Success for 2014: It's interesting what you can achieve with self-discipline

Hello Theo,

When I was an employee, I had to get to work on time, meet project deadlines and produce results.

I couldn’t make excuses and not show up, because I wanted to keep my job and get paid.

And yet, I noticed how easy it was to avoid taking action, procrastinate and let things drift along, when I started working for myself!

Especially when I was full of self doubt.

But the fact is, as Warren Buffet said, “We don’t have to be smarter than the rest; we have to be more disciplined than the rest.”

Self-discipline is a skill which I continue to work on as there are still days when I have lots of self-sabotaging thoughts and behaviours.

The difference, now, is that I have a few strategies in place to help me, starting with my mindset and emotions ...

By bringing self-awareness to outcomes I want to achieve and any negative thoughts, I can make a conscious effort to change my behaviour.

I do this through meditation, journaling, and self-reflection.

Together with self-care.

Prioritising physical and emotional well-being, helps my creativity, energy, mental clarity, and motivation to take action even on the difficult days.

It's not always easy, but by embracing more self-discipline in my work and life I’ve experienced …

~ Increased productivity. It's interesting what you can achieve when you commit to something. By writing in 15-minute intervals for three hours per day, Anthony Trollope published 47 novels, 18 works of non-fiction, 12 short stories, 2 plays, and an assortment of articles and letters!

~ Improved time management, by staying focused and avoiding distractions.

~ Better decision making.

~ Greater resilience through the challenging times. Even Einstein once said, “It’s not that I’m so smart. It’s just that I stay with problems longer.”

~ Enhanced feelings of self-worth, instead of feeling disappointed with myself!

I would love to know how you feel about self-discipline in your business.

From my own experience accountability can make a big difference when I want to make a positive changes, so I ‘ve opened up a few places in my small group Empowered Female Entrepreneur coaching programme.

To find out more reply to this email, contact me here or click below for more details.

How to Manage Stress: Social Media

Last month Tricia Woolfrey, an Integrative Coach and Therapist, invited me onto her YouTube/Podcast to talk about “How to Manage Social Media Stress”.

Love it or loathe it Social Media has become, for many of us, an important part of doing business.

Personally, as I mentioned in a previous email, it has lots of benefits but I’ve found it can be a time-wasting distraction, unless I have boundaries in place!

We talked for about 20 minutes; although we could have carried on for a few hours, as there was a lot to discuss in terms of its positive and negative impact on life and business.

Would you like to listen in? You can watch it here…

Susan x