5th April 2010
"Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion."
Jim Roh
Delusion is a false belief or a hallucination. You think it is there but it is not there. Whenever we say that we will do something, knowingly or unknowingly we tell ourselves that we will do it. We also tell others that we will be accomplishing our aim or goal. I have already written about the power of positive affirmation and how it will give us the mental energy and stamina to sustain the planned action plan.
But the most important thing about success is the amount of discipline we bring into our actions. In order to reach our goal, it is not merely dreaming, planning and deciding what to do and what not to do. What is even more important is sticking to the plan of action. Success is a result of systematic application of efforts. The quality of execution is as important as the quality of planning.
When we get up in morning we are given a solid 24 hours. It is entirely upto us to decide what to do with it. Like we budget and account for any other resource like money, we should do it for time also. Because time is an invisible resource, we need to notice where it is going and how we are spending the same.
Log all your activities for one full week and know how you are spending your time and why you are spending that way. Notice how much you work and how much you sleep and check if there is a balance. Check if you are doing justice to your time with reference to your goal. Whatever you your doing, stop for a moment and ask `should I be doing it? Is there anything else I can do instead'?
Don't hallucinate and live with a false hope that you are moving towards your goal if you are not disciplined.
Affirmation without discipline is not only a delusion, it is also a disaster!
N C Sridharan
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