How to Use the Power of Self-Discipline | Brian Tracy

hello I'm Brian Tracy and today I want to talk to you about one of the single best qualities that you can develop for success actually it's the best quality and the most important quality and without it nothing is possible the great secret of success is that there are no secrets of success there are only timeless principles that have been proven effective throughout the centuries there's one special quality that you can develop that will guarantee your greater success accomplishment and happiness in life of a thousand principles for success developed over the ages this one quality or practice will do more to assure that you accomplish wonderful things with your

00:45life than anything else the quality is00:49so important that if you don't develop00:51it to a high degree it's impossible for00:54you to ever achieve but you are truly00:56capable of achieving the quality that00:59I'm talking about is the quality of01:01self-discipline it is a habit of01:04practice a philosophy and a way of01:08living all successful men and women are01:11highly disciplined in the important work01:14that they do all unsuccessful men and01:17women are undisciplined and unable to01:20control their behaviors and their01:22appetites and when you develop the same01:25levels of high personal discipline01:27possessed by the most goal-oriented01:30successful people in our society you01:32will very soon began to achieve the same01:35results that they do it's no miracle all01:39great success in life is preceded by01:41long sustained periods of focused effort01:45on a single goal the most important goal01:48with the determination to stay with it01:51until it is complete throughout history01:54we find that every man or woman who01:56achieves anything lasting and worthwhile01:59had engaged in long often unappreciated02:02hours weeks months and even years of02:06concentrated discipline work in a02:09particular direction02:11fortunately the quality of02:13self-discipline is something that you02:14can't learn by continuous practice over02:18and over until you master it once you've02:21mastered the ability to delay02:23gratification the ability to discipline02:26yourself to keep your attention focused02:28on the most important tasks in front of02:31you there is virtually no goal that you02:33cannot accomplish and no tasks that you02:36cannot complete02:37I have studied successful men and women02:39for more than 40 years and in the02:41simplest of terms successful men and02:43women are those who work almost all the02:46time on high-value tasks unsuccessful02:50men and women are those who waste their02:52time by wasting the minutes and hours of02:55each day on low value activities you see02:59there is a crowding out principle in03:02time and personal management it simply03:05says that if you spent all of your time03:07on highly productive tasks by the end of03:10the day you will have crowded out all03:13the unproductive activities that might03:16have distracted you from your real work03:19and from what's really important on the03:22other hand if you spend your time on low03:24value activities the reverse happens03:26those low value activities will crowd03:29out the time that you need to complete03:32the task that can make all the03:34difference in your life03:35and the key to this attitude toward time03:38and personal management is always03:41self-discipline03:42there are several disciplines that you03:44need to develop if you want to achieve03:46your full potential the first of these03:49is the discipline of goals this means03:52that you sit down with a pad of paper a03:55pen and ample time to think you think04:00through and then make a written list of04:02all the things that you want to04:03accomplish in the next 1 2 3 4 and 504:07years you organize the list into the04:10various areas of your life your career04:13your money your family your health and04:16the other parts that are important to04:18you interesting me enough if you can be04:22clear about your goals and right04:24them down there's nothing that can stop04:26you from achieving them but if you're04:29not clear that means that you haven't04:31written them down there's nothing that04:33can help you you set priorities among04:36your goals and rewrite your lists so04:39that your most important goals are at04:41the top you then take a separate sheet04:44of paper and you make a list of all the04:46things that you can think of doing right04:48now to move you toward the attainment of04:51your most important goals fully 97% of04:56adult Americans are trying to live their04:59lives without clear specific written05:02goals this is the same as setting off05:05across an unknown country without a road05:07map you may get somewhere eventually but05:11it will take you much longer and it's05:13far more likely that you will get lost05:15and waste an enormous amount of time05:17than if you planned your trip carefully05:20with a road map and full information05:22about the future terrain before you05:25started out the second discipline you05:27need to develop for success is the05:30discipline of planning many people think05:33that they are too busy to plan or they05:36don't give themselves enough time to05:38plan you will save ten minutes in05:41execution getting the job done for every05:44minute that you invest in planning you05:47will get a 1,000 percent return on your05:49time investment by taking the time to05:52think through in advance what you are05:54going to do in the hours and days ahead05:57now I'd love to hear from you so my06:00question today is this it's self06:03discipline important to you leave a06:07comment below and I'll be sure to 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