SUCCESS SECRET 15
Practice Self-Discipline in All Things
Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do,when you should do it,whether you feel like it or not.—ELBERT HUBBARD
SELF-DISCIPLINE IS the most important single quality for success in life and in becoming a self-made millionaire. If you can discipline yourself to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not, your success is virtually guaranteed.
The key to becoming a self-made millionaire is having a long-time perspective combined with an ability to delay gratification in the short term. It is your ability to set a long-term goal of becoming financially independent and then to discipline yourself, every single day and with every single expenditure, to do only those things that will guarantee that you ultimately achieve your long-term goal.
Self-discipline requires self-mastery, self-control,self-responsibility, and self-direction. The difference between successful people and failures is that successful people make a habit of doing the things that failures do not like to do. And what are those things?The things that failures don’t like to do are the same things that successful people don’t like to do either.But successful people do them anyway because they realize that this is the price they must pay for the success they desire.
Successful people are more concerned with pleasing results. Failures are more concerned with pleasing methods. Successful people take actions that are goal achieving. Unsuccessful people take actions that are tension relieving.Successful people do the things that are hard and necessary and important. Unsuccessful people, on the other hand, prefer to do the things that are fun and easy and that give them immediate enjoyment.
The good news is that every act of self-discipline strengthens your other disciplines as well. Every time you practice self-discipline, your self-esteem goes up.You like and respect yourself even more. And the more you practice discipline in small things, the more capable you become of the great disciplines required for the great opportunities, experiences, and challenges of life.
Remember that everything in life is a test. Every day, every hour, and sometimes every minute, you are taking a test—of self-mastery, self-control,and self-discipline. The test is to see whether you can make yourself do the things that are most important and stay with them until they are complete. The test is whether you can keep your mind on what you want and where you are going rather than thinking and talking about things you don’t want or problems you have had in the past. When you pass the test, you move onward and upward to the next “grade.” And as long as you keep passing the tests, you keep moving onward and upward in your life. Success requires tons of discipline. As Jim Rohn says, “Discipline weighs ounces; failure weighs tons.”
ACTION EXERCISE
Change one thing at a time. Identify one area of your life where lack of discipline is interfering with your success.Decide today to develop discipline in that area. Launch strongly. Tell others about your decision. Never allow exceptions until the new habit is firmly entrenched. This decision alone could change your life.
成功秘诀15
在所有的事情上自律
自律是一种能力，能使自己在该做的时候，做该做的事，无论你是否愿意。——阿尔伯特·哈伯德
自律是在生活中取得成功和成为一个白手起家的百万富翁的最重要的一个品质。如果你能约束自己，在该做的时候做该做的事，不管你是否愿意，你的成功几乎是有保证的。
成为白手起家的百万富翁的关键是要有长远的眼光，并有能力在短期内延迟满足。这是你的能力，即设定一个财务独立的长期目标，然后约束自己的每一天和每一笔支出，只做那些能保证你最终实现长期目标的事情。
自律需要自我管理、自我控制、自我负责和自我指导。成功者和失败者之间的区别在于，成功者养成了做失败者不喜欢做的事情的习惯。失败者不喜欢做的事情和成功者也不喜欢做的事情是一样的。但成功者依旧会做，因为他们意识到这是他们为自己渴望的成功必须付出的代价。
成功者更关注令人愉快的结果。失败者则更关注令人愉快的方法。成功者采取的行动是为了实现目标。成功者采取的行动是为了缓解压力。成功者做的是艰难的、必要的和重要的事情。另一方面，不成功的人更喜欢做那些有趣和容易的、能给他们带来即时享受的事情。
好消息是，每一个自律的行为也会加强你在其他事情上的自律。每当你练习自律时，你的自尊心就会上升。你会更加喜欢和尊重自己。你在小事上练习的纪律越多，你就越能胜任生活中的重大机会、经历和挑战所需的究极自律。
记住，生活中的每件事都是一种考验。每一天，每一个小时，有时甚至每一分钟，你都在接受自我管理、自我控制和自我约束的考验。考验你是否能让自己做最重要的事情，并坚持到它们完成。考验你是否能把心思放在你想要的东西和你要达到的位置上，而不是思考和谈论你不想要的东西或你过去遇到的问题。当你通过考验，你就会有所长进，进入下一个 "等级"。只要你不断地通过考验，你的生活就会不断地向上发展。成功需要巨量的纪律。正如吉姆-罗恩所说，"纪律轻如盎司（28克），失败重如吨"。
行动练习
一次改变一件事。找出你生活中缺乏纪律而干扰你成功的一个领域。今天就决定在这个领域培养纪律性。强力启动。把你的决定告诉其他人。在新习惯扎根之前，绝不允许有例外。仅仅这个决定就可以改变你的生活。
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耗时：40分钟
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