This is the essence of success! Nothing worth having is gotten just because you say you want it. I don’t know of one single accomplishment in my life that didn’t require focus, determination, and effort. All of us can relate to that surge of excitement and the energy that so easily flows from us when we start something of great value. We are strong, undeterred, and determined to get it done. But, we all have learned that the measure of a man/woman is what happens when things are not so good. When our struggle to excel seems to be derailed at every turn. This!!! Is where character is built, established, and the superb habits of our beings are put into place. Discipline when we don’t want to work. Discipline to get up and take care of the things that are ours and that we love. Discipline is plugged in when what we want seems too hard to have.
Yes, we start our bodybuilding journey, for instance, with great gusto and the wind at our back. Then, somewhere along the trail we realize that what we seek may require far more than what we have. It’s here that we learn to dig deep and win or we choose to settle for something less than we are capable of.
We must “take heed to ourselves” and do the hard stuff. “Keep your hearts with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life.” Maxim: If you quit you also give away all the lessons you have learned and the rewards for continuing.
Recall for an instant, standing on stage for the first time. Frightened, confused, and totally uncertain. But, we did it anyway. In the end, we etched into our psyche the new level of self-confidence that is required to win. Nobody can ever take that away from you. Motivation is a luxury we don’t always have at our disposal. It’s “ALWAYS” discipline that will take you home. Do the hard stuff when you are tired, when you are discouraged, when you are distracted, when you are sad, when you are hungry, when you are bored out of your mind. You/I are the “CAPTAINS OF OUR OWN DESTINY!” We have the privilege of using discipline to enhance who we are and what we win.
Bottom Line: Motivation is an expendable quality. When it is not there, our old friend “DISCIPLINE” will be our comforter. Unmotivated? Tough! Get ‘DISCIPLINED” the rest will fall into place and winning belongs to you.
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