The D and B word!!!

What do you make or think of this picture?



 To be good is great. To have passion is wonderful. To want more is outstanding. All of those qualities aren't enough... we must have something else to make them come together and stick for the long term.

We need Discipline... lots and lots of discipline ... We need Boldness ... Lots of boldness!!!

Want to lose weight, become healthier, and live a new life? What's going to stop us from eating those chocolate chip cookies, fried chicken or drinking Starbucks coffee? What's going to make us get out of bed and run those miles when we'd rather keep sleeping? How do we say no to those offering us a soda... especially our favorite soda that we used to drink by the case, you know --- That Ice cold Coke?

The answer isn't passion, that desperate need for change, or a specific talent we were born with. Discipline is the glue that connects our wants and needs, turning them into long term reality.

I work from home ... I sit all day .... looking at two computers and three computer screens. There is an exercise gadget just outside my office. I pass by it every day and glance at it, realizing that I need to get on it every time I make a trip to the rest room, to get a bite to eat or to go get that Ice Cold Coke!!! 

Unfortunately, discipline is underrated and rarely talked about in the same sentence as , passion and talent. Those two guys are famous for creating change, yet if you ask them, they'll tell you the truth (if they could speak, but wait -- they can!!! ... they'll tell you who the real hero is. Without discipline, passion and talent can only go so far ~ will only reach a few. And the people they do reach will most likely experience their new success for a short time because they failed to reach out and introduce themselves to discipline.

What separates the good from the great? Talent plays a part, passion takes that talent to the next level, but what allows that next level to keep breathing and striving for even more?


What do you need right now in your life? What is starring you right in your face eye to eye and you refuse to respond? What are you truly hungry for? or should I say, what should you be hungry for?

Listen, we all need Discipline and Boldness in our lives. That being said... Lets reach for it together. It is attainable!!!

Like the picture above:
Be Discipline and know when to face your enemy ...
Be Bold enough to go out and cross their paths...

"Self-discipline is an act of cultivation.

It requires you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results.

There's a season for sowing a season for reaping.

Self-discipline helps you know which is which."

~ Gary Ryan Blair

These are my thoughts .. I welcome yours!!!