"Self-discipline is an act of cultivation.It requires you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results.There's a season for sowing a season for reaping.Self-discipline helps you know which is which."~ Gary Ryan Blair
Showing posts with label self-discipline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self-discipline. Show all posts
Monday, 5 March 2012
Self-Discipline is An Act of Cultivation
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Want to make 2009 the year all your dreams come true?
Join Brian Tracy for a LIVE Teleseminar on January 13th to learn how you can accomplish all your goals in record time. The skills he will teach you in just 1-hour will give you the edge you need to become a more efficient, effective and productive version of yourself! Learn more today!
Included in this Teleseminar:
- 1-hour LIVE Telseminar with Brian Tracy
- The Ultimate Goals Program -- 8-hour MP3 and PDF workbook
- Goals! -- 3-hour Audiobook on MP3
- The Life Planning Process -- 44-page workbook
- The Miracle of Self-Discipline -- 60-minute teleseminar MP3
- Complete copy of the Goals! Teleseminar on MP3 and copy of Brian's notes
Goals! 2009 Teleseminar -- LIVE with Brian Tracy
Date: JANUARY 13th, 2009
Time: 10:00a.m. PST
Do anything you want just by setting a goal -- Achieve your dreams! Learn how with "Goals!" by Brian Tracy.
Antonia Harrison 2009 from Personal Development in the 21st Century
Included in this Teleseminar:
- 1-hour LIVE Telseminar with Brian Tracy
- The Ultimate Goals Program -- 8-hour MP3 and PDF workbook
- Goals! -- 3-hour Audiobook on MP3
- The Life Planning Process -- 44-page workbook
- The Miracle of Self-Discipline -- 60-minute teleseminar MP3
- Complete copy of the Goals! Teleseminar on MP3 and copy of Brian's notes
Goals! 2009 Teleseminar -- LIVE with Brian Tracy
Date: JANUARY 13th, 2009
Time: 10:00a.m. PST
Do anything you want just by setting a goal -- Achieve your dreams! Learn how with "Goals!" by Brian Tracy.
Antonia Harrison 2009 from Personal Development in the 21st Century
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Avoid Work At Home Stress
Most people believe that being able to work at home will make their lives easier and less stressful but what they fail to realize is that when you work at home, stress is still present but in different forms. There are certain things to consider to keep the stress level down while you work at home.
Yes, you have no-one to answer to and no set schedule to adhere to in most work at home occupations, but the end result of whether you receive a paycheck can be stressful on everyone when they first begin working from home. They can depend on no one but themselves for their income and they are also responsible for all aspects of operating the business including taxes, supplies, paying the bills and getting paid for the work performed.
Self-discipline is often tougher than working for someone else, as quite often it is easy to justify doing things not related to the business since you are at home and no one is watching what you do. You will have to be the supervisor that keeps you on your toes and remaining productive. However, even more stressful when you work at home is having the rest of your family understand that when you are at home you are working.
Being able to separate work from home in a home-based business can be stressful but by reminding yourself and others that work has to be conducted and keeping it separate can reduce the stress you feel. Even with a flexible schedule you will need to set strict hours during which business will be conducted in order to stay on track. You will also need to establish certain areas of your home for business which can be used for nothing else. You cannot be productive when you work at home if others are in your office playing games and being generally disruptive to your business.
These general rules need to be discussed before you being to work at home and the rules have to be in place and enforced from the very first day your begin working from home. Without the disciplines in place and without the understanding of family members, your business will suffer. However, having flexibility in your work schedule can be very rewarding as long as you understand your first priority has to be completing the work you have promised to your customers or clients on time.
Download your FREE 5 page report on Personal Stress Management Tips at http://www.live-stressfree.com/
Yes, you have no-one to answer to and no set schedule to adhere to in most work at home occupations, but the end result of whether you receive a paycheck can be stressful on everyone when they first begin working from home. They can depend on no one but themselves for their income and they are also responsible for all aspects of operating the business including taxes, supplies, paying the bills and getting paid for the work performed.
Self-discipline is often tougher than working for someone else, as quite often it is easy to justify doing things not related to the business since you are at home and no one is watching what you do. You will have to be the supervisor that keeps you on your toes and remaining productive. However, even more stressful when you work at home is having the rest of your family understand that when you are at home you are working.
