Improve self-discipline by practicing empowering behaviors that become reflexes to drive you in a more rapid pursuit of your goals.

• Start with avoiding criticism for falling short of your ideal self.
• Recognize self-discipline is a learned skill, not a personal trait.
• Practice improving self-discipline at multiple points during the day, from completing a chore to starting a new large project you have postponed. 
• Find the big "why" to stir your motivation. 
• Identify steps to the end result, and act immediately. Take the first one, and then the next.
• Maintain work-life balance. Procrastination or distraction can be your mind's way of avoiding burnout. Lack of balance therefore undermines self-discipline.
• Set deadlines, and link them to undesirable consequences that are external, not self-punishing. For example, commit to others when goals will be achieved. 
• Your body has peak performance periods during the day. Leverage these periods to supercharge self-discipline.