“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” — Robert Collier
Did you hear that?
Day in and day out.
Committed. Relentless. Focused. Confident.
Midlife Sum
Category: Self Control (Impossible?)
Focus, discipline, mastery
Yield Or Triumph At Midlife?
“To yield and give way to our passions is the lowest slavery, even as to rule over them is the only liberty.” — Justin Martyr
Self Control
“Like a city whose walls are broken down, is a man who lacks self-control.” — Proverbs
None At Midlife
There is no peace without forgiveness. No happiness without peace.
Watching the Winter Olympics this past weekend with our son (9), there was a special segment about 9/11, and the role that Gander (Canada) played in clearing American airspace.
It hit me very hard that our son had no clue what 9/11 was.
Shame on me.
Of course a mini history lesson began. You know what his first reaction was to the loss of 3,000 innocent lives and mass destruction?
Revenge. Typical human, emotional behavior. You and I have to exercise self-control, even in the worst of conditions.
Otherwise, there is none at midlife.
Michael Jordan’s Advice Hard Work
“Step by step. I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything.” — Michael Jordan
This month’s “theme” is Self-Control.
Self-control is simply two things: Focus and Discipline.
We must never get bored, focusing on the basic, common sense things.
We must never tire of the discipline it takes to stay focused.
Focus and Discipline are the two hardest things in the world for humans to do.