The direction of energy must come from inside outwards.  If energy irradiate from you, you are producing instead of consuming. Giving instead of taking.

The same kind of reason is also valid for discipline. Without discipline, nothing will work more than shortsighted. Discipline is the motor of evolution, creation and progress and also the base of safety and survival. The same rules as above applies on discipline.

Discipline must come from inside. If the direction of discipline is from outside to inside, under a long time, the outcome is destructive. The correct direction for discipline is from your soul, through your brain, applied on your thoughts, your words and your body. From inside to outside.