mentally and spiritually ? Will we refine these gifts or let them stagnate ?
In my 2023 year-end message to our staff , after a few avoidable missteps in serving our members , I reminded them that discipline is in the details . Greatness lies in sweating the small stuff – even when no one notices .
An old proverb warns : The kingdom was lost for want of a nail . Small oversights can lead to great failures . So , what details can we improve ? As individuals , professionals and businesses , the little things – getting better daily – add to the big things .
Discipline shapes our destiny . We have a choice . Between selfcontrol and ill-discipline , virtue and vice . We face this choice daily , sometimes many times a day , thousands of times in our lives . We stand at that crossroad like Hercules . Are we making good decisions ? Physically , mentally , spiritually ?
I wish our professional members much wisdom in making these decisions !
* Some of the ideas in this article were inspired by Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday . Interested readers may find this book – and his other works – highly insightful .
Izak Smit
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