Living at your maximum...daily disciplines

There are 7 disciplines you must develop if you want to achieve all that is possible for you. You can learn these disciplines through practice and repetition until they become automatic. 

Goal Setting
Every morning, take 3 to 5 minutes to write out your top goals in the present tense. Get a spiral notebook for this purpose. By writing out your 10 goals at the beginning of each day, you will program them deep into your subconscious mind. 

This daily goal writing will activate your mental powers. It will stimulate your mind and make you more alert. Throughout the day, you will see opportunities and possibilities to move more rapidly toward your goals. 

Planning and Organizing
Take a few minutes, preferably the night before, to plan out every activity of the coming day. Always work from a list. Always think on paper. This is one of the most powerful and important disciplines of all for high performance. 

Priority Setting
The essence of all time management, personal management, and life management is contained in your ability to set proper priorities and use of your time. This is essential for high performance.

Concentration on your Highest-Value Activities
Your ability to work single-mindedly on your most important task will contribute as much to your success as any other discipline you can develop. 

Exercise and Proper Nutrition
Your health is more important than anything else. By disciplining yourself to exercise regularly and to eat carefully, you will promote the highest possible levels of health and fitness throughout your life. 

Learning and Growth
Your mind is like a muscle. If you don’t use it, you lose it. Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field. 

Time for Important People in your Life
Relationships are everything. Be sure that in climbing the ladder of success, you do not find it leaning against the wrong building. Make time for your relationships every day, no matter how busy you get. 

Action Exercise
These 7 disciplines will ensure that you perform at the highest level and get the greatest satisfaction and results from everything you do. Study these 7 disciplines and then make a plan for how you can incorporate each of them into your daily life. 


Author: Brian Tracy

The Secret To Having More...

Hello there. Its another week, the 24th week of the year 2010. And as I indicated in my last post, it's my intention to post a fresh article every week to keep this blog alive and you all my (few) readers, motivated.

I stumbled accross a very short but very profound statement this morning while reading a variety of internet articles. I found it on the pages of a free online ebook which I downloaded. The author of this book quoted the statement and claimed it was his own personal summary of all the secrets of success ever written.

The statement is: "To have more...Be more..."

I sort of agree with him because by the time you think about it, analyze it and digest it, you may realize that your level of success today depends on what is deposited inside of you: your skills, abilities and capacities. Before anyone starts responding with, "hey it is God who blesses", or "it is not of him that willeth but of God that showeth mercy", let me explain:

Why does a roadside mechanic earn more than a security guard? Why does a banker earn more than a roadside mechanic? Why does a CEO earn more than a secretary or typist? One has a more valuable set of skills and abilities than the other, that's why!



Yes I know some people have so many skills and talents and yet wallow in mediocrity and poverty. But that is because they still lack one or two vital ingredients to trigger off the success in life they need. That one ingredient may be discipline, the ability to concentrate on a certain task, the ability to rest at night, or even, a vibrant relationship with God. It may be a fear of God or love for fellow human beings that may be lacking. Whatever it is, the principle is that to have more, you have to BE more!



You want to HAVE more success? Become the person who deserves that success. Learn something new in your field or even something entirely unrelated to your field. Practise a new daily discipline, read more books, exercise more, be more friendly, be more compassionate. You want to HAVE more happiness? Give more, sing and dance more, laugh more, watch more comedies.

You want a more fruitful spiritual life? Be more spiritual, pray more, read your Bible more, praise and worship more.

You want to have more money? Save more. Learn more about money. Develop and acquire more financial skills and intelligence.

You want to have more friends? Be more friendly. You want a different set of friends? Be different!

Well, I leave the rest to our minds for deeper meditation. As always, feel free to contribute, comment or just simply say, "wow! great post! lovely blog!"

Till next week, I am saying "You can be more, you can have more, just believe!!"

Cheers