William W. Ward said:
“The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.”
To help you appreciate and understand the values you believe in, look at the people you respect. All of us have role models - those people we admire and look up to for the qualities that they possess. We may admire their intelligence, sense of family, fame, wealth, courage, positive energy, community activism or social action, high coding standards, domain knowledge, ability to catch critical bugs during testing, business and application knowledge as product owners, level of personal discipline, or simply their compassion for others. They may be famous people, family members, friends, colleagues or even fictional characters from television or movies like star trek, superman or batman.
Who are the people you look up to? Why? What qualities do you admire in others?
In the Star Trek television series, I admire the strength and energy of their captains. They were all focused, strong and highly disciplined individuals. They are always in control of themselves. They know who they are, where they are going in life, and they go there. I especially admire their sense of independence, adventure, duty, responsibility, leadership, team work and will power.
Make an effort each day to bring you closer to your goal, make a commitment to yourself that you will continuously strive to make a conscious decision each day to improve your discipline and aim for excellence.
Remember that the only obstacle that stands between you and your personal success in all that you do is yourself.
