SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2
“It
is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.” Jas 4:17 NLT
DECISION, DISCIPLINE, AND DETERMINATION
Brian Tracy says: “There are so many good things you
can do, that your ability to decide
may be the critical determinant of what you accomplish. If you’re like most
people, you’re overwhelmed with too much to do and too little time. Mark Twain
once joked that if first thing every morning you eat a frog, you’ll go through
the rest of the day knowing that’s the worst that can happen! You ‘frog’ is the
most important task…the one you’re likely to procrastinate on…the one that can
have the greatest positive impact…Treat is as a personal challenge…resist the
temptation to start with the easiest task. If you ‘eat’ it first, it’ll give
you energy and momentum to rest. Success is determined by the habits you
develop. Setting priorities, overcoming procrastination, and getting on with
the most important task is a mental and physical skill learnable through
practice and repetition until it becomes a permanent part of your behavior. Once
it becomes a habit, it’s automatic and easy to do. When you complete a task of
any size or importance, you get a surge of energy. It triggers the release of endorphins
that give you a natural ‘high.’ The ‘rush’ that follows makes you feel more
positive, personable, creative and confident.” What you put off until tomorrow,
you’ll put off again tomorrow. Plus, it’s “sin to know what you ought to do and…not
do it.” Success requires decision,
discipline, and determination.
Make the decision, discipline yourself until it becomes automatic, and stay
determined until it becomes part of who you are.
Taken
from the Word for you Today devotional
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