rome wasn’t built in a day we all know
that everyone’s hears that but rome also
didn’t fall apart overnight either it
took hundreds of years for Rome to reach
its peak but it also took time hundreds
of years for Rome to decay and fall
apart and that is representative of life
because you don’t achieve worthwhile
goals quickly or easily they take time
they take struggle they take relentless
pursuit day in and day out that’s what
it takes but also things don’t usually
fall apart quickly either at least at
first it’s it’s a slow process a little
slip here a little setback over there a
little wearing down of discipline and
that’s the thing success and failure are
generally slow processes either slowly
building things up or gradually tearing
and that’s why I say you’ve got to pay
attention you have to watch you have to
because those seconds they turn into
minutes and minutes turn into hours and
hours turn into days and days turn in to
and so that second that second that just
went by that counted and so did that
second and so did that one
and in those precious seconds your
either building or your decaying you
were either gaining ground or you were
losing ground in that second
so
make every second how do you stop making
excuses this is actually pretty simple
and I said it the other day and you have
to realize you have to know you have to
accept that all your excuses are lies
they are lies all of them think about
the things that you tell yourself the
lies you used to rationalize taking the
easy road taking the easy road and
leaving discipline behind think about
them you don’t have time that’s a lie
you don’t have support that’s a lie you
don’t have the equipment or the gear
lies you don’t you don’t know the best
way who cares that’s a lie or you’re too
old or you’re too young of course you’re
too old or too young lie and there’s
you’re too busy sure you are that’s high
and you’re too tired or you’re too sore
or you’re just plain not feeling it lies
lies lies and the list goes on and on
and on then it doesn’t stop if you don’t
make it stop
so recognize recognize the excuses are
not valid they are they’re trumped up
they’re conjured up they’re fabricated
their lies and how do you stop the lies
you stop the lies with the truth the
truth the truth will set you free the
truth will stand and the truth will
deliver you from procrastination and
laziness and the downward spiral that
comes with a lack of discipline so don’t
believe the lies believe the truth then
the truth is you have time you have the
skill you have the knowledge and the
support and the willpower and the
discipline to get it done so cast out
and listen to the truth and live the
truth and go out and get it done
self-help or self management or
self-improvement I don’t really like
what those words have come to mean these
days because there’s a lot of people out
there that are constantly trying to
improve themselves by looking for the
one change the one change right the one
change in their life that’s gonna make
their dreams come true and even worse on
top of that there’s a lot of people out
there a lot of self-help gurus and these
hyperactive motivational speakers and
these other self-appointed modern Zen
yoga warriors that they’re trying to
sell the one thing they’re trying to
sell the nine steps or the enlightened
path that’s gonna allow you to unlock
all of your human potential and fulfill
the dreams so you can live the life that
no I’m no guru and I definitely don’t
claim to be I’m just a man but I will
tell you this it isn’t one thing and it
isn’t ten things and it isn’t a hundred
things it isn’t a quick path and there
are no shortcuts the meditation won’t
get you there and neither will a miracle
drug or an organic supplement or some
superfood getting better isn’t a hack or
a trick or one change that you need to
make getting better is a campaign it’s a
campaign it’s a daily a weekly it’s an
hourly fight an incessant fight that
doesn’t stop against weakness and
against temptation and against laziness
it’s a campaign of discipline the
campaign of hard work and dedication
it’s waking up early and going to bed
late and grinding out every second in
between every single day so you want to
get better you want to self-improve stop
looking for a shortcut and go find your
alarm clock and find your discipline and
find your guts and your passion and your
and then and then you will find your
freedom those days when I’m tired or
worn out or just basically sick of the
grind well what do I do
on those days I go anyways I get it done
even if I’m just going through the
motions I go through the motions I don’t
really want to work out I work out I
really don’t want a hammer on a project
I hammer on the project don’t really
want to get up and get out of bed yeah I
get up and get out of bed now these
could be signals that you need some time
off and those signals might be right
they could be correct but don’t take
today off not today
wait until tomorrow nope don’t give in
to the immediate gratification that is
whispering in your ear shut that down do
not listen to that little voice instead
go through the motions lift the weights
sprint the hill work on the project get
now as an overall rule I do not like
procrastination you need to get things
done but if you are going to rest that
is one thing that you should
procrastinate on that’s the one thing I
want you to pull it off until tomorrow
and if when tomorrow comes you still
feel like you need to rest or you need
but the chances are you won’t you won’t
need that rest chances are you will
realize that the desire to rest was just
weakness it was just the desire to take
the path of least resistance that
downhill path the easy path and by
simply going through the motions you
overcame that path and you stayed on the
righteous path
the disciplined path you’re stayed on
the warpath which is right where you
but you cool I keep getting asked this
type of question how do I get discipline
or how do I want discipline or how do I
maintain discipline and the answer it’s
it’s a simple answer but obviously it’s
not easy and there’s all kinds of little
tricks and methods that people talk
about and you know they have some merit
you know maybe they do work these these
things you know do the little things
people say and wake up early I say that
and write things down and take cold
