So far this week, we’ve established:
- Your discipline is yours.
- Just because your discipline feels inaccessible does not mean it is inaccessible.
- Your discipline is always accessible no matter how you feel.
Your discipline feels inaccessible because you have disconnected from it. It is like a relationship with a person. If you have a strong connection, it feels accessible. If you have a weak connection, it feels less accessible. If you have no connection, it feels inaccessible.
You can disconnect from discipline in three ways:
- Never establish a connection with discipline, avoiding it entirely.
- Apply discipline in limited circumstances, neglecting major parts of your life.
- Drift away from discipline one decision at a time, slowly separating yourself.
We all get disconnected from our discipline. Thankfully, it is in our power to establish or reestablish a connection with discipline at any time.
You will not reestablish your connection with discipline by thinking. You can only do it through action. If you have disconnected from your discipline, it is not time to think. It is time to decide and do. In this context, thinking is procrastinating. Only action will reconnect you to your discipline.
Even making a decision will not reestablish the connection because you can decide without taking action. Nothing happens, nothing changes. Action is necessary for reconnection. Making a decision does not mean you’re taking action, but taking action means you’ve made a decision.
Your discipline is always within you. Make it more accessible by reestablishing a stronger connection to it one action at a time.
Event + Response = Outcome.
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