Discipline

A lack of discipline is you, scattered, dispersed, disorganized, prey to all the things that contribute to nothing ever getting done: procrastination, laziness, indecision and an absence of drive.

Why don't I feel motivated? Where can I find that hunger? How do I accomplish what I dream of doing? Why is everything so difficult?

I want that, but it's unattainable. That’s impossible.

Discipline is you, focused, set free from all those things inside of you that hold you back.

Action begets motivation. With discipline, a life of leaving everything for tomorrow, a life of frustrating, sporadic effort, becomes structured, stable, directed, inspired.

Discipline means you turn down instant gratification (pass the cookie) in favor of something more significant that you get later.

It's how you decide to follow through, and how you get to an objective - often one that once seemed it couldn't be done.

Discipline teaches you to persevere, to endure, to not give up, to resist temptation.

It teaches you about self control.

Discipline is a mark - and a way to develop - character.

It's with discipline that you follow through on what you say you are going to do. This is how you prove to yourself that you can do something - as such, discipline is also the key to develop confidence and self esteem.

If you ever wonder how to be successful, how it is that people bridge who they are now to who they want to be, the answer is discipline.

-Dushka Zapata