Discipline can feel so elusive. When we can’t seem to keep ourselves disciplined and we fail, we often look for something or someone to blame especially our parents or family. However, discipline to succeed is not inherited so we must instead figure out how to grow our own. I believe this starts with falling in love with something that you really want to achieve, almost so badly that it feels similar to a life or death situation. When we do we then must accept that in spite of a disciplined effort we will fail and must accept that as a never-ending part of the journey. That will help us build the character upon which long term discipline will grow. 

 

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Throughout our life’s journey we often experience a dissatisfaction with the outcomes we are experiencing. Those negative outcomes are the cause of much pain and suffering that lead us to seek new environments and guidance from mentors. However, that initial change is only the first step in self-improvement. The next step is the realization that resistance does not go away. We must beware in those moments, that our exasperation will seek an outlet to blame. Our target is usually someone else. We must stop the urge to blame and instead see yet another opportunity to improve and call upon our character to persevere.

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Because we all want to matter, we often try very hard to achieve goals by ourselves without any help so that we can show the world how important we are. Even though many of us do go on to achieve great things, we’re actually limiting our true potential. Achievement in any field is predicated on having many different types of expertise and we all are better at some skills than others. Therefore, to really self-fulfill at our greatest, we must look for help and start adopting a “we-do” vs an “I-do” mentality if we really want to do our best work! 

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I’ve had the recent task of working through both scripts with my coaching clients and essays with my twin boys applying to schools. What’s common in both processes is the consant grinding away at editing. Too many people put the least amount of effort into building out the expression of their thoughts and stop far too early before ever really being able to fully express themselves. I’ve discovered that you start with a mind dump, then chunk the major thoughts into a logical order and then edit away until you have the simplest articulation of your thoughts so you can effectively communicate your ideas. 

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So many of us want to do catch a dream like a fish but wait around as if someone is coming to give us our dream. In reality, it’s about going to get what you want. You must first decide clearly what you want and who can help, then just start fishing until you get a bite. 

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The main challenge in life that prevents us from getting the life that we want is our own inner Resistance that is derived from our inner animal and it’s desire to do the least amount to survive. Ultimately, if you can convince your animal that a more professional approach is going to in the long run give you more of a life beyond just mere survival. 

 

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Life has become so competitive that we are trying to do too much and are becoming underachieving generalists. It’s better to stop worrying about what the world expects of you and specialize in what you enjoy. Pursuing mastery of your own life’s desire will not only make you happier, but also make you more interesting to other people. 

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When we hear that we need structure in our lives we cringe or worse run away from the painful work that we perceive putting structure in place appears to be. The simple truth is that structure is nothing more than simple outlines for action steps that will release the highest level of your performance!

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The words of a successful entrepreneur calling his customers ignorant is both insulting and sobering. To recognize in P.T. Barnum’s statement our own vulnerability to being taken should be enough to make us stop being emotionally played and start seeing life for what it actually is and being diligent enough to critically think our way through life rather than shut down when our animal brain gets lazy.

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This week I was able to make a new distinction about anxiety and depression thanks to my twin boys and my father. I learned that it appears very clear to me now that there are many triggers that might set us up to suffer, but it’s also clear to me that the acceptance of constructive criticism as nothing more than course corrective information coupled with being intentional about always having a clear goal and an action plan to achieve it both, serve as powerful weapons to fight back against anxiety and depression instead of resorting to harmful behaviors such as drugs and alcohol or worse. 

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