Discipline vs Motivation

I was listening to the Matburn podcast and they said something interesting that I wanted to elaborate on. They talked about how motivation is not enough to be successful in BJJ. Motivation fades, every new year people are motivated for their resolutions. The amount of people who see those resolutions through is low enough that it has become a cliche. In order to succeed at a difficult or long term goal, you need discipline. Discipline comes in when you’re sore and tired, when you hit the inevitable plateau, when you’d rather do something else, when the desire to accomplish what you set out to do is lost, that’s what separates those who follow through from those who don’t. Even if at first all the discipline you have is showing up, getting mauled, and coming back tomorrow, you’re building a life skill. You don’t have to be great to try, but if you don’t try you’ll never be great.