Motivation and Discipline

A great many people believe that motivation and discipline are the same things. In reality they are drastically different. Motivation is something you feel; discipline is a skill… it’s learned. Those folks who believe that discipline is an automatic follow-on to motivation as it wains need to learn the difference. Motivation: having a strong reason to act or to accomplish something. Discipline: (n) activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training. (v) to bring to a state of order and obedience by training and control. At the end of each calendar year, and the beginning of any New Year, a great many people make lists of things they want to change in their lives; bad habits they want to break or new good habits they want to build. These goals are often written down as resolutions and those pursuing them… – – – – – – – – – The remainder of this essay can be found in the book “Farther Down The Road” Farther Down the Road – Where does your life’s road lead? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTJ1B2QR

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