Discipline Delivers!

Ok...how many of you tried the balloon trick yesterday?

  

They tossed me out of the Magicians Guild for telling the secret!

 

How many of you decided to be more focused...more disciplined?

 

Let's review our new definition of Discipline once again;

  

Doing what it takes, to get what you want...

as long as it takes, until you get what you want!

  

With this perspective, discipline is no longer a taskmaster that cracks the whip as you kick and scream against your will.  Now, it is a freedom agent that takes you from where you are today and delivers you to where you want to be. 

  

The last several weeks my Full Fashion Finish Strong segments were focused on Objectives, Strategies and Tactics. click here to see them. Not to bog you down in process, but there is another triumvirate (think tricycle!) that we have to engage to leverage the power or focus and discipline;

 

Thinking/Planning/Acting

 

Thinking - Gives you the vision of where you want to go. Thinking is the process of preparing your self-image with the tools it needs to understand your intentions, and building the mental confidence that it will happen.  You get to "play out the movie", see yourself in the throws of activity and seeing that activity reap the reward of accomplishment.

 

Planning - Planning is the process where you begin to take the images presented to your mind and turn them into tangible strategies and tactics.  The level of detailed planning you do will stimulate the seed of "belief" and manufacture courage.  There is nothing like having a plan to get you prepared for the next step... 

 

Acting - Starts, continues, and finishes the journey.  This is where you prove to yourself that you are serious about your objectives, goals and dreams.  I like to say that action is the "Acid Test" of faith.  Gold was certified using this acid testing method...your actions prove that the nature of your thinking and planning are pure gold!

 

There is tremendous synergy between these three activities.

  

Thinking delivers you to a plan, the plan gives you confidence to act, which stimulates more thinking, which stimulates planning...until you get what you want!

 

In order to keep them in balance, I have a recommended ratio:

 

10% Thinking, 15% Planning, and 75% Acting

 

We all know people who do nothing but daydream about the future. Ask them where their plans are and they are "working on them".

 

We all know people who act without planning. They are notorious for saying, "maybe next time I will get lucky and get it right".

 

The ratio of 10% Thinking, 15% Planning, and 75% Acting is critical to insure that once you gain momentum, you maintain it. Ultimately, the ability to remained focused on your goals will determine the magnitude of success you achieve.

   

Now we can see discipline as a tool to get toys...the things we want in life. 

  

It will deliver you to great health and a well-conditioned physique.  It will deliver you to that Master's Degree or getting that professional designation.  It will deliver you to $50 million in annualized premium.

 

Make no mistake...Discipline Delivers!
  

Until tomorrow, I wish you Money, Power, Success!