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- Yeah I have been doing that for years now. I do most things the hard way. I forgot exactly how it started. I think it started when I decided I wanted to develop my own sense of discipline. I think right after I read the constructive living book by David K. Reynolds. The premise, as I understand it, is that depression is a direct result of not taking full responsibility and immediate action in your life.
Looking back, I realize that started me on the path of not doing things the easy way. It was really hard a first, but over time it got easier. Most people in my line of work don't take accurate notes of what has transpired, don't keep a proper history of business exchanges and don't have clear agreements and contracts in place that spell out what is expected. Once I started this process of improving my life, I realized the more I made the effort to keep detailed track of everything I do/did, my life and business started to improve. I think you are right, taking to the most convenient path in life is a sure way to bring about pain and suffering.
- I found that the biggest barrier to successful entrepreneurship is discipline.
Therefore I recommend Constructive Living by David K. Renolyds and All the books by James Allen.
Those books changed the way I thought about the world. IMHO a world view change needs to happen to sustain a business for the long term.
- This has broadly been my experience of secular meditation also, I haven’t explored any other schools.
What did help me though was a book called “Constructive Living” by David K Reynolds. It talks a lot about what you mention. The importance of “doing what needs to be done”.
I got quite into meditating, but I found it just made me go far too inside my own head. It’s easy to feel compassion inside your own house.
- For me, my mental/spiritual/emotional health needed to come first. All my problems around life centered around unconscious turmoil that I wasn't facing. Its my believe that health problems start on a emotional/mental level which has a lot to do with the choices I make.
For me, I really needed to work on resolving my early inner trauma that I carried with me throughout my life.
The information that helped me face this aspects of my life and helped me get back on track of living a loving and peaceful life:
Constructive Living - David K. Reynolds. All works of James Allen The Mankind Project (Don't believe everything you read online about MKP)
- I could be misinterpreting your statement, if so please let me know. My understanding is that force of will is developed by repetition and it can definitely be learned. [My life](https://www.scottrlarson.com/books/book-most-improved/) is a perfect example of that. A great book on the subject is "[Constructive Living](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244742.Constructive_Livi...)" by David K. Reynolds.
- I think something like this happened to me as well, but on the other end. I was not pushed in any direction and I struggled through life until my existence was threatened by a brain hemorrhage. I wrote a self-published book on the topic, it still needs work, but at least I finished it. https://www.scottrlarson.com/books/book-most-improved/
Something changed in me after that and I learned a new way of living with the help of the Constructive Living practice by David K. Reynolds and the works of James Allen.
