What does discipline mean? 自律意味着什么？

Discipline means choices

自律意味着选择

Every time when you say yes to a goal or objective, you say not many more. Every prize has its price. The prize is the yes; the price is the no.

当你确定一个目标，就等于放弃了追求其他目标。任何成功都要付出代价。成功就是我们锁定的目标，而其中伴随的代价并非我们所追求的。

Mr.Scott Peck, the author of <The Road Less Traveled > , discribes this tool of discipline as " a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the main first and getting it over with."

《捷径》的作者斯考特 ` 派克是这样形容他的自律方法的：“这是一个合理安排苦乐时序的过程。这一过程使我们由苦及甜，从而让幸福升级。”

This might involve routine daily decisions - something as simple as skpping a favorite late-night TV show and getting to bed early, to be wide awake for a meeting the next morning.

这也许囊括了平日生活中的大小决定，比如放弃喜爱的晚间TV秀，早早上床休息，以便有清醒的头脑和饱满的精神参加第二天的会议。

True discipline achieves a balance of producing, not driving. Even discipline needs to be managed. When you understand that discipline is self-caring, not self-castigating, you won't cringe at its mention, but will cultivate it.

要真正做到自律，就需要在自我调控上下功夫，而不是一味地拼命盲行。要知道，自律本身也需要管理。你一旦明白自律不是自虐，而是关爱自己，那么，你便会着力培养它，而不会退避三舍。

Many a person's downfall comes in trying to change a bad habit by focusing on an undesirable behavior to replace it. Countless people tell me they'd like to eat better but don't want to "give up" tasty food. Rather than thinking about what they can't have, they should think about what they can eat.

很多人之所以失败，是因为他们总想用自己都厌烦的行为来替代坏习惯。不止一个人这样跟我讲，他们想吃健康食品，但又不愿放弃可口的垃圾食品。他们应该考虑自己能吃什么，而不是不能吃什么。

It isn't easy to change old habits. Discipline is habit-forming. When you finally overcome inertia, you will feel better all around. We are at our best - physically and mentally - when we are disciplined.

改掉老习惯并非易事。自律是习惯的形成过程。一旦彻底克服了旧习性，你就会感觉更好。当我们自律了 - 无论是身体上还是精神上 - 我们都处于最佳状态。