Being able to separate work from home in a home-based business can be stressful but by reminding yourself and others that work has to be conducted and keeping it separate can reduce the stress you feel. Even with a flexible schedule you will need to set strict hours during which business will be conducted in order to stay on track. You will also need to establish certain areas of your home for business which can be used for nothing else. You cannot be productive when you work at home if others are in your office playing games and being generally disruptive to your business.
These general rules need to be discussed before you being to work at home and the rules have to be in place and enforced from the very first day your begin working from home. Without the disciplines in place and without the understanding of family members, your business will suffer. However, having flexibility in your work schedule can be very rewarding as long as you understand your first priority has to be completing the work you have promised to your customers or clients on time.
Download your FREE 5 page report on Personal Stress Management Tips at http://www.live-stressfree.com/
Thursday, 6 November 2008
The Practice of Discipline
By Brian Tracy
Discipline yourself to do what you know you need to do to be the very best in your field. Perhaps the best definition of self-discipline is this:
It is easy to do something when you feel like it. It's when you don't feel like it and you force yourself to do it anyway that you move your life and career onto the fast track.
What decisions do you need to make today in order to start moving toward the top of your field? Whatever it is, either to get in or get out, make a decision today and then get started. This single act alone can change the whole direction of your life.
Seven Steps to Success
There is a powerful seven step formula that you can use to set and achieve your goals for the rest of your life. Every single successful person uses this formula or some variation of this formula to achieve vastly more than the average person. And so can you. Here it is:
Decide What You Want
Step number one, decide exactly what it is you want in each part of your life. Become a "meaningful specific" rather than a "wandering generality."
Write it Down
Second, write it down, clearly and in detail. Always think on paper. A goal that is not in writing is not a goal at all. It is merely a wish and it has no energy behind it.
Set A Deadline
Third, set a deadline for your goal. A deadline acts as a "forcing system" in your subconscious mind. It motivates you to do the things necessary to make your goal come true. If it is a big enough goal, set sub-deadlines as well. Don't leave this to chance.
Make A List
Fourth, make a list of everything that you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal. When you think of new tasks and activities, write them on your list until your list is complete.
Organize Your List
Fifth, organize your list into a plan. Decide what you will have to do first and what you will have to do second. Decide what is more important and what is less important. And then write out your plan on paper, the same way you would develop a blueprint to build your dream house.
Take Action
The sixth step is for you to take action on your plan. Do something. Do anything. But get busy. Get going.
Do Something Every Day
Do something every single day that moves you in the direction of your most important goal at the moment. Develop the discipline of doing something 365 days each year that is moving you forward. You will be absolutely astonished at how much you accomplish when you utilize this formula in your life every single day.
Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do to put these ideas into action immediately.
First, decide exactly what you want, write it down with a deadline, make a plan and take action -- on at least one goal -- today!
Second, determine the price you will have to pay to achieve this goal and then get busy paying that price
-- whatever it is.
Training yourself to complete important tasks -- even when you don't want to -- is a vital skill that every Top Achiever should master.
Accomplish More in a Month Than Most People Accomplish in a Year. Take complete control of your time and your life. Get more done now.
Brian's tips may seem obvious but his advice is well-founded. Writing down goals and making plans is really the best way to achieve what you want. The "salami technique" helps with any task ie complete one slice then go on to the next. If you want to clear out the spare room, start with one drawer, then a cupboard etc. Approaching any task this way avoids a negative feeling of overwhelm.
Brian Tracy now has over 70 MP3s and various CDs. Click here for your Free CD of 21 Success Secrets of Self Made Millionaires
Discipline yourself to do what you know you need to do to be the very best in your field. Perhaps the best definition of self-discipline is this:
"Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not."
It is easy to do something when you feel like it. It's when you don't feel like it and you force yourself to do it anyway that you move your life and career onto the fast track.
What decisions do you need to make today in order to start moving toward the top of your field? Whatever it is, either to get in or get out, make a decision today and then get started. This single act alone can change the whole direction of your life.
Seven Steps to Success
There is a powerful seven step formula that you can use to set and achieve your goals for the rest of your life. Every single successful person uses this formula or some variation of this formula to achieve vastly more than the average person. And so can you. Here it is:
Decide What You Want
Step number one, decide exactly what it is you want in each part of your life. Become a "meaningful specific" rather than a "wandering generality."
