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CHAPTER 9 - AN END TO EXCUSES

Building self discipline is all about putting an end to excuses. It's about taking responsibility for your behavior and your life. It's about getting the most out of all life has to offer.

The ending excuses aspect of what we are doing is particularly important. They keep us lazy. They keep us weak. And they can become a way we sabotage our good work, again and again.

It’s time to put an end to excuses. Follow these suggestions, and put a stake through the heart of this vampire!

Take Responsibility. I've touched on this earlier, but it is a foundation of how you will be rebuilding yourself. In all cases you must take absolute responsibility for the things you do - and even the things that happen to that you have no conscious control over. When you accept responsibility you take control of your life. Making excuses robs you of your personal power. Nothing is more important than you having the self discipline to take responsibility for your life. Nothing.

Don't Waste Your Time on Things That Don't Matter.

When you waste your time on nonsense, it's human nature to respond to productivity problems by making excuses. It's a way for your mind to justify poor decision making. This whole destructive syndrome can be avoided by not wasting your time on things of little importance. When you can look in the mirror and know you are taking life seriously, the temptation to make excuses vanishes.

Consider Life as a Training Ground. When you start to regard life as a training ground, setbacks are painted in a new light. They become things that condition you and make you stronger, rather than things to complain or be sad about. This is both a way to get a mental edge and an absolute truth. Adversity is a way to become smarter, stronger, more resilient, experienced and skilled. It's fair to compare how a winner approaches life to how a champion athlete approaches a game. Excuses are not acceptable.

Focus on the Finish Line. Your long term goals are what are really important, ultimately. Your daily "to do" lists and other strategies I've taught you are a way to accomplish those goals, step by step. When you find the temptation to make excuses, there's no better time to think of your long term goals. This helps clarify where you are at, and just how self-defeating making an excuse can be on your journey. Focusing on the finish line can be a huge help in keeping things in perspective.

Expect Challenges. Almost nothing worthwhile in life comes without a fight. These challenges should be embraced, engaged and overcome. Where's the sense in making excuses about them? Excuses won't get you anywhere at all. Instead they will send you backwards. Every morning as you begin your routine welcome the challenges life brings. This is the attitude of someone who get's things done regardless. An attitude that shows supreme self discipline!

No excuses. No blame. No regrets. Let's move forward!

CHAPTER 10 - DISCIPLINED RISK TAKING

There's reckless risk taking. That's the type of things that those without self discipline do and it usually leads to disappointment and failure. Then there's the type of risk taking that winners with self discipline take. This brings huge rewards and makes the most out of opportunities.

I'm about to teach you how to make risk taking an asset rather than a liability.

Look Before You Leap. Risk nothing, gain nothing. It's usually true, but this doesn't mean you should be acting on impulse and not using your head. Over thinking things to the point of paralysis is a big mistake. So is jumping blindly into the lion's cage. Always think over the pro's and con's of your actions before you act. Look before you leap.

Mentally Rehearse Your Strategy. When you do take risks the self disciplined approach is to be as prepared as possible for any associated events that are likely to arise. The best way to do this is to go over your strategy and consider what obstacles you could face. Writing these down is helpful for many people too, when "brainstorming". It's not possible to be ready for everything, but you can be ready for most things in many cases!

Consult a Mentor. Experience is a great teacher, maybe the greatest. Self disciplined risk takers contribute to "mastermind" groups where they can ask for outside thoughts on opportunities and risks as they appear. They also do their best to find a mentor who has achieved the goals they are working on. If you can find a mentor and consult him (or her) when you need to.

Being humble and accepting you don't know everything is a sign of real self discipline.

Prioritize Your Risks. Don't take a risk for something minor that will endanger something major. Knowing how to keep your priorities in order is a "master key" of self discipline. Your top priorities must always get the most focus, energy applied to them and be protected from risk of things less important. Don't ever forget this.

Resist the Urge to go All In. Going "all in" is a risky move in Poker, and even more of a risky move in life. Hardly any opportunity, ever, is worth risking EVERYTHING over. Even a sure thing (remember nothing in life is a 100% sure thing!) There's few things more demoralizing than having built up a great deal of success and then risk it all on something and lose. Most investors suggest never going beyond 20% in a single investment. This is great advice to keep in mind for the rest of your life too.

Never taking a risk is a cowardly way to live life. And you will never be able to see real change following that kind of philosophy. Taking reckless risks is also a destructive path, not for the man or woman with self discipline.

The middle road of disciplined risk taking is the way to go, friends. Take it!

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