"Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most." – Abraham Lincoln https://t.co/Wyc7YeyEMB
"Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most." – Abraham Lincoln https://t.co/Wyc7YeyEMB
That’s the elegant secret to discipline: valuing your future self as highly as you value your current self, at least long enough to get your Right Now Self to do the right thing. That moment of choice is where the ants go one way and grasshoppers the other.
David Cain • The elegant secret to self-discipline
The conviction that one sacrifices present pleasures for future benefits.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin • Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money
"We often make choices based on immediate outcomes. What can I do to experience a little joy in the next 30 minutes? What can I accomplish in the next hour? But if you always expect to get a little bit of reward for a little bit of effort, then you often overlook actions that lead to greater payoffs down the road. The relationship between input and... See more
Wes Claytor • Great Quotes — Wes Claytor
There’s a tremendous friction that arises when you don’t allow yourself to do what you really want to do with your life. You make a lot of halfway decisions to negotiate your competing priorities: what you want, and what you want to want.