Starting a business takes a lot of different preparation whether its materials, place, building, capital so on and so forth.
But one thing that stays the same is you are the pivot of it all.
You are the key, the one who drives the engine. You are the one who connects all the external and internal requirements of every field. So it is up to you to develop yourself to take on all of this, to get your business to become a success.
So what do you need as THE individual driving force? You need so many qualities fused together to make yourself an able person who can handle it all.
What do I mean? I mean that you as a person need to be or become competent enough to take it all on. What is a competent level, you will find out as you travel the road.
You will come across so many obstacles like, do you know the legislations? Do you know the packages and how they work? Do you have the right tools and understanding to work to deadlines? Do you have the ability to stay calm when it all seems to be falling apart? So on and so forth. All this I say not to put you off but to make it real, clear and EASIER.
Let us cut the chase and get to the point. What I’m saying out of personal experience and so many courses etc. is. There is one simple solution to a lot of problems. They are qualities required by each of us to succeed. Let us name a few. Flexibility, endurance, management, knowledge, and decisive, the list will go on.
These qualities all linked into each other as we all know but one of the most important interlinking factor that is like the glue for them is DISCIPLINE. That’s our key. We will touch on the other qualities in other post but to start with DISCIPLINE is the first topic.
Discipline is a carrier for our qualities and abilities. It is discipline that allows us to form these qualities that we do not have, and if we do have it – it engages those qualities into the field of action.
Dictionary meaning to -dis·ci·pline
n.
1. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement.
2. Controlled behaviour resulting from disciplinary training; self-control.
3.
a. Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order.
b. A systematic method to obtain obedience: a military discipline.
c. A state of order based on submission to rules and authority: a teacher who demanded discipline in the classroom.
4. Punishment intended to correct or train.
5. A set of rules or methods, as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order.
6. A branch of knowledge or teaching.
tr.v. dis·ci·plined, dis·ci·plin·ing, dis·ci·plines
1. To train by instruction and practice, especially to teach self-control to.
2. To teach to obey rules or accept authority.
3. To punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience.
4. To impose order on: needed to discipline their study habits.
Some discipline quotes
“Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.” – Roy L. Smith
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” – Zig Ziglar
“With self-discipline almost anything is possible.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Where does discipline fit in my business venture?
Like I was saying it is an underlying factor that engages our other qualities the simple way to see it is by answering these few questions.
Am I disciplined enough to wake up and start work early for my objective?
Am I disciplined enough to fit it around my other schedules and stick to it?
Am I disciplined enough or willing to learn those skills and implement them to make my endeavor succeed?
Am I disciplined enough to make a plan of action and see it through?
Am I disciplined enough that when the inevitable obstacles do arise I will conquer them?
And finally am I disciplined enough to see all these questions through over and over again even if they become boring, unattractive, if I am feeling lazy, angry, frustrated?
Have you got the message? It is simple is it not?
It is work that I have to do as part of my business, I have to nurture it and control it and it is a part of my life. We just have to be disciplined enough to see it through. But please don’t over do the discipline we need the right balance of everything.