Discipline – “Orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior, Self Control, A rule or system of rules governing conduct or activity” Webster’s Dictionary. As most of you know I do a lot of reading and studying information about leaders and people who have achieved success in their lives. In addition to the first quality where we discussed ambition, Self Discipline resonates through almost every successful persons account for how they have achieved their status.
Self Discipline is really about taking small steps which lead you down the path for big things. You see, self discipline builds upon its self, and builds, and builds. All you have to do is start with one simple thing that you want to make into a habit. Let’s say you want to start working out, but for years have put it off. Why don’t you start with 10 pushups in the morning and 10 pushups before you go to bed. You see it is not necessarily what you do, but simply that you do something, and you make it a habit. Self discipline is more about forming habits than anything else. On the other hand, self discipline may also be about breaking habits. I know too many people who waist time on face book or twitter, or e-mail during the day, when they should be working. I got into the habit of leaving my face book up on a tab on my computer and checked it throughout the day. Then one day I inventoried what I accomplished that day and realized how much time I really did waist just by having it open in the background. You do not have to completely cut those things out, but maybe schedule them into your day. Set a certain time to catch up on those items for say 20 minutes, then shut it off and keep it off and move on with the important things.
Win the Day! One problem is that too many people feel that they have to be perfect in order to be self disciplined. Trying to be perfect will destroy self discipline. Thanks to Robin Hood, most people think a perfect archery shot will be a direct bulls eye, and then you have to be able to repeat that shot and split the first arrow with your second. Did you know that it is really impossible to split an arrow with another arrow. You see when an archer releases an arrow from his bow, the arrow bends and wobbles as it flies through the air which makes it deflect off the end of the first arrow, preventing it from being split all the way down. This is very much like you and I in regards to self discipline. We may have certain goals and tasks that we want to accomplish in a day or a week. And some days we might get all of these activities done and hit the bulls eye, but other days we wobble a bit and miss the target all together. I follow a philosophy called Win the Day. This concept requires you to plan out your day. Make a list of all of the things that you need to accomplish in a certain day. If you accomplish 80% of those items in that day, then you win the day. If you win 4 days out of 5, then you have won the week. If you win 3 weeks out of the month, then you have won the month, and if you win 8 months out of the year, then you have won the year. You see, you do not have you be perfect, you just have to be consistent.
Self Discipline is in your head. I say this because self discipline is more about believing in yourself, than anything else. Those who believe in themselves have a much better chance of staying on track than those who do not. If you think and talk about yourself as someone who is a self starter, disciplined, and stays on task, then you will be. And if you fall off track, then there will be that nagging voice in your head talking to you, telling you to get yourself back headed in the right direction.
"The first and best victory is to conquer self." – Plato
"Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways." – H. Jackson Brown
"Nothing is more harmful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army superiority over another." – George Washington
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