Productivity Rule #1 – Self Discipline

We all know what it's like to live with unruly kids who have lack of self discipline.

Too much monkeying around and things can get hairy!

I want. I want. I want.

Chores don't get done.

Homework slides.

Green stuff starts growing in the closet.

Unless we tell them differently.

Or even better – unless they tell themselves.

And what about us?

I have a confession to make.

Sometimes I feel like an unruly kid with lack of self discipline.

I want. I want. I want.

Chores don't get done.

Work piles up.

Green stuff starts growing in the closet.

OK, I will not admit to that one.

There is officially NO green stuff growing in my closet – at least not last time I checked.

BUT

I have no one to tell me differently, no one to MAKE me work hard – or easy.

Except myself.

And if I don't listen, things get out of hand – fast.

How about you?

Sometimes as we're running here and there, it really feels like it's all someone else's fault.

We forget that self management is a skill, and it all boils down to us.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN STRESSED?

… and muttering away about this or that, forgetting that…

somewhere along the line, a decision you made got you there?

That's all fine and dandy if it was a conscious decision, but it can get ugly if it's a consequence of choosing not to make a decision or not to take action on a decision you have made.

It all comes down to self discipline – and integrity to Your Self.