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Let us start with wisdom from M. Scott Peck, one of only few self-development authors (don't know he would have liked being called one) who make any sense. This is from the great Doctor's seminal book, "The Road Less Travelled".

1. Life is difficult.
2. We are responsible for our own actions and decisions.
3. Do the difficult tasks first.
- M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

Do one thing daily that scares you the most.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

13 RULES OF DISCIPLINE
1. Work first, then play.
2. When doing something new, fight the fear of being a “phony.” As you improve, that feeling lessens.
3. Keep company with disciplined people. We tend to imitate those with whom we associate.
4. Tolerate discomfort gracefully. Most learning is stressful.
5. Time your chores: they probably won’t take nearly as long as you imagine.
6. Take advantage of high-energy moods: they won’t last.
7. Burn your bridges: if you make a public commitment to family and friends, you’re more likely to follow through.
8. Make notes: don’t rely on memory.
9. Recite out loud those facts or names you need to remember.
10. Imitate those you admire.
11. Take risks: life without them is safe but boring.
12. Sleep on important decisions. This prevents impulse buying.
13. Practice your skills and exercises on and off all day, such as practicing foreign languages or doing deep knee bends.
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There is no such thing as great talent without great will-power.
- Honore de Balzac

Without discipline, there's no life at all.
- Katharine Hepburn

If we don't discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.
- William Feather

The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.
- Bob Moawad

I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.
- Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
- Mick Jagger

I am,
indeed,
a king,
because I know how
to rule myself.
- Pietro Aretino, 10 May 1537

If we resist our passions, it is more because of their weakness than because of our strength.
- François, duc de La Rochefoucauld

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
- Author Unknown

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
- Benjamin Franklin

Go ahead and squander your chi. But I guarantee you heaven isn't in Miss March's pussy.... Heaven is on the other side of that feeling you get when you're sitting on the couch and you get up and make a triple-decker sandwich. It's on the other side of that, when you don't make the sandwich. It's about sacrifice.... It's about giving up the things that basically keep you from feeling. That's what I believe, anyway. I'm always asking, "What am I going to give up next?" Because I want to feel.

- JIM CARREY, interview in the Playboy magazine

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