Success is gauged by self mastery is probably one of the most important concepts that I learned about this week. Self mastery is key in order to mastering others things in life. If you cannot master your own mind and desires, then it will be hard to master other things and really take your business to a whole other level. That is one of the many good things that I learned about this week. I read this book called good to great by Jim Collins, it is a fantastic book, you should really read it if you haven’t. In the book he basically summarizes the research that he and his team conducted on select companies that they identified that have gone from good companies to lasting great companies and how and why they did that. One of his famous quotes in the book is about discipline. He said “In order to go from good to great, you need disciplined people, disciplined thoughts, and disciplined action”. That quote really stuck with me because it made me really take a good hard look into my personal life as well as in my professional life. What do I want to become? How do I go from good to great in what I am involved with at this time in my life? Am I a disciplined person? If not, how do I become one? Are my thoughts disciplined? If not, how do I make them disciplined? Are my actions disciplined? If not, how do I make them disciplined? Not only did it make me think about these questions about my own life, but it also inspired me and gave me the motivation to act on the answers that I had for myself on those questions. Self mastery and discipline go hand in hand in my opinion. The quicker we can master ourselves, the quicker and easier we will be able to master other things.

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