12.
Self-discipline
All the highlighted pointers that make
a star performer are a matter of discipline.After you have taken note of all
the points, if you are not disciplined enough to put them into practice, they
will all filter away. Self-discipline is what gets you started and keeps you
going even when you don’t feel like it. In fact, one constant principle from
all the books I have read on success is self-discipline.
Star performers are self-disciplined
people, they don’t take nonsense from themselves, and they don’t take it from
people either. They are harder on themselves than they are on people. They are
driven by results; they don’t like stories and excuses. There can be a million
and one reasons why things cannot or should not be done. Star performers only
look for one reason why it should be done and they go ahead to do it despite
the odds.
The workplace is about results and not
reasons why things should not or cannot be done. People desire to associate
with success, but it is not easy to be successful; there is no overnight
success, the person who becomes successful has been paying prices that others
have not been paying. That is why you just see him soaring above others, it is not
by magic. Yes, God’s favour is key; and God will indeed favour you, as He has
promised to bless the work of your hands. But if your hand is not doing much,
what will be available for God to bless? It’s what you are doing that God
blesses, He will not bless what has not been done.
We have passed that stage when the
earth was void and it was without form, we are now in the realm of tangibles.
He says,‘I will bless the works of your hands’, but if your hand is not doing
something and He blesses nothing; nothing will start to multiply into more
nothing.
Achievements come by self-discipline.You
know we don’t like to be disciplined and we don’t like to discipline ourselves,
but we have to be hard on ourselves to make any impact. Internet is a major
distraction these days; for us to be focused, we have to limit our use of the
internet. For the purpose of clarification, the internet can be a great tool
for success, but it depends on what you are doing there. You have to be
self-disciplined in your usage and activities on the internet. Star performers
are disciplined people.
You usually know disciplined people
from the way they talk and conduct themselves. While everyone can give excuses,
it is the person that produces results that is celebrated, not story tellers.
How many excuse-makers do you know that are successful? Nobody claps for what you
plan or intend to do. You only get applauded for what you have done, and it
takes discipline to get difficult things done because you have to take tough
decisions and be rigorous in your thinking. It is not even easy to think
through a process, it takes discipline.
13.
The God Factor
Star performers know the place of God.
You remember the story of Herod in the Bible, he talked and people started
hailing him as God; then, suddenly, he was snuffed out. You have to know your
source; star performers know their sources. They know where they recharge their
batteries and receive inspiration. Where do you unwind, where do you get
inspiration from? What makes you gel?
These can be answered by knowing yourself (discussed in the first tip) and
knowing your source.
Life is full of ups and downs; so
there are many instances when both productive and idle people will experience
highsor lows. It is the way each individual responds to these varying
situations in life that usually separates them. When productive people face
issues that are beyond them, they know where to turn because they know they must
deliver results. The loafers, on the other hand, will merely cave in and turn
back saying it is difficult because they do not think that they have to
deliver. So, even as the loafer also has a source, he/she doesn’t draw much
from there because it doesn’t seem to matter.
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