At the beginning of each year, many people start out with great intentions of making positive changes in their lives. They are motivated and inspired. All that is fantastic, but motivation alone is not enough. In order to have long term success, you must be able to discipline yourself.
Self-discipline is the ability to push yourself forward, stay motivated, and take action, regardless of how you are feeling. There will be days when you just don’t feel like making it happen. Being disciplined has nothing to do with your feelings. It is self-discipline that makes you take action each day.
Disciplining yourself is different from self motivation or willpower. Motivation and persistence are all part of it. However, self-discipline is what gets you to a high success level.
I’ve heard many people say “I’d like to be successful but I just don’t feel inspired or motivated.”
The first step is to put together a big WHY.
There has to be a specific reason why you want success. Begin by choosing a goal that you want to focus on to develop your self-discipline.
As we talked about last Wednesday on keeping thr prospecting muscle strong, self-discipline is much like a muscle. The more you work on using it, the stronger it becomes.
Start out with small goals and, as time goes on, increase the level of challenge. The more you work at it, the better you’ll become.
Like we discussed on last Thursday post about overcoming obstacles we need to understand that obstacles and challenges are part of the process. You have to expect that. You need to identify the obstacles that you’ll likely face when working towards your goal. Put together a strategy for overcoming each one. This will allow you to be prepared when those obstacles do show up.
Disciplining yourself also requires breaking some bad habits. Learn to replace bad habits with something more productive. As you are working on disciplining yourself, monitor your progress. It’s a great idea to even keep a journal to write out your self-discipline goals, and to track your progress. This will allow you to look back and see the progress that you have made.
If you ask anyone who has achieved high levels of success, they will stress the importance of disciplining yourself. It’s the self-discipline that helps you to stay focused and to maintain a strong consistent work ethic.
The truth is that the key to success is disciplining yourself. Self-discipline allows consistent effort, goalsetting, and the ability to overcome obstacles and challenges. It helps to keep focused and teaches you to build the success habits necessary for long-term achievement.
Get motivated and get inspired, but understand that it’s going to take disciplining yourself to get to the success levels that you really want to reach.
The question is “How bad do you want it?”
This is your time! This is the beginning of something big! Now go out and make it happen!
Happy Selling,
David
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