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Pat Mesiti – Soaring Higher Pat Mesiti International Motivational Speaker gives you principles to soar higher!
Discipline launches you, it doesn't restrict you Bob Knight, the legendary and often crazy US college basketball coach, states that the most important single ingredient in athletics is discipline, but he adds, ‘I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all our language.’ To me, discipline means doing what has to be done, when it has to be done, as well as it can be done, and doing it that way all the time. Discipline is a no nonsense attitude with tunnel vision. It is focused. When allied troops captured a young American fighting alongside the Taliban, a major American newspaper wrote, 'They didn't put their foot down when he announced he was going to drop out of school. They didn't interfere when he decided he was going to become a Muslim. They were actually proud of him for pursuing an alternative course. His mother said it was good for a child to find a passion. They didn't object when he asked them to pay his way to Yemen nor when his new circle of friends included gunmen. As long as he could remember his oh so progressive parents had answered ‘yes’ to his every whim, every fancy and every passion. The only thing they insisted on was that nothing be insisted on.’ Newsweek called it truly perplexing that the young man was attracted to a narrow intolerant sect. In actual fact, there is nothing perplexing or confusing about it. That young man craved standards and discipline. His Mum and Dad had been unable to give him any, but the Taliban did. His road to ruin did not begin in Afghanistan; it began when his parents never said no. The road to ruin begins when we don't learn to say no - no to wrong passions, no to wrong thinking, no to bad spending. All of these things have consequences. Someone once said that sooner or later in life we all sit down to a banquet of consequences. Make sure the consequences you face are positive, and the key to that is to discipline yourself. I have learned to be up at 5 o’clock every morning regardless of how late I get to sleep the night before. I am disciplined with what I eat, because I want my body to last a long time. I have become more disciplined with money and more disciplined in relationships. Because of past immoral failure I am now more disciplined with my eyes and my ego. I am more controlled in what I say and, more importantly, what I don't say. Discipline, my friends, will never hinder you, it will always launch you. Challenge List those areas in your life that require more discipline. It may be your diet, your fitness, money management, relationships, sleep patterns, reading, writing, face-to-face communication... Be honest, because increased discipline in those weak areas will most certainly lead you to more successes than you have experienced before.
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Other Motivational Books by Pat Mesiti Attitudes and Altitudes Wake Up and Dream To obtain more information on Pat Mesiti’s Motivational Books, CD’s and products, or to book Pat as a Motivational Speaker for an upcoming event please visit www.mesiti.com To obtain information on Pat Mesiti’s Millionaire Mindset Club, please visit www.mmclub.com.au |