• Get Back on the Wagon: We all
fail, and that can be discouraging.
Don’t allow a mistake or a lapse
in discipline to make you give up.
Acknowledge the failure, learn from it,
identify temptations to avoid, and get
back on the self-discipline wagon.
Develop Discipline in Your Strengths
While you’re creating or strengthening
a strong foundation of discipline in
your life, start building upon your
strengths. What do you do well?
What are your talents? What are you
passionate about? How can you
leverage these things for your life and
your leadership?
Pick one area of your life where win-
ning comes more easily, and identify
one discipline you could practice to
strengthen that area. Plan it, schedule
it, and do follow-through consistently.
36 Solutions
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In 2014 he was identified as the #1
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