showers and tell everyone what you’re
going to do so broadcast it and make
promises or or make bets with with your
friends of something that you don’t want
to lose and those things those ideas
they’re cool I’m sure they’re gonna have
some impact and if they work for you
that’s that’s awesome but but the fact
of the matter is that the reason
discipline is hard to maintain is
because it is hard to maintain that’s
what makes discipline hard it’s hard and
if you hear me claim that discipline is
easy for me then straight up
that’s just my ego talking that’s what
that is because I’m unfortunately just
as human as everyone else and it is work
to maintain the discipline that’s what
it is work
holding the line maintaining the
standard giving no slack none that’s the
discipline that’s the discipline and it
is hard and if there’s one thing I would
say that does make it easier it’s to
envision what it feels like when you’re
done what it feels like after you’ve
worked out or you’ve held the line on
your food intake or you’ve pushed
through some monotonous project that you
have to do in all those things when
contrary to that envision what you will
feel like later when you let the
discipline slack you know the feeling
feeling weak and defeated and you know
that you’re falling behind so get to
know those two different types of
feelings and ask yourself which one you
want to feel in ten minutes or in a half
an hour when when the thing is done when
remember what that feels like and then
remember that those minutes and those
hours they turn into weeks and months
and years and holding the line in those
critical minutes will put you in an
infinitely better place physically and
mentally if you maintain the discipline
if things go wrong they always seem to
happen at once and they just compound on
top of each other and it’s it’s pretty
easy sometimes to to feel beaten when
you’re faced with all those issues and
all those problems and they all hit you
at the same time but let me tell you
that that doesn’t mean give up in fact
it means the opposite it means it’s time
for you to fight harder to dig in means
it’s time for you to go on the warpath
and that starts with one of the
fundamental laws of combat leadership
prioritize and execute what’s the
biggest problem what’s causing the most
stress family ok sit them down explain
where you are at be blunt be upfront and
then give them the simple plan of how
you’re gonna get things back on track
don’t sugarcoat it
you give it to him straight next you’ve
got some some late payments call those
creditors up explain to them what’s
going on set up some kind of a low of a
minimum payment plan so you can start
making some progress and get them off
your back and then you got your job
right you’re falling behind at work okay
talk to your boss
face it tell him that you’re gonna step
up your game tell him you’re gonna be at
work early you’re gonna be at work late
you’re gonna be at work during lunch
you’re gonna be wherever you need to be
whenever he needs you to be there tell
him you’re gonna get after it
and tell him that you’re a hundred
percent committed to supporting him and
the company and the mission and then you get started
that everyone’s hears that but rome also
didn’t fall apart overnight either it
took hundreds of years for Rome to reach
its peak but it also took time hundreds
of years for Rome to decay and fall
apart and that is representative of life
because you don’t achieve worthwhile
goals quickly or easily they take time
they take struggle they take relentless
pursuit day in and day out that’s what
it takes but also things don’t usually
fall apart quickly either at least at
first it’s it’s a slow process a little
slip here a little setback over there a
little wearing down of discipline and
that’s the thing success and failure are
generally slow processes either slowly
building things up or gradually tearing
and that’s why I say you’ve got to pay
attention you have to watch you have to
because those seconds they turn into
minutes and minutes turn into hours and
hours turn into days and days turn in to
and so that second that second that just
went by that counted and so did that
second and so did that one
and in those precious seconds your
either building or your decaying you
were either gaining ground or you were
losing ground in that second
so
make every second how do you stop making
excuses this is actually pretty simple
and I said it the other day and you have
to realize you have to know you have to
accept that all your excuses are lies
they are lies all of them think about
the things that you tell yourself the
lies you used to rationalize taking the
easy road taking the easy road and
leaving discipline behind think about
them you don’t have time that’s a lie
you don’t have support that’s a lie you
don’t have the equipment or the gear
lies you don’t you don’t know the best
way who cares that’s a lie or you’re too
old or you’re too young of course you’re
too old or too young lie and there’s
you’re too busy sure you are that’s high
and you’re too tired or you’re too sore
or you’re just plain not feeling it lies
lies lies and the list goes on and on
and on then it doesn’t stop if you don’t
make it stop
so recognize recognize the excuses are
not valid they are they’re trumped up
they’re conjured up they’re fabricated
their lies and how do you stop the lies
you stop the lies with the truth the
truth the truth will set you free the
truth will stand and the truth will
deliver you from procrastination and
laziness and the downward spiral that
comes with a lack of discipline so don’t
believe the lies believe the truth then
the truth is you have time you have the
skill you have the knowledge and the
support and the willpower and the
discipline to get it done so cast out
and listen to the truth and live the
truth and go out and get it done
self-help or self management or
self-improvement I don’t really like
what those words have come to mean these
days because there’s a lot of people out
there that are constantly trying to
improve themselves by looking for the
one change the one change right the one
change in their life that’s gonna make
their dreams come true and even worse on
top of that there’s a lot of people out
there a lot of self-help gurus and these
hyperactive motivational speakers and
these other self-appointed modern Zen
yoga warriors that they’re trying to
