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When it comes to personal and professional development, self-discipline is one of the most under-rated skills yet the most rewarding once mastered.

If you think about it, everything you have attained or achieved in life todate is through the self-discipline of regular, applied effort.   Think about your college days – you must have been faced with such temptations to go out with friends, eat drink and make merry.  And you probably did much of that too.  However, as exam times approached, you knuckled under, overcame your desire for short-term gratification and instead focused on your long term goal i.e. to attain that degree or qualification.   It wasn’t fun but now when you look back you can enjoy a great sense of pride and satisfaction at your achievement.  And that achievement takes you places, opens doors and accesses opportunities for you.

Any career or personal goals and aims you aspire to are only possible if they are first based on a solid foundation of self-discipline.  You may crave freedom to do what you want – yet if you look around, who has the most freedom?  It is the people who controlled their desire for instant gratification and focussed on their long term goals and got on with the tasks that would move them towards the achievement of their aspirations and eventually the freedom that resulted.

We are taught self-discipline from the day we are born and in the process we learn valuable life skills that then support us throughout our lives.

How can you learn to be more self-disciplined?  The more you practice the easier it becomes.  So start by being self-disciplined about some small tasks you have been putting off e.g. sorting and filing all your papers and bills at home.  As a start, commit yourself to doing one hour of paper sorting on your return from work before you relax for the evening.  Within a few days your pile of papers will be no more and the sense of achievement you will feel will know no bounds.  Enjoy the moment and celebrate your powers of self-discipline and then start on the next task and so on and so on.  Exercise your powers of self-discipline daily and watch your life turn around!

Wishing you great success always!

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