Write it Down
Second, write it down, clearly and in detail. Always think on paper. A goal that is not in writing is not a goal at all. It is merely a wish and it has no energy behind it.
Set A Deadline
Third, set a deadline for your goal. A deadline acts as a "forcing system" in your subconscious mind. It motivates you to do the things necessary to make your goal come true. If it is a big enough goal, set sub-deadlines as well. Don't leave this to chance.
Make A List
Fourth, make a list of everything that you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal. When you think of new tasks and activities, write them on your list until your list is complete.
Organize Your List
Fifth, organize your list into a plan. Decide what you will have to do first and what you will have to do second. Decide what is more important and what is less important. And then write out your plan on paper, the same way you would develop a blueprint to build your dream house.
Take Action
The sixth step is for you to take action on your plan. Do something. Do anything. But get busy. Get going.
Do Something Every Day
Do something every single day that moves you in the direction of your most important goal at the moment. Develop the discipline of doing something 365 days each year that is moving you forward. You will be absolutely astonished at how much you accomplish when you utilize this formula in your life every single day.
Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do to put these ideas into action immediately.
First, decide exactly what you want, write it down with a deadline, make a plan and take action -- on at least one goal -- today!
Second, determine the price you will have to pay to achieve this goal and then get busy paying that price
-- whatever it is.
Training yourself to complete important tasks -- even when you don't want to -- is a vital skill that every Top Achiever should master.
Accomplish More in a Month Than Most People Accomplish in a Year. Take complete control of your time and your life. Get more done now.
Brian's tips may seem obvious but his advice is well-founded. Writing down goals and making plans is really the best way to achieve what you want. The "salami technique" helps with any task ie complete one slice then go on to the next. If you want to clear out the spare room, start with one drawer, then a cupboard etc. Approaching any task this way avoids a negative feeling of overwhelm.
Brian Tracy now has over 70 MP3s and various CDs. Click here for your Free CD of 21 Success Secrets of Self Made Millionaires
Tuesday, 8 January 2008
Achieve Your 2008 Goals with Brian Tracy
Do you want to make more money, improve your relationships, achieve greater health and energy, and obtain financial independence?
What if I told you that there was a simple proven way to get everything you want?
Well, there is... and it's called "Goals".
Your goals are the foundation and the structure that support your success. Brian Tracy is going to show you how to build that foundation today.
By following the practical, proven process of goal setting and goal achieving, you’ll be able to accomplish vastly more in a shorter period of time than you ever imagined possible.
The speed at which you move onward and upward will amaze both yourself and all the people around you.
In this powerful, practical Teleseminar, Brian Tracy shows you how to:
* Decide exactly what you really want
* Set goals in the three key areas of life
* Write clear, specific, measurable goals for yourself
* Set deadlines, sub-deadlines and schedules
* Identify the main obstacles holding you back
* Determine the additional knowledge and skills you will require
* Select the key people whose help you will require
* Create a detailed plan of action
* Use visualization to imagine your goals in advance
* Develop the persistence you need to succeed
And much, much more!
By following these techniques you can move quickly from rags to riches in the months of years ahead. You can transform your experience from poverty and frustration to affluence and satisfaction.
Join Brian Tracy, Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 for this powerful Teleseminar and make 2008 your best year ever.
And there's more... in addition to the LIVE teleseminar, valued at $99.00, you will also receive the following bonus materials worth $269.70:
1. The Ultimate Goals Program (8-CD program, plus CD-ROM workbook) - $79.95 Value
Learn the 21 most important strategies and techniques ever discovered to help you accomplish more of your goals, faster than you ever have before.
2. The Unbreakable Laws of Self-Confidence (DVD program) - $79.95 Value
Self-confidence is the key to success in all areas of life. It determines how much money you will earn, how happy you will be, the quality of your relationships, your ability to attract the things you want, and more. Your self-confidence is everything!
3. Maximum Achievement Goal Planner (87-page workbook) - $25.00 Value
Want to work on your goals, but don't know where to start? The Maximum Achievement Goal Planner was designed for you. This 87-page workbook provides easy step-by-step instructions to help you create a blueprint for a lifetime of success, prosperity and achievement.
