Much of what needs to change involves our mindset, our thinking.  We have to stop looking at change as negative, or seeing discipline as punitive, but rather as a positive effort – it’s a correction in a way of doing things that is either not beneficial or even destructive. Self-discipline appears in various forms - like perseverance, restraint, endurance, thinking before we act, or finishing what we start. It’s also the ability to carry out our decisions and plans in spite of inconvenience, hardships or obstacles.