This short book goes through a few easily digested, but harder to live with routines – as many self help books do; By changing a few things in life one could change everything; In total 9 different diciplines.
Self-diciplin could usually be summarized by the words: ”Just do it” and to know what to do.
Many easy one line answers usually contain more than just one line. The easy answers can be unpacked.
To see ones own behaviour from a pair of external ”helicopter-view” eyes, could be a routine in it self. A concept that helps see the problem from outside, the reason why we often find errors with others but not with outselves.
The diciplines described in the book, however independent of eachother forms, a framework for self-disipline.
Brian Tracy is a renowned self-help coach in Selling and Success,The first of which being the reason for my discovery of him.
He has written many books with eye-catching titles and I am not sure if I have a need to go through them all. Another of his books ”Eat that frog” – A book on self-discipline, is on my read list.
Early in the Miracle of Self-siscipline,Tracy states that the successful people look further into the future with the result of more positve outcome. He states that effecively understanding the result of effort is what make people succede.
This concept is quite well known from the time-frame perspective. A cookie can be nice to eat, but how will you feel later? Tracy says close to affirmations that going through the more tough now an immediate happiness and self-worth comes. Who are you helping? Your future self or your immediate now?
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