One Apple A Day #593 - about discipline
Last week I had a few conversations about discipline and rules.
I believe that the combination of discipline and self-awareness help us create more freedom in our life. I also think that creating a safe space is crucial to help a group of people express their full potential. Discipline, seen as a set of standards or agreements, can provide the structure to protect the safe space needed. But discipline and rules can quickly become a limiting wall, a barrier crushing personal creativity.
In my experience, for discipline to be effective, it must be meaningful.
It must serve the purpose for which everyone is working. It's not a way to avoid problems or to make the work easier for the facilitators. Discipline must be designed to enhance the experience and help everyone express their full potential. When we don't feel that the discipline is meaningful, we continuously look for ways to work around it.
So, when we ask for discipline, when we design a standard we should always check with ourselves the nature of our intent.