Why Discipline Beats Motivation: Expert Tips for Lasting Success

Pursuit of Wellness

Mari Llewellyn

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Ep. 176: In this special Mashup episode of POW, we’re featuring powerful insights from Mimi Bouchard and Melissa Wood on mindset, self-transformation, and personal growth. Learn how to reprogram limiting beliefs, build confidence, and create daily habits that align with your highest potential. We’ll explore the connection between mental clarity and success, the power of visualization, and how small shifts in your routine can lead to major breakthroughs. If you’re looking for motivation to level up in 2025, this episode is for you! Tune in for empowering conversations and actionable takeaways to help you step into your best self. Leave Me a Message - click here! For Mari’s Instagram click here! For Pursuit of Wellness Podcast’s Instagram click here! For Mari’s Newsletter click here! For Melissa’s Instagram click here! For Mimi’s Instagram click here! Sponsored By: Detox your home with Branch Basics. Get 15% off with code POW15 at BranchBasics.com/POW15 #branchbasicspod This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Discover your relationship green flags with therapy. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/POW. Ready to transform your nights? Visit DreamRecovery.io and use the code PURSUIT15 at checkout for an exclusive discount. Show Links: How to Become The Highest Version of You: Achieve Abundance & Overcome Victim Mentality w/ Mimi Bouchard Melissa Wood Health On Healing Your Relationship w/ Food & Finding Self Love Achieve your fitness goals with Strength by Mari! Get expert workouts, progress tracking, and support—all in one app. Available in the App Store and Google Play! Build lean muscle, boost energy, and support cognitive function with Bloom Creatine Monohydrate. Add it to your routine to elevate your workouts and fight fatigue. Topics Discussed 00:00:09 Intro slide 00:00:22 Introduction 00:01:36 Difference between motivation and discipline 00:03:48 Establishing habits 00:04:20 How Mari started her business using habits 00:05:50 Lack of discipline = lack of practice 00:06:50 Make it easy for yourself 00:08:30 Content you consume and who you surround yourself with 00:09:39 Spiritual and mental practices 00:10:20 Being human 00:13:14 Mimi Bouchard: How activations changed her life 00:15:11 Activations vs meditations 00:16:50 You have the power to change your life 00:17:31 How to interrupt intrusive thoughts 00:20:42 Lucky Girl Syndrome 00:23:01 How to create your future self vision 00:26:57 Who was Melissa before “Melissa Woof Health”? 00:29:03 Hitting rock bottom 00:30:57 Creating a positive dialogue in your mind 00:33:25 How Melissa’s relationship with her body evolved since combatting her eating disorder 00:35:06 Glamorizing hangovers and getting wasted is returning 00:36:10: Flexible approach to routine, but consistent 00:38:52 How to avoid triggering triggers of eating disorder 00:42:24 Why people are intimidated by meditation 00:43:25 Benefits of nostril breaking while meditating 00:44:45 Meditating around chaos

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0:00.0	This is the Pursuit of Wellness Podcast and I'm your host, Mari Lauella.
0:30.4	What is up, guys? Welcome back to the show. We are talking motivation and productivity tips. I have had quite the journey with my own productivity and motivation. I haven't always been someone who was
0:36.0	super duper driven, productive, gotten a lot
0:40.4	done in my days. When I was younger, I actually had a huge lack of motivation and drive and focus
0:47.1	to the point where I was diagnosed with ADD, I was put on medication, like it was such a big issue
0:52.8	for me. I was such a bad student.
0:54.5	And that kind of went through high school, college, and beyond.
0:58.7	Everything I know now about motivation, productivity, discipline has been pretty much self-taught.
1:06.2	So I feel like I do have some really good knowledge and advice to give around this topic.
1:11.8	As you guys know, I lost 90 pounds in 2017.
1:15.0	I also grew my own business.
1:17.0	And those things take a lot of focus and dedication.
1:21.3	And through that, I feel like I cultivated a really good set of tools on how to establish
1:27.0	habits that are going to help you reach your
1:28.6	goals, how to be productive, how to stay motivated, how to cultivate discipline. Let's go through
1:33.9	those tips and tricks today. I really hope they're useful for you. Before we start talking about
1:38.6	motivation, I want to talk about the difference between motivation and discipline. And I have some notes here because I think
1:45.3	this is a really important distinction and something that I didn't quite understand before I got
1:51.1	into my own journey. To me, I think discipline is significantly more important than motivation for
1:57.5	achieving long-term success. And what I mean by that is motivation is a fleeting feeling.
2:04.1	I used to think that some people were motivated, some people are not. And I always thought,
2:08.1	maybe I'm just less motivated than other people. We all have had feelings of motivation before,
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