The importance of grit, rules, and discipline OR The dangers of "self-improvement"

Hey Joe,

I like.

Very strong article. I was amazed how many strong arguments were placed in such a compact article. Whoa! This example below made it clear to me about rules:

"Instead of relying on the diminishing strength of their willpower every time they're offered a temptation, they simply set the rule that they don't eat cheesecake, or whatever it is, and there is no internal debate".

Now that's knowing what you "choose" to do. It's like the rule IS endless self-discipline! This article was great, Joe.

Thanks,
LLS

Interesting article. Discipline is important. And I liked this part:

Thanks for posting Joe.
　
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I have to say though that I love Personal Development.

I wouldn't trade everything I've learned for $1,000,000. As Jim Rohn said: “Success is something you attract by the person you become.” With all the discipline and work effort in the World, if you don't like who you are (even though your have material riches) and if you don't enjoy your own mind, then what's it all for?

Recently Personal Development has gotten a bad reputation thanks to movies like The Secret where it's implied that all a person has to do is think positive and they'll be successful financially.

That's something I don't agree with. I'm not the kind of person who sits around and repeats an affirmation expecting to be wealthy.

However, I do read Personal Development books and they've changed my life. As Henry David Thoreau said: “How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.” I'm reading an amazing book right now and every page is illuminating.

I think discipline (etc.) combined with (practical) Personal Development is the best approach.

prior to the secret personal development people made their money doing pblic speach and selling training program to big companies ...companies had begun to see less value in that an where stopping it all together ..or cutting back .

after the secret most of the self help book became promotional tools for book and tape programs, coaching service, or pricey seminars ..which is why i stopped buying the self help stuff about then ..

even rich dad poor dad was about selling the board game ..
nothing against marketing but if 95 percent of what you are saying in the book i have seen before .

i have basically been studying how successful people achieve and maintain success ...

and a lot of the time it is discipline built by failing..figuring out what they did wrong and made the changes ..to improve.

for me to many self help authors are mlm promoters..because their the only ones who pay speakers any more ..