A person can never be regarded as an independent person if he has no decisive quality. ..... he is just a doll dominated by the environment. Writer john foster

The highest achievement comes from self-discipline.

Climbing to the top is no easy task. Few people in the world can be recognized as outstanding in their own professional fields, and even fewer people leave a reputation in history. This is the greatness of Jerry Rice. He is recognized as the best representative of American football avant-garde catcher, and his performance on the court is the best proof.

People who know him well say that he is a natural athlete with amazing talent. Any football coach wants to find such a talented striker. Bill Huaxi, the star coach who was selected for the American football celebrity list, expressed such admiration: "No one we know can keep up with him physically." That alone does not make him a legend. There is a real reason behind his outstanding achievements, and that is his self-discipline ability. He exercises hard and prepares for a higher level every day. No one in professional football is as regular as him.

Les's ability to push himself can be described from the story of his physical training. When he was still on the high school team, before each practice, charles davis, the coach of Moore High School team, stipulated that the players should jump forward a 40-yard-high hill in the form of leapfrog and take a rest after 20 trips back and forth. In the hot and humid weather in Mississippi, Les felt unable to eat after completing the trip of 1 1 and decided to give up. He realized his behavior when he tried to sneak back into the players' lounge. "Don't give up," he said to himself, "because once you get into the habit of giving up halfway, you will regard it as normal." He turned and went back to the training ground to complete the bounce. From that day on, he never gave up halfway again.

After becoming a professional player, Les became famous for climbing another mountain. This is a wild trail in San Carlos, California, which is about 2.5 miles long. Les exercises here every day. Some football stars come to practice occasionally, but none of them can catch up with him and they are all left behind by him. Everyone spoke highly of his physical strength. In fact, this is just part of Les's regular practice. After the end of the season, other players went fishing or enjoyed their holidays, but Les still kept a diligent schedule, doing physical training from 7: 00 a.m. to noon every day. Someone once joked that; "His physical exercise is so perfect that even a kung fu star is just a sumo wrestlers compared with him."

"What many people don't understand is that Les always regards the football season as a challenge of 365 days a year." Kevin smith, the star of NFL, described him like this: "He is really talented, but his efforts are above others. This is the difference between a good player and a legendary player. "

Les recently reached another peak in his career: he suffered a very serious sports injury. Prior to this, he had written a record that he had never missed the game for 19 years, which also proved his high degree of self-discipline and super toughness. When he broke his kneecap on August 3rd1997, people thought that his football career was over. As far as historical records are concerned, only one player can return to the stadium this injured football season, and that is Rod Wooderson, who completed his rehabilitation in four and a half months, setting a record in the history of professional football. However, it took Les only three and a half months to recover, relying on the determination to bite the bullet and incredible self-discipline. This speed of recovery has opened the eyes of the world, which is unprecedented and difficult for anyone to surpass. As a result, Les was able to return to the stadium again, continue to create good results and win for the team.

Self-discipline can be cultivated.

Jerry Rice proved the power of self-discipline. Without it, no one can achieve and maintain success. We can even say that no matter how talented a leader is, if he is not self-disciplined, he will never fully develop his potential. It urges leaders to climb to the top step by step, and it is also the key to effectively maintain leadership ability.

If you want to make self-discipline your asset, the following actions are worth a try.

1, work out your priorities, and then do it in this order.

If a person only acts according to his own mood and temporary convenience, he will certainly not succeed, let alone be respected and followed by others. There is a good saying: "There are two indispensable partners to accomplish important tasks: one is planning, and the other is lack of time." As a leader, your time is quite tight, so it is inevitable to make a plan. If you can decide what is the most important, then deliberately withdraw from other things, which will give you enough energy to complete the first task. This is the basic spirit of self-discipline.

2. Aim at a self-disciplined lifestyle.

Learn from a highly self-disciplined successful person like Jerry Rice, and you will find that self-discipline can't be done only occasionally, it must become your way of life. The best way to cultivate self-discipline is to make a system and routine for yourself, especially in the index projects that you think are important and need long-term growth and pursuit of success. For example, in order to insist on writing and speaking, I will regularly file the materials I read every day for future reference. Furthermore, I had a heart attack in 1998 and 65438+ February, and then I got into the habit of exercising every morning. I won't stop to do these things, I will continue in my lifetime.

3. Challenge your excuses

If you want to cultivate a self-disciplined lifestyle, the first lesson is to get rid of the tendency to make excuses. As Franco, a French classical writer, said, "Almost all our mistakes are more forgivable than the methods used to cover them up." If you have several reasons why you can't be self-disciplined, then you should realize that they are just a bunch of excuses. If you want to be a more effective leader, you must challenge your excuses.

4. Remove the reward before the work is completed.

Mike Delaney, a famous writer, once said such a wise quip: "If any enterprise or organization treats lazy people and contributors equally, then you will find that the former is more and more, and the latter is less and less." If you lack self-discipline, then you may be the kind of person who likes dessert before meals.

