George’s Wealth Pilgrimage - The Practice of Self Discipline
Sometimes life can seem a bit overwhelming and it can be easy to lose focus on what we are really setting out to achieve.
Self discipline is the practice of focusing on the bigger picture and not simply what is most convenient for the moment.It is our day to day habits and what we do consistently that makes all the difference.
If you come home tonight and you’re feeling a bit tired and really can’t be bothered cooking and order a pizza, that’s not going to make much difference to your life one way or the other. But if you come home every night for 5 years and order a pizza, it’s going to make a HUGE DIFFERENCE to where you end up. Chances are you will end up overweight, unhappy and feeling tired and sluggish all the time. Self discipline is the practice of not letting your thoughts and emotions control you.
It’s keeping your mind on the bigger picture and delaying gratification while you deal with the day to day issues of life. As mentioned in an earlier email, if you want to find a whole group of people with no problems at all, visit your local cemetery!Is each choice you make bringing you closer to your goal or further away? The little choices you make on a daily basis make a big difference to the results you end up with. You can choose to exercise on a daily basis or not. You can choose to eat well on a daily basis or not. You can choose some short term pain for long term gain.
Let’s use an example. Imagine that you’re overweight and feeling tired and you’re simply struggling to make it through the day. You could simply do nothing about it at all and in 5 years time it’s almost a certainty you’ll feel even worse and it will be even harder to get out of that rut. Or, you could choose to take action and begin exercising on a daily basis. At first, it’s going to be hard. You may feel like giving up. There will be days you will feel even more tired than usual because your body is not used to exercising. But over time you will begin to feel better. You’ll sleep better and have more energy. You’ll feel lighter in spirit and more focused.
And in 5 years time you’ll feel fantastic after exercising every single day for 5 years. The short term pain of beginning an exercise regime was well worth the end result. When it comes to self discipline, you can either choose the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. Imagine if you also had a friend who was overweight too. And you both began your exercise regime at the same time. After a couple of months, your friend gives up, it’s all “Too much”.
But you keep on going. In 5 years time, do you think your friend will regret the fact that he or she didn’t stick with the exercise? You bet they will…And it’s the same with your financial and lifestyle goals. You might need to stop impulse spending, pay off your bad debts and begin saving in order to achieve lasting wealth. Will it be hard at first? You bet it will, especially if your finances have been out of control for a while. But will it be worth it in the long run? Of course.
There’s nothing more satisfying than achieving a goal that you’ve had to work extra hard for. You know you deserve it and you also have the confidence and belief in yourself that you can achieve anything you set your mind to. So if self discipline is a “dirty word” for you, maybe you ought to rethink what it really means. Exercise some ’self discipline’ right now, check out today’s free lesson by heading straight to http://www.georgemihos.com/wealthpilgrimage/free-gifts/free-gifts_10_l1cv.html … Yours with Ethics and Passion
George Mihos,
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