Build The Foundation

90 Days to Discipline is about building a foundation within us. Upon this foundation, we will build the lives we desire for us and our families. The deeper, the wider, the stronger the foundation we build, the bigger, better, and stronger the life we create. And when we're faced with challenges and adversities, like the ones we face currently as a nation, nothing can take us down or destroy us.

Our inner strength, courage, and self-discipline grow every day we follow through with this commitment. We all decided, roughly 12 days ago, that we'd all had enough. We were no longer willing to accept mediocrity. The time is now, we said, to grab a hold of ourselves and our emotions and take our lives to a higher level. We declared, to the world, our resolution to live life at the absolute peak level for 90 days.

Well, here we are...12 days into a 90 Day plan, and where is everybody? Where are you, who committed to raising the bar in your life? Are you following through on the promise you made? I'm not talking about a promise to me or anybody else who's part of the 90 Days to Discipline. I'm speaking of the promise you made to yourself. There's no quicker path to low self-esteem and a poor self image than to break promises you make to yourself.

That damn phone gets real heavy when you've failed to follow through on your commitments. Doubt and fear begin to creep back in and hold you back from making the calls. Fear not only keeps you from doing the deal, it makes you small. No fearful human being I've ever known has anybody following him...unless it's a group of fearful people, as they say...misery loves company. Charisma and confidence exit a man's spirit quickly once fear and doubt take over the mind.

But, this is a marathon, not a sprint. Every day we have to get re-committed. That's what the morning visualization exercise is about. We lock ourselves into our vision, as if it were real, to experience life the way it will be, once we've built the discipline and virtue in ourselves. When we see and, more importantly, feel what the life will be like, we're back in the saddle. We have leverage against ourselves and our old limiting patterns, beliefs and actions, to get out there and execute the way we're capable of. We can force ourselves into that state in which we're on fire...intense...to the point where nobody will stand in the way of us closing the deals we need to hit our objectives.

The few who see 90 Days through are going to come out winners on the other side. Of course we'll experience some short-term pain along the way. But, I'm a firm believer in the philosophy that in order to achieve a long-term result that's worthwhile, we have to make short-term sacrifices. Let's re-commit to living life at a high level-a life of discipline, instead of allowing ourselves to fall into the trap of immediate gratification. Remember, there's a price for every action we take...good or bad.

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