sell the one thing they’re trying to
sell the nine steps or the enlightened
path that’s gonna allow you to unlock
all of your human potential and fulfill
the dreams so you can live the life that
no I’m no guru and I definitely don’t
claim to be I’m just a man but I will
tell you this it isn’t one thing and it
isn’t ten things and it isn’t a hundred
things it isn’t a quick path and there
are no shortcuts the meditation won’t
get you there and neither will a miracle
drug or an organic supplement or some
superfood getting better isn’t a hack or
a trick or one change that you need to
make getting better is a campaign it’s a
campaign it’s a daily a weekly it’s an
hourly fight an incessant fight that
doesn’t stop against weakness and
against temptation and against laziness
it’s a campaign of discipline the
campaign of hard work and dedication
it’s waking up early and going to bed
late and grinding out every second in
between every single day so you want to
get better you want to self-improve stop
looking for a shortcut and go find your
alarm clock and find your discipline and
find your guts and your passion and your
and then and then you will find your
freedom those days when I’m tired or
worn out or just basically sick of the
grind well what do I do
on those days I go anyways I get it done
even if I’m just going through the
motions I go through the motions I don’t
really want to work out I work out I
really don’t want a hammer on a project
I hammer on the project don’t really
want to get up and get out of bed yeah I
get up and get out of bed now these
could be signals that you need some time
off and those signals might be right
they could be correct but don’t take
today off not today
wait until tomorrow nope don’t give in
to the immediate gratification that is
whispering in your ear shut that down do
not listen to that little voice instead
go through the motions lift the weights
sprint the hill work on the project get
now as an overall rule I do not like
procrastination you need to get things
done but if you are going to rest that
is one thing that you should
procrastinate on that’s the one thing I
want you to pull it off until tomorrow
and if when tomorrow comes you still
feel like you need to rest or you need
but the chances are you won’t you won’t
need that rest chances are you will
realize that the desire to rest was just
weakness it was just the desire to take
the path of least resistance that
downhill path the easy path and by
simply going through the motions you
overcame that path and you stayed on the
righteous path
the disciplined path you’re stayed on
the warpath which is right where you
but you cool I keep getting asked this
type of question how do I get discipline
or how do I want discipline or how do I
maintain discipline and the answer it’s
it’s a simple answer but obviously it’s
not easy and there’s all kinds of little
tricks and methods that people talk
about and you know they have some merit
you know maybe they do work these these
things you know do the little things
people say and wake up early I say that
and write things down and take cold
showers and tell everyone what you’re
going to do so broadcast it and make
promises or or make bets with with your
friends of something that you don’t want
to lose and those things those ideas
they’re cool I’m sure they’re gonna have
some impact and if they work for you
that’s that’s awesome but but the fact
of the matter is that the reason
discipline is hard to maintain is
because it is hard to maintain that’s
what makes discipline hard it’s hard and
if you hear me claim that discipline is
easy for me then straight up
that’s just my ego talking that’s what
that is because I’m unfortunately just
as human as everyone else and it is work
to maintain the discipline that’s what
it is work
holding the line maintaining the
standard giving no slack none that’s the
discipline that’s the discipline and it
is hard and if there’s one thing I would
say that does make it easier it’s to
envision what it feels like when you’re
done what it feels like after you’ve
worked out or you’ve held the line on
your food intake or you’ve pushed
through some monotonous project that you
have to do in all those things when
contrary to that envision what you will
feel like later when you let the
discipline slack you know the feeling
feeling weak and defeated and you know
that you’re falling behind so get to
know those two different types of
feelings and ask yourself which one you
want to feel in ten minutes or in a half
an hour when when the thing is done when
remember what that feels like and then
remember that those minutes and those
hours they turn into weeks and months
and years and holding the line in those
critical minutes will put you in an
infinitely better place physically and
mentally if you maintain the discipline
if things go wrong they always seem to
happen at once and they just compound on
top of each other and it’s it’s pretty
easy sometimes to to feel beaten when
you’re faced with all those issues and
all those problems and they all hit you
at the same time but let me tell you
that that doesn’t mean give up in fact
it means the opposite it means it’s time
for you to fight harder to dig in means
it’s time for you to go on the warpath
and that starts with one of the
fundamental laws of combat leadership
prioritize and execute what’s the
biggest problem what’s causing the most
stress family ok sit them down explain
where you are at be blunt be upfront and
then give them the simple plan of how
you’re gonna get things back on track
don’t sugarcoat it
you give it to him straight next you’ve
got some some late payments call those
creditors up explain to them what’s
going on set up some kind of a low of a
minimum payment plan so you can start
making some progress and get them off
your back and then you got your job
right you’re falling behind at work okay
talk to your boss
face it tell him that you’re gonna step
up your game tell him you’re gonna be at
work early you’re gonna be at work late
you’re gonna be at work during lunch
you’re gonna be wherever you need to be
whenever he needs you to be there tell
him you’re gonna get after it
and tell him that you’re a hundred
percent committed to supporting him and
the company and the mission and then you get started
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