I am writing about discipline today. It is so critical to establish discipline and there is usually so much resistance. One of the reasons I am so grateful for this work is that we are able to look at our resistance and move past it. Until we do that, the belief keeps us stuck in the past. Discipline helps us build excellence.
In the book Execution, author, Ram Charan states “Most often today the difference between a company and its competitor is its ability to execute.” He goes on to say that the key to execution is discipline.
I found these other great quotes:
“The first and best victory is to conquer self.” Plato
“We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle
“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” Lao Tzu
“Rule your mind or it will rule you.” Horace
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.” Henry Ward Beecher