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From Coach Traub:
First, you have to decide that you want a particular goal - that you are committed to finding a way to get it. Then with enough motivation, you will be able and will need to have discipline. Discipline may not be a sexy topic, but to get to any worthwhile "end," you must go through the "middle." No cheating, no shortcuts. Discipline is the "middle." You can get whatever you want in life if you have enough MOTIVATION and COURAGE, and it is DISCIPLINE that will take you there!
What is discipline? It's hustle and sweat and fighting through pain. It's eliminating excuses. It's attention to details. It's consistency. It's hard work without having to be asked. It's more, though many teenagers lack a clear concept of what discipline really is. Personally, I had already graduated college when I discovered Dr. M. Scott Peck's book, The Road Less Traveled. In it, Dr. Peck suggests that discipline is scheduling painful things now to enhance pleasure later. It is accepting responsibility for the results I am getting and dedicating myself to reality so that I can figure out what's working and what isn't. This requires stringent self-examination, a willingness to be challenged, and relentless honesty. Then, choosing one course of action over another requires flexibility, good judgment, and courage. With discipline, we can work both hard and smart. "Life is difficult" says Dr. Peck in the famous opening line of the book, but with discipline, he believes we can "transcend the difficulty of life."
Personally, I think life is still quite challenging... even difficult. But I agree that when we learn to take it one step at a time, trying hard and being open so that we learn every step of the way, amazing achievements become common.
COACHING POINT - Leadership is "getting others to do what you want them to, because they want to do it." (Eisenhower) Its foundation is leading by example. As John Wooden often says, "Discipline yourself and others won't need to." Then, if you have the resources left in the tank -- time, energy, confidence, etc. -- make your teammates better by helping them give their best effort, too.
First, you have to decide that you want a particular goal - that you are committed to finding a way to get it. Then with enough motivation, you will be able and will need to have discipline. Discipline may not be a sexy topic, but to get to any worthwhile "end," you must go through the "middle." No cheating, no shortcuts. Discipline is the "middle." You can get whatever you want in life if you have enough MOTIVATION and COURAGE, and it is DISCIPLINE that will take you there!
What is discipline? It's hustle and sweat and fighting through pain. It's eliminating excuses. It's attention to details. It's consistency. It's hard work without having to be asked. It's more, though many teenagers lack a clear concept of what discipline really is. Personally, I had already graduated college when I discovered Dr. M. Scott Peck's book, The Road Less Traveled. In it, Dr. Peck suggests that discipline is scheduling painful things now to enhance pleasure later. It is accepting responsibility for the results I am getting and dedicating myself to reality so that I can figure out what's working and what isn't. This requires stringent self-examination, a willingness to be challenged, and relentless honesty. Then, choosing one course of action over another requires flexibility, good judgment, and courage. With discipline, we can work both hard and smart. "Life is difficult" says Dr. Peck in the famous opening line of the book, but with discipline, he believes we can "transcend the difficulty of life."
Personally, I think life is still quite challenging... even difficult. But I agree that when we learn to take it one step at a time, trying hard and being open so that we learn every step of the way, amazing achievements become common.
COACHING POINT - Leadership is "getting others to do what you want them to, because they want to do it." (Eisenhower) Its foundation is leading by example. As John Wooden often says, "Discipline yourself and others won't need to." Then, if you have the resources left in the tank -- time, energy, confidence, etc. -- make your teammates better by helping them give their best effort, too.
