Discipline
This is a big one.
Discipline is what drives us. This is what keeps us doing the things that are going to make us successful. We don’t overthink it, we just do. This is the thing that gets us out of bed. We go for it every day, even if there’s times we don’t want to. This is what sets us apart from those around us.
There’s no one person that’s better than the next. The question is, what the disciplined people do that sets us apart from the rest?
- We have a plan
We know what our day is going to look like. We know that we may not feel like it. We know the power of positive self-talk. We know the power of activity. We know the control it takes to get in the right state of mind.
- We just do
Don’t overthink things. There’s 2 types of people. The one’s that you tell to run through the wall. We do it. We figure it out later. Then there’s the one’s that will think about how tall that wall is. What is that wall made of. What’s behind that wall? What’s on top of that wall? Will the wall fall? What will happen to the wall? Which one are you?
- We have patterns and habits
It’s not monotonous, it’s what gets us there. What time do we get up, shower, eat, brush our teeth, take the kids to school/daycare, do our admin work, sit down to work, plan our day, hour by hour, work out, work on files, do meetings… and the list just keeps going. We have habits that we do, habits that we don’t have to think, we just know exactly what we need to do and we do it
- We enjoy it
We are convicted, TRULY convicted in what we do. We know we are leaving people better off even if they say no. We know we are adding value. We make them better. We love what we do. We have built it with our bare hands. We know how hard we work.
- We work
We don’t do laundry, watch TV, surf the internet, hanging out at lunch for 3 hours, or talking in someone’s office for 45 minutes. Friday afternoon is no different than Monday morning. We have a start time and an end time. We know how the day is going to go and we get after it. We do the things many others don’t like to do, which is why they are wasting time.
Discipline is an art form. It can be taught. It must be something that you practice every day. Something that we continuously work on and make better. Discipline is what keeps driving us.
Commitment is doing what you said you would, long after the mood you said it in has left.