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December 3 - December 23, 2023
The more detail you add to your goal, the easier it is going to be for you to achieve it. You need something that is going to light a fire up in you.
Humans are driven by emotion—we need to feel something before we act.
Your ‘why’ is the vehicle that will push you in the direction of success.
When you are setting your goals, think about the things you will need to give up so that you don’t get disheartened along the way.
Discipline demands that you do what needs to be done even when you don’t feel like it. When you train yourself in this way, success is inevitable.
the trick is not to focus on the end goal, or you will end up feeling disappointed and might give up altogether. Focus on reaching small milestones and celebrating every time you achieve one.
The more you win, the more you will start to see yourself as a winner.
Once you know what goal you want to achieve, and you’ve developed a plan to get there, the next step is to enjoy the process.
excellence is not birthed overnight. You are not going to write out your goals and achieve them tomorrow, it’s going to take some serious hard work on your part.
If you are going to make the transition from setting goals to achieving them, it’s essential that you learn to enjoy the process no matter how difficult it is. Why? Because if you attempt to rely on determination and motivation to get you through, you will give up before you’ve even started building momentum.
Never give fear the power to hold you back, and at the same time, don’t go into battle with it. Accept fear as a natural human emotion and then work at moving toward your goal one step at a time.
Everyone goes through life experiencing fear, but the difference between those who overcome it and those who don’t is the ability to use your fears to your advantage instead of allowing them to paralyze you.
When we lose people we care about, it often opens the door to a period of deep self-reflection.
Top performers fail all the time, but they understand that all they need is a couple of major successes to set them up for life—the
When you train yourself to focus on what’s happening in the present as opposed to the things that could have been and might have been in the past, you will ultimately become a lot more productive.
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind, but you can change yourself.”
Self-discipline is a lifestyle.
As you continue repeating good habits, they will become like second nature and you will start operating optimally on autopilot.
Self-discipline is the key to success.
