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 How to Turn an Exciting Goal into Discipline

Set a big, exciting objective. A big, exciting objective sets success in motion. However, discipline keeps it in motion.

Big, exciting objectives demand an equal amount of discipline. That’s because they require more steps to accomplish and, therefore, offer lots of possibilities for unexpected challenges.

Discipline keeps us moving forward one way or the other. When we have a big, exciting objective, we have a reason to be disciplined. Discipline compresses all the mundane, day-to-day activities into a concentrated moment of triumph.

See this concentrated moment of success clearly and you stride confidently through the mundane and day-to-day activities. And this vision sustains us through all the times of delay, frustration, or the “I just don’t feel like it” days.

We sustain discipline during the times we need it most when we see a moment of triumph in clear, vivid detail. In fact, the clarity with which we see our exciting objective is directly related to our degree of discipline.

Here’s a technique I designed that empowers you to see your exciting objective more clearly and build greater and greater discipline.

Take a deep breath. Elevate your gaze as if looking at an imaginary spot just above a distant horizon.

Call to mind your exciting objective. Let your mind form a success image. This image represents the accumulation of mundane and day-to-day activities concentrated into a single moment by your growing discipline.

See this image as if through your own eyes. From the vantage point just behind your eyes, what image proclaims “Success” loud and clear regarding your exciting objective?

When this image forms in your mind’s eye, let your imagination enhance its discipline-generating power. Make the image brighter and the colors more vivid. Sharpen the focus and bring the image closer in your mental field of vision as if you moved up several rows in a movie theater.

Notice how much more power and feeling your success image generates. And isn’t it easier to build discipline when your success image generates power and enthusiasm?

This is why the clarity of your success image and your degree of discipline are directly related. As you see your objective clearly, it naturally inspires you to action and builds discipline. This is especially true on those “I just don’t feel like it” days.

So call to mind the next time your discipline might start to slip. What happens when you “just don’t feel like it” and recall your success image?

As you see this image in your mind’s eye, notice how it gives you a boost of energy and enthusiasm. As you re-establish your discipline, see yourself renewed and reinvigorated.

So if want to build more discipline, build a more powerful success image. And you will be amazed at how quickly the mundane and day-to-day activities concentrate into your moment of success and triumph.