4. Goals! Book (290-page hard cover book) - $24.95 Value
Using the 21 strategies I outline in this best-selling book, you'll be able to accomplish any goals you set for yourself - no matter how big. By reading and applying the powerful principles in Goals!, you will learn how to make more money, improve your relationships, achieve greater health and energy, and attain financial independence.
5. The Miracle of Self-Discipline (60-minute CD) - $19.95 Value
Your Key to Personal Greatness! Learn how to practice higher levels of self-discipline and self-control in every area of your life.
6. Goals! Teleseminar CD - $19.95 Value
Become, obtain, or do anything you want just by setting a goal!
7. Complete seminar outline with all key points and an MP3 copy of the teleseminar, sent by email for reference and review (sent by email after the teleseminar). - $19.95 Value
That's a total Value of over $350.00 and it's all yours for only $149.00! (normal price $368.70)
Let Brian Tracy help you make 2008 your best year ever.
Thursday, 15 November 2007
A Creed For Self-Discipline
Willpower
Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise it daily, when I need the urge to action for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.
Emotions
Realizing that my emotions are both positive and negative I will form daily habits which will encourage the development of the positive emotions, and aid me in converting the negative emotions into some form of useful action.
Reason
Recognizing that both my positive emotions and my negative emotions may be dangerous if they are not controlled and guided to desirable ends, I will submit all my desires, aims and purposes to my faculty of reason, and I will be guided by it in giving expression to these.
Imagination
Recognizing the need for sound plans and ideas for the attainment of my desires, I will develop my imagination by calling upon it daily for help in the formation of my plans.
Conscience
Recognizing that my emotions often err in their over-enthusiasm, and my faculty of reason often is without the warmth of feeling that is necessary to enable me to combine justice with mercy in my judgments, I will encourage my conscience to guide me as to what is right and what is wrong, but I will never set aside the verdicts it renders, no matter what may be the cost of carrying them out.
Memory
Recognizing the value of an alert memory, I will encourage mine to become alert by taking care to impress it clearly with all thoughts I wish to recall, and by associating those thoughts with related subjects which I may call to mind frequently.
Subconscious Mind
Recognizing the influence of my subconscious mind over my power of will, I shall take care to submit to it a clear and definite picture of my major purpose in life and all minor purposes leading to my major purpose, and I shall keep this picture constantly before my subconscious mind by repeating it daily.
Signed_____________________________
Discipline over the mind is gained, little by little, by the formation of habits which one may control. Habits begin in the mind; therefore, a daily repetition of this creed will make one habit-conscious in connection with the particular kind of habits which are needed to develop and control the six departments of the mind.
The mere act of repeating the names of these departments has an important effect. It makes one conscious that these departments exist; that they are important; that they can be controlled by the formation of thought-habits; that the nature of these habits determines one's success or failure in the matter of self-discipline.
Napoleon Hill
Excerpt from The Master-Key To Riches
Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise it daily, when I need the urge to action for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.
Emotions
Realizing that my emotions are both positive and negative I will form daily habits which will encourage the development of the positive emotions, and aid me in converting the negative emotions into some form of useful action.
Reason
Recognizing that both my positive emotions and my negative emotions may be dangerous if they are not controlled and guided to desirable ends, I will submit all my desires, aims and purposes to my faculty of reason, and I will be guided by it in giving expression to these.
Imagination
Recognizing the need for sound plans and ideas for the attainment of my desires, I will develop my imagination by calling upon it daily for help in the formation of my plans.
Conscience
Recognizing that my emotions often err in their over-enthusiasm, and my faculty of reason often is without the warmth of feeling that is necessary to enable me to combine justice with mercy in my judgments, I will encourage my conscience to guide me as to what is right and what is wrong, but I will never set aside the verdicts it renders, no matter what may be the cost of carrying them out.
Memory
Recognizing the value of an alert memory, I will encourage mine to become alert by taking care to impress it clearly with all thoughts I wish to recall, and by associating those thoughts with related subjects which I may call to mind frequently.
Subconscious Mind
Recognizing the influence of my subconscious mind over my power of will, I shall take care to submit to it a clear and definite picture of my major purpose in life and all minor purposes leading to my major purpose, and I shall keep this picture constantly before my subconscious mind by repeating it daily.
