tell about the main differences between motivation and discipline and explain the importance of each. As an example, I will take programmer work, but it is valid for other works.

Motivation

Motivation gives more reason to work harder and complete tasks as perfectly as possible. Question is - how to get motivation? The answer is - reward. In most cases, people do not work for nothing. The person working in the company always expects to have a salary. Salary is one of the best resources of motivation. Most of us want to buy something, a dream car, a house, etc. Also, after gaining more skills You become more valuable, which means if the employer values Your hard work, he will raise Your salary according to Your value. In this case, You will have more motivation and confidence. This is way better than hearing from someone - nice work.

Other resources of motivation

Having a good salary is a nice thing, but what about other resources. Not every work can be done remotely. For this reason, it is important to have a comfortable working place. Starting Your working day in a clean and enjoyable environment gives You more positive emotions and wish to work. For those who are working in teams. it is important to have a friendly, or neutral company culture. In most cases, at work, we spend 8 h per day, or even more. Working in a company with negative culture can negatively affect health. In this case, I would recommend changing the company, which has an awful culture. It will have a lot of advantages: better health, there will be more people who wish to share knowledge and better working experience.

How to be motivated and why this is important?

At the start of learning something new, it is easy to stay motivated. It gives the excitement of something new, which can boost productivity. To stay motivated add goals. At the start do not add something insane like making Your own Facebook in one month. Start from something small like choosing and finishing a video tutorial from YouTube. It will give the pleasure of completing a goal. Also, staying motivated is making Your mental health better.

Discipline

Discipline compared to motivation is consistent. In a long term, disciplined people can get up in the morning easier than motivated. Today You are motivated, tomorrow not. This is why for me discipline is more important than motivation. To reach success in life I would recommend learning self-discipline as soon as possible. Think about Your: habits, health, strengths, weaknesses, temptations, and goals, and plan how to reach them.

Conclusion

Discipline and motivation are both important for our career and health. Motivation compared to discipline is not consistent. For this reason, I would recommend thinking about self-discipline.

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