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Self-discipline is vital for achieving success and you know it well. So why don’t you start doing something for yourself today?

First, let’s check out what discipline really means: the training of the mind and character to produce self control, at least according to Oxford Dictionary. Right, now that we’ve cleared this up, let’s continue with the practical part of the post.

When small things become just as important as the big ones, discipline arouses. If your work desk is tidy and your home organized, it’s quite probable that you’re more disciplined than most people on this planet. So what?

Discipline means making a commitment to yourself and (really) sticking with it. The tough part is that there’s nobody to lead your way like in the picture. I’m sure that’s not obstacle for you, though

I’ve been having quite a lot of unexpected tasks lately, thus making me spare some of my sleep time for work. This all got me thinking about my personal productive time, or the hours at which I’m most concentrated and innovative at the same time.

You have your own productive time too. It could be in the morning, or after lunchbreak in the office, or like me between 10:00 and 12:00pm. The thing is that only you can find it out, and that’s why I’ve gathered some questions to help you:

• When are you usually most concentrated?
• At what time do most ideas hit you?
• Which hours get you energetic and excited when working?

Maybe you already have the answers but you haven’t put them to good use. So here’s my tip of the month: Find out your productive time and use it as your advantage. Complete personal projects or even work (depending on your mood) during those few hours. But, please, don’t waste them watching a sitcom or updating your facebook profile.

In case you are a night owl like me, you can check out some great tips on how to stay awake from the Marc and Angel Hack Life blog.

Image by Danny Perez

Have you ever tried taking your laptop, leaving your usual workspace and going to your favorite coffee shop or park with a wireless internet service? Simple changes in your environment can inspire new thoughts, angles and ideas, as well as make you productive.

Eventually, work becomes a boring routine, just like kindergarten, school and college becomes dull with the time you spend there. One of the simple and effective ways to stimulate your creativity is by finding new places, scenes and people to draw aspiration from. That’s called change.

Kindergartens have a great method of inspiring kids: they change environments. They teach your kids to paint different things with the same crayons each day. They take them to walks, parks, lakes, new places. Things don’t change much since then. It’s just that at work you’re responsible for finding motivation to be productive. And there’s no nanny to tell you how.