“You should never go to a meeting or make a telephone call without a clear idea of what you are trying to achieve.” ShouldTryingIdeasClearAchieveDisciplineMeetingsSelf DisciplineTelephonesDecisiveness Author:Steve Jobs
“Great control and great discipline are necessary when you reach your own editing stage of the book, but in the early stages you have to be prepared to let anything happen and to get it wrong or go off track. The development of a character is not smooth or simple - it is as tricky as meeting someone new whom you would like to know better.” KnowsBookCharacterHappensSimpleStageDevelopmentDisