You know what the right thing to do is to move yourself toward your goals, to be a good citizen and neighbor, to be healthy, and to advance your career. But who is making you do those things?
As a grown adult – nobody. You want to drive your life/health/career/relationships into the ground? Go ahead. Nobody is there to tell you to eat your vegetables and take the garbage out.
Only you can do that.
Some of us do the right thing when we feel motivated. But motivation comes and goes. Most days we do NOT feel motivated. We want to do things that are pleasurable and that take the least energy.
This is where self-discipline comes in. Self-discipline is doing the things you know you should do, even when you don’t want to.
It’s called SELF-Discipline because only you can do it. From the inner…comes your outer results.
You can look at someone’s life and tell the amount of self-control and self-discipline they have in various areas of their life. You can tell what they value and a lot about their character.
“If you do not have the ability to discipline yourself, the seeds of greatness are not within you.” W. Clement Stone
Can you do the right thing day after day even when you don’t feel like it?
Great statement this morning. I’m grateful for you and this entire network, too. In my opinion, there’s nothing like what we have !
“The world pushes you around when you lack internal control and self-discipline.”
Go, Jeff!