On topic… One thing I know for sure: if you ever managed STOP SMOKING after several years, then you indeed have a lot of self-discipline. In the event that you were in doubt of yourself…

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Leo S.

I’m sitting on a potential gold mine but I’m too lazy to aggressively build it up into an authority site. My problem is that I’ve got too many interests (which aren’t the most lucrative subjects) and I feel I need to give them all equal attention. I also love the outdoors and that conflicts massively with spending long hours in front of a computer.

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Wayne

Remember: ”The only Unfulfilled Goals in Your Life are the Ones you Never Attempt”

My expectations for the short term are simple things like have the business pay for itself which it is.

I set goals for each day and work them. I evaluate my progress and overall goals at least once/month.

I guess my point was the “in-between” periods when you’re moving on to the next highest goal. Patience is a virtue and keeping the right mindset critical.

BTW, I am reading your SAH and it has helped fill in some gaps and open my eyes to things I hadn’t considered. I especially appreciate you updating it this year.

Jeff

This post made me think of college days. I could attend one particular class in person or just take a correspondance course. I chose correspondance because I thought I had the discipline, but found out very quickly that I didn’t. I finished it however that was after a few warnings to “kindly submit something or else.” Suddenly I had one week to produce 10 lessons. I have always warned of the dangers in regards to that example eversince. It’s easy to lose your way when you are your own master in a sense.

It all depends what each individual is hoping their self-discipline gets them of course. I do believe in “do something big or small” everyday, whether it’s about working on a website or trying to get your basement cleaned out. Just do “something” and results will begin to show.

You can know what you want, but if you don’t “expect” it, that helps too, at least for me.

Love you too!

You’ll love Brian Tracy, he’s been one of my most inspirational mentors for as long as I can remember.

Cheers,
Ros

Sounds like the reason your faith is waning is more related to expectations than lack of self-discipline when you say “not get rewarded soon enough”. Perhaps you could adjust your expectations?

Cheers,
Ros

I agree completely and think faith (belief in self) comes before self-discipline can truly be mustered.

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers,
Ros

I totally agree with Brian and Wayne.

One of the things I have been struggling with lately is having a lot of work that required self-discipline not get rewarded soon enough. This can cause your faith to wane.

Getting ourselves into a mindset where we believe we can accomplish anything does depend a great deal on past successes like Brian says.

That has been my greatest challenge lately. When you feel like nothing you’re doing is working, it can cause that spiral to go in the wrong direction.

I’m working on it though.

Jeff