Category: Discipline

Daily focalPOINT – Self-Discipline

“Rule your mind or it will rule you.” ~Horace Habits are created out of repetitive actions; actions from thoughts; thoughts from beliefs. If we want to rule our minds, as Horace notes, we need to rule our thoughts but our thoughts will not change if our beliefs do not change. Many years ago I realized…

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Daily focalPOINT – Self Discipline

The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own.  No apologies or excuses.  No one to lean on, rely on, or blame.  The gift is yours – it is an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it.  This is the…

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Daily focalPOINT – Self-Discipline

“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.” ~Jim Rohn A simple piece of advice I often give to young people who are contemplating their future and agonizing over making the right decision is; “do something.” Doing something keeps us moving, it helps us…

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Daily focalPOINT – Self-Discipline

“Anyone can master others.  It is a true leader who has mastered himself.” ~Jay Meyer Mastering yourself requires the ability to get honest with yourself and a great place to begin is by taking a personal inventory of all the things you do that you would like to stop doing.  Then make a list of…

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Daily focalPOINT – Self Discipline

“The first and best victory is to conquer self.” ~Plato I believe you will agree with me self-discipline is not easy.  As I mentioned yesterday the beginning of self-discipline is a focused purpose in your life.  If your purpose is to sit around and do nothing then you will not need any self-discipline. I have found…

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Discipline follows Purpose

“The successful person has the habit of doing things failures don’t like to do.  They don’t like doing them either necessarily; but their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.” ~E.M. Gray This is my favorite quote on discipline.  The last word of the quote is key and many people fail to identify…

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