Signed_____________________________
Discipline over the mind is gained, little by little, by the formation of habits which one may control. Habits begin in the mind; therefore, a daily repetition of this creed will make one habit-conscious in connection with the particular kind of habits which are needed to develop and control the six departments of the mind.
The mere act of repeating the names of these departments has an important effect. It makes one conscious that these departments exist; that they are important; that they can be controlled by the formation of thought-habits; that the nature of these habits determines one's success or failure in the matter of self-discipline.
Napoleon Hill
Excerpt from The Master-Key To Riches
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
“Don’t have a wishbone where your backbone should be!”
There is an old story about a man who went to a tattooist because he had always wanted a tattoo of a lion on his back. The tattooist started to sketch the tail into the man’s torso: ‘Ouch! What are you doing?’ asked the man. ‘I’m doing the lion’s tail’ replied the tattooist. ‘Well then for goodness sake let’s have a lion without a tail!’ said the man, wincing in pain. Next the artist set about on the Lion’s whiskers. ‘Ouch!’ cried the man, ‘What’s that?’ ‘The whiskers!’ said the tatooist, getting increasingly irritated. ‘Well let’s have a lion without whiskers!’ moaned his customer. The tattooist then set about doing the Lion’s back. ‘No that hurts too!’ shouted the man. At this, the tattooist finally lost patience with the man's lack of self discipline. Throwing down his tools and the man out of his shop he shouted, ‘How can you expect to get what you want without a little discomfort?’
Self-discipline is the key
To achieve what we want will involve self-discipline to take us out of the comfort zone into a time period and area of growth until we reach a new level of success which then becomes our new normal comfort zone. Going backwards will then become uncomfortable.
If you lose 20kg you feel so much more comfortable in your clothes and when moving around. It will require self-discipline and effort to lose the weight but putting the weight back on will then feel uncomfortable.
Develop the muscle of self-discipline
Like anything, if you practice self-discipline, you exercise the muscle so that it becomes stronger. If we go through life doing only what we want, when we want and not doing anything we do not feel like doing, you can imagine how easy it would be to degenerate. Nobody actually wants to empty the rubbish or clean out their car or give up time to learn new skills but think of the consequences if no one made an effort.
Personally, I feel satisfied when I have cleared out some clutter or some other boring task.
We live in an age where everything is made to look easy. Think of those exercise workouts on the Californian beach with everyone moving effortlessly with a permanent smile on their face. My 30 minutes on a treadmill three times a week in my local gym is not so glamorous and neither do I grin all the way through but I go out in the rain, listen to get-up-and-go music, get hot and sweaty and feel good for making the effort. The result shows slowly but surely. It takes self-discipline. Anyone can buy an exercise machine but you burn up more calories using it rather than just dusting it.
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments."
- Jim Rohn
© Antonia Stuart-James 2007
Self-discipline is the key
To achieve what we want will involve self-discipline to take us out of the comfort zone into a time period and area of growth until we reach a new level of success which then becomes our new normal comfort zone. Going backwards will then become uncomfortable.
If you lose 20kg you feel so much more comfortable in your clothes and when moving around. It will require self-discipline and effort to lose the weight but putting the weight back on will then feel uncomfortable.
Develop the muscle of self-discipline
Like anything, if you practice self-discipline, you exercise the muscle so that it becomes stronger. If we go through life doing only what we want, when we want and not doing anything we do not feel like doing, you can imagine how easy it would be to degenerate. Nobody actually wants to empty the rubbish or clean out their car or give up time to learn new skills but think of the consequences if no one made an effort.
Personally, I feel satisfied when I have cleared out some clutter or some other boring task.
We live in an age where everything is made to look easy. Think of those exercise workouts on the Californian beach with everyone moving effortlessly with a permanent smile on their face. My 30 minutes on a treadmill three times a week in my local gym is not so glamorous and neither do I grin all the way through but I go out in the rain, listen to get-up-and-go music, get hot and sweaty and feel good for making the effort. The result shows slowly but surely. It takes self-discipline. Anyone can buy an exercise machine but you burn up more calories using it rather than just dusting it.
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments."
- Jim Rohn
© Antonia Stuart-James 2007
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