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Discipline
What in the world is Kelly doing now... talking about discipline in her marketing newsletter? This is what I am thinking while I am writing this article today. I have to tell you this topic has been on my mind for the last two days and I can't stop thinking about it...so I have to share it. If you've been a subscriber for a while you know I get off on a rant sometimes. I bet you can find a way to grow from this. Trust that I wouldn't be sharing this with you if I didn't think you could grow from it.
I am reading a book my good friend Scott at Borealis Media loaned me called Infinite Self by Stuart Wilde. It's a good book. Some of the concepts I've heard before, some I haven't (I'm not done with it yet). But there is one topic in the book that I have never thought about before. I keep thinking about it and reflecting on it, so I assume I must be meant to share it with you guys.
It's about discipline. But not just discipline like we know discipline to be. It's about having discipline with what you tell YOURSELF. Do you keep your word to yourself? Many people pride themselves on keeping their word and doing what they say they are going to do for others. And that's good. It's an honorable trait. My question to you is -- do you treat yourself the same way? Do you honor your word to yourself?
Frankly, I have never thought of this before and am shocked to find I really don't keep my word to myself very often. I might more than some other people I guess...I get a lot done. I am busy and productive. But there are a lot of things I say to myself that I am going to do and know I have no intention of following through with it. I actually have to make commitments to other people (like you with this ezine) to get things done!
For example, I constantly tell myself that I am going to work out every morning after I take the kids to school. I tell myself that all the time. And I do go work out after I take the kids to school, some of the time. I know that I am not keeping my word to myself and I don't expect myself to. Who's going to know anyway? Just me. No one is getting hurt. No one is the wiser. Just Kelly.
How important is it that I keep my word to myself anyway? According to Stuart Wilde it is very important! Your word as law is the name of that chapter. What the author is really saying is that what you say to yourself IS important. It goes beyond keeping your word really. It affects your ability to believe in yourself and ultimately to make other things in your life happen. If you say it, it should be the law and you must know that it will happen. This is how to manifest things in your life. The first step is if you say it, it is the law. There's no breaking the law.
How often do you promise yourself you will do more marketing? Or quit buying Starbucks? Or attend a networking event? Or start your ezine? Do you make a commitment to do one new thing a month and not stick to it?
The solution - don't make promises you can't or won't keep. Especially to yourself. If you need to, make smaller promises to yourself and make sure you do keep them. If you're not sure if you can do it, don't promise to. Say you're not sure. When you are ready to make the commitment you will know.
You can start with promising yourself to do one thing or do something for a very short time frame and sticking to it. You don't have to tackle the world (and yourself) in a day. If you get anything out of this article I hope it's awareness of the promises you make to yourself and whether or not you keep them. Fixing that can be the next step.
See, I can turn anything into a marketing article :)
(c) 2006, A Marketing Connection
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