THE PERSONAL DISCIPLINE PATTERN

“Discipline”—I hear people talk about it a lot. Everyone wishes that they had some more. Everyone also despises it, well okay, not everyone, but probably most people. And what is discipline? The definition I use frames it as one of the most positive and powerful resources a human being could have: Discipline refers to doing what you do regularly, consistently, and orderly so that you are able to follow-through and do what you say and make it happen.

So, do you want to be able to do your best work, performances, and achievements regularly and consistently? Do you want to do that in an orderly way to increase your confidence that you can repeat it anytime and every time that you so chose? Do you want to have the personal self-efficiency to trust that you can and will follow-through on what you say you’re going to do? If so, then we are talking about discipline.