Discipline is needed in managing a
commitment to yourself or others. It ensures successful task, objective, goal,
and mission accomplishment. Your disciplined management involves three
elements: deciding things; doing things, and evaluating things done.
1. Decide what will be done, when it is to
be done, who is to do it, how it is to be done, and the availability of
resources needed to get it done.
2. Accomplish what is to be done, in the
way it is supposed to be done, at the time it is scheduled to be done, using
resources made available for the purpose.
3. Evaluate what has been done, how well it
was done, whether it should continue to be done, and how it could be done
better.
Good personal management requires
discipline. Develop lifetime patterns of moderation and preventive health
behaviors. Design and faithfully adhere to a well-thought-out lifestyle of
diet, exercise, rest, work, play, learning, and adaptive coping. You will learn
to ignore mild pangs of hunger and the minor aches of exercise. Continually
monitor the holistic benefits of your lifestyle. Avoid alcohol and other
recreational mind-altering substances—you will live realistically and safely
without them.
Within your organized, systematic,
disciplined approach to life, you will find new health and creativity. Your
example will inspire others toward optimum functioning.
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