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Principles such as a pleasing personality, faith, imagination, persistence, freedom from fear and failure, right mental attitude and desire are attainable only through self-discipline. Self-discipline is the key quality by which you may voluntarily shape the pattern of thought to harmonize with your aims and chef purpose.
In the field of salesmanship for example, all master sales man know that the successful salesman is the persistent salesman. And persistence is a matter of stick self-disciplines.
Discipline has been one of the greatest strength. Through persistence, faith and self-discipline, small opportunities have blossomed into great enterprises.
The most successful athletes carry on with unyielding self-disciple, repeating their effort day after day, year after year with unbaiting regularity, Superstar athletes have convincing evidence that this may be the only strategy that produces winning results.
I have learned that being good at anything, sports, school or whatever, means devoting time, energy and effort. It also means making some difficult choices and scarifies. Becoming a world class figure skater meant long hours of practice while sometimes tolerating painful injures. It meant being totally exhausted sometimes and not being able to do all the things I wanted to do when I wanted to do them. But my dream came true. It took some talent, a fair share of luck, a good measure of persistence, but most of all it took a great deal of self-discipline.
Self-discipline is a self-acquired trait. It is not a quality that can be appropriated from the lives of others, nor can it be taught. It is an asset that must come from within by the excises of other power of choice.
Study men and women of greatness and you will find evidence that the power of self-discipline, organized and persistently applied is the dominating factor to their success. Further, you will discover this successful man and women commit themselves to a stricter system of self-discipline than any that is forced upon them by circumstance beyond their control. They focus on their goals with an intensity that sweeps aside trivial things so they can concentrate on the matters at hand and they remain steadfast until they succeed.
High achievers go the extra mile and if need be, another and still another, never stopping until they have reached their objective. They move on their own personal initiative because they direct their efforts by the strictest form of discipline.
Self-discipline is training that corrects, molds, strengthens and perfects. Your behavior and your attitudes are expression of your thoughts. Much of our thinking seems to be uncontrolled, random thing or is on a semiconscious level. From time to time we aware of our feelings, Feelings may indicate that we have been thinking strongly on certain subjects, Self-discipline teaches us to direct the energy generated by our thought into feeling and action that will be invaluable we move forward. Self-discipline will help direct your energy into the most useful, successful channels.
The term self-discipline refers only to the power of thought, because all discipline of self must take place in the mind. You are where you are and what you are because of your thoughts and your thoughts are subject to your control, you can mold your thoufht to fit any circumstance, positive or negative. You can keep your mind trained on that which you desire and receive just that or you can feed on thought of things you do not desire and your thoughts will bring you that also.