The following short story illustrates the power of suspending rewards. An old couple went camping in the camping area, and two days later, a family came to the camp next door. As soon as the family's holiday car stopped safely, they saw the couple and three children pouring down. One child quickly removed the freezer, backpack and other materials, and the other two children immediately set up tents. In less than 15 minutes, the whole battalion is ready.

The old couple next door were dumbfounded. "Your family is really a rare camping expert!" The old man praised his new neighbor admiringly. "In fact, as long as there is a system, things will be much easier," replied the young father next door. "We stipulated in advance that no one can go to the toilet before the camp is built."

Step 5 focus on results

At any time, as long as you pay attention to the difficulty of the work itself, regardless of the results and rewards, it is easy to get discouraged; If you immerse yourself in it for too long, you will form the habit of self-pity. So, the next time you are faced with a task that you have to do, and you start trying to take a shortcut instead of following the rules, remember: you should get rid of your calculations and turn your attention back to your goal. Carefully weigh the benefits of gradual progress and take the time to do it thoroughly.

If any enterprise or institution treats lazy people and contributors equally, then you will find that the former is more and more and the latter is less and less.

Reflect on yourself

Humor writer jackson browne put it well: "Without the talent of self-discipline, it is like an octopus on skates. Seeing that the movement is constant, I can't figure out whether it is moving forward, backward or spinning in the same place. " If you know that you have some talents and a lot of work, but you can't see too many achievements, then you probably lack self-discipline.

Looking back on last week's work schedule, how much time was spent on regular activities? Have you improved your professional ability? Do you pay attention to physical exercise and maintenance? Is part of your income reserved for saving or investing? If the answers to the above questions are uncertain, you are comforting yourself, and it is not too late to do it later; Maybe it means you need self-discipline.

Take medicine according to symptoms

In order to improve your self-discipline, you can try the following ways.

Determine your priorities. Think about it and try to say two or three things that are most important to your life. Take them as the title and write down the steps you can use self-discipline to cultivate and improve it in turn. Make a daily or weekly plan so that your routine actions can bring predictable results.

List your reasons. Take a moment to list the benefits of the above actions. Stick these benefits where you can see them every day. When you are discouraged or want to give up, read this list aloud to yourself.

Throw the excuse in the trash can. Write down every reason why you might give up halfway, read it out one by one, and announce to yourself that these reasons can't be your excuses. If one or two things seem reasonable, find a solution so that it won't bother you. Do not allow yourself to give up self-discipline for any reason. It must be remembered that only by constant self-discipline can we gradually realize our dreams.

Cultivate self-discipline as early as possible

There is a saying on the wall of a forest nursery in Canada: "The best time to plant a big tree was 25 years ago ... the second best time is today." Let's plant self-disciplined saplings today.

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An old lady in her fifties suddenly appeared in a Japanese class in an American university. At first, everyone was not surprised. In this country, everyone can choose what they like to do. But it didn't take long for the young man to find out that the old lady didn't come here to fill the void after retirement. Every morning, she is always the first to come to the classroom, review her lessons and follow the teacher carefully. She also sweats when the teacher asks questions. She clearly remembers her notes. Soon young people borrowed her notes for reference. Before every exam, the old lady nervously reviews and fills in the blanks.

One day, the old professor said to the young people, "Parents must be self-disciplined to educate their children well. You can ask this respectable lady, she must have a group of educated children. "

Upon inquiry, sure enough, the old lady's name is Zhu Mulan, and her daughter is the first Chinese-American female minister-Zhao Xiaolan.

The story of self-discipline

1. Bai is a famous Pingju actor with superb acting skills and is called the "Queen of Pingju". In order to be self-disciplined, she practices kung fu and voice whenever she has time, no matter whether it is hot or cold. Someone said to her, "You are already famous, why are you still practicing so hard?" She smiled and said, "The play can't be finished." And she can listen to others' opinions with an open mind. No matter who points out her shortcomings, she is happy.

2. When Wu Han was in Tsinghua, he wanted to buy a Chronicle of Ming Dynasty. Because he had no money, he rushed to write a story about The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival and Jin Ping Mei, and bought this book for 10 yuan. However, he is not satisfied with his article. In a letter to his teacher, he said, "I drafted it in a hurry during the summer vacation, but I don't want to publish it." Because I want to buy a Chronicle of Ming History, I can't make money at the moment, so I can only send it to our weekly magazine. If I get 10 yuan, I can probably buy one. " Wu Han is deeply sorry about this matter. In the second year, he wrote a supplementary explanation for this article, which further corrected and filled the blank of this article and made his views tend to be perfect.

Zhang Boling served as the president of Nankai University for a long time. Once he saw a student's fingers smoked brown, so he pointed to him and said, "Look, smoking is harmful to teenagers' health. You should quit it! " But the student retorted, "Don't you smoke, too? How to say me? " At present, Zhang Boling took out all his stored Luzon cigarettes and destroyed them in public, and said that he would never smoke again. If so, Zhang Boling never smoked again.