You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile ~ Brian Tracy
According to Brian Tracy, there are nine disciplines you can develop that will improve every area of your life. We have learned that every exercise of self-discipline strengthens every other discipline at the same time, just as every weakness in self-discipline weakens you in other disciplines as well.
Today, my articles on self-discipline continue as we focus on the Discipline Of Hard Work, with a helping hand from Brian Tracy.
I have always had tremendous admiration for those that believe in working hard and NOT hardly working.
unfortunately, it’s a rare trait. I’ve seen and worked with far more individuals that do not give it everything they have than the other way around.
We live in a world where a growing number of people need and expect instant gratification and they will take any shortcut they can to get the job done, even if it means negative long term consequences. This philosophy applies to all facets of life…and these tactics, even if they yield positive results initially will ususally lead to damaging long term results.
Even now, in Network marketing, we see all the opportunities promising overnight wealth and instant deposits into your bank account.
True monetary rewards are a result of hard work and perseverance every day over time and does not happen overnight. It requires a consistent and persistent effort and is a process.
The fact is, nothing replaces hard work, and there are no shortcuts in life.
In my career as a Manager, I have hired a number of employees and the most important trait I look for in those I hire in any capacity is their work ethic. I’ll take a hard worker who might need some training, over an “expert” who lacks a work ethic any day.
They will pay far more dividends in the long term every time.
Goal: Develop a reputation for being a hard, hard worker. “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” (Thomas Jefferson)
Now, let’s hear from Brian Tracy and how he describes this Discipline…
- The average work week in America is 32 hours.
- The average person wastes 50% of the workday in idle chit-chatting with co-workers, extended coffee breaks and luncheons, personal business, reading the newspaper and surfing the internet.
- Rule: Work all the time you work!
- Start one hour earlier, and immediately get to work.
- Work harder, through your lunch hour, all day long; don’t waste time.
- Work one hour later; be the last to leave. Use this time to wrap up all your work and plan your next day. Three extra hours of work will translate into 6-8 hours of productivity.
- Ask; what is the most valuable use of my time right now? Whatever your answer, work on that every hour of every day.
- If you get distracted, or interrupted, repeat over and over, “Back to work! Back to work! Back to work!”
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Great article Marc! i agree that Self-discipline and hard work is the best way to reach our goal. Thanks for sharing this and i’m looking forward to read more from you!
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Thank you for sharing this inspiring post Marc, so true! Successful people are right where they are because of hard work and self discipline. It is hard but definitely worth it!
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If you want to succeed in a business, you have to possess self-discipline and hard work. These two things must go together when you run a business. You have to pursue everything and give all your effort to it.Thanks Marc!
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Having discipline means having the ability to take action and follow things through regardless of how you are feeling both mentally and physically. Discipline builds inner strength and improves your general well-being and approach to life..
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Hard work is the key to success. If there is no hard work in doing something you want to achieve is nothing. You made such great points here and I learn a lot from you here.
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No doubt you have to work hard at success. Working smart is the other half of working hard. You have to have the right mix of both. You have to make sure you’re not just spinning your wheels at working hard.
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Brian Tracy was my first investment in personal development – and it paid big dividends!
Working smart and consistently require self-discipline that most struggle with. Thanks for the great insights.
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Hi Marc,
I also believe in hardwork and I think that hardwork pays you most of the time and I also believe in luck because I think sometimes you work hard for something and you dont achieve the target or vice versa.What do you say about this?
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Everyone needs a discipline to our self..Because if you dont have this nobody will like you..
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So true. Sometimes, it’s really hard to attain that self discipline and discipline of hard work. Thanks for sharing this.. Great job!
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Marc,
Thanks for this inspiring post. Self-discipline is very important for a person to succeed in life. Together with hard work and determination will make you reach the top.
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Hi Marc,
Most people are in jobs and careers that they are not passionate about and that is why they waste so much time at work. I work from home, I am my own boss and I work just as hard and long here as I did at any job that I had done before.
I love what I do and my time is precious and valuable to me so I use it wisely.
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Great post Marc! I guess working hard is part of my being. I love to work because I love what I do. Maybe that is the difference. I can be the work ethic I grew up with in a blue collar family. Who knows? But I can honestly say that I do work hard and love it. The proof is not the amounts of money, but in the social proof.
I get people from places I don’t know that “heard” of me and want an appointment for coaching.
I think that’s the proof of my pudding!
Self Discipline is the key to working. Sometimes I am up until the wee hours of the morning because I have to complete a task that was on my calendar. I do spread in many directions, but discipline myself to keep on going.
This is also the key of keeping my energy high and my life enthused.
Thanks for the post,
Donna
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Such an inspiring article! I have always wondered how can people believe the most common lies that success could be reached without hard work..the most of the ads promise you success and money for almost nothing to do. But we have to think about it. Think about the people who are successful, recognized, winner, they all have reached their goals with very hard work. There aren’t wonders. The human is the greatest wonder.
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Hi Marc.
Thanks for sharing this.
And I do agree with quotes you took there. To be acknowledged by the others, we need to work really hard. And by working hard, we also need to be more discipline, even with ourselves.
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Hard work is very important and it can be the key to be productive and successful in life…Thanks for this one…Great job!
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So true. Hard work and self-discipline are very important. It’s the only way to have success in anything.
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