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Self-discipline

Self-discipline has many rewards for the practitioner. Self-discipline is foreign to most of us but it is something that we can all learn if we want to.If you look at all the successful people in life you might find that they have one thing in common - they are disciplined. By discipline I do not mean a militaristic kind of discipline but setting goals and following through. "Self-discipline is personal training that develops self-control and character and results in an orderly efficient life." Dr. Charles Stanley of Intouch Ministries. He also said that Discipline determines destiny.

Discipline is about setting goals, breaking down those goals into manageable tasks and work diligently at accomplishing it. Each day if we move in the direction of our goals without fail we will succeed. When we are not disciplined our lives become chaotic, haphazard and slothful which results in discontent, unhappiness even depression.

On the other hand when you practice discipline you will feel good about yourself as you begin to accomplish what you set out to do e.g. losing weight, saving for something important, maintaining an orderly home etc.

Please answer the following questions for yourself

What is your purpose of being alive?

What is your goal?

What can you do today to move you closer to your goal. List at least one thing today and do it. Tomorrow list another and do it and see how it feels. Have a disciplined day.

How to achieve success

How to achieve the success you want

 

Everybody wants success in their lives but everyone does not define success in the same way.  If you are striving for material success that is easily attained by working hard and doggedly at what you want. If it is money you want, you can achieve that easily by working at several jobs, stealing from the bank and do whatever it takes to get it.

    There are numerous examples of people who are very rich materially and very poor spiritually and emotionally.

    If you are looking for success that is balanced, meaning emotional, spiritual and financial success that will take a little mental and psychological gymnastics but it is much easier done.  The first homework for you is to find out what makes you tick like a clock, smoothly, steadily and consistently.  You will know what that is when you listen to your heart. When you respond to your heart’s calling, doors open and you are swimming with the tide not against the tide.

    There was this young woman who is an artist.  She is committed to her art but in the meantime she needs to make a living to pay the mortgage and to eat.  She could easily find a job in the hot job market out there at the time but she was not motivated. One day she said to me, if I am going to do something in addition to my art it has got to be something that I enjoy doing. I will die in a job that I do not like she said.  She brainstormed several options and she realized what she loved to do is braiding people’s hair and help them to achieve the look they want. She knew from personal experience the trauma of her own teenage years when hair was everything but she did not have the money salons needed to braid her hair so she learned how to braid and does a wonderful job on her own hair.

   One fine day, without doing any research, out of what seemed like the blue she made up an ad which took about 1 hour, got it photocopied and painted the town with her advertisement. Guess what – that young woman’s phone has not stopped ringing. People are calling her to do their hair. They come to her home or she goes to theirs. She has established a business just like that. This is her job and she is happy. It’s paying the bill and she is achieving success.  This young woman is proud of her accomplishment and she should and she is making ends meet.  If she had decided on what would bring her the most money she may not have been as successful and she might have been miserably stressed. That’s not life, that’s not success. Life is made to be easy. Why do we complicate things? We must go with the flow. If we go against the tide we will sink.    Follow your heart; seek happiness and contentment above all. The rest will fall into place