Some people don’t like the phrase Discipline is the shortcut. Not the entire phrase. They’re turned off by just one word. You know which one.
“There are no shortcuts!”
I get it. Looking for a shortcut sounds like cheating the process. Taking a shortcut sounds like skipping required steps. And I agree. If you look for a way to cheat the process and skip required steps, you are looking for a shortcut that doesn’t exist.
We’re conditioned to believe there are no shortcuts. But are there any legitimate shortcuts?
Let me ask it differently. Are there faster or slower ways to produce results? Are there shorter or longer paths to the same destination? Can it take you five years to achieve what you could have achieved in one year?
Yes. Undoubtedly, yes.
Discipline doesn’t let you to skip steps. It pushes you to execute immediately. Discipline doesn’t let you cheat the process. It accelerates the process.
Discipline is the shortcut is the simple reminder that the shortest path between where you are and where you want to get is the path of discipline. Because every other path is longer.
So it turns out there are shortcuts, but only one that is reliable.
And remember, sometimes the shortest possible path is still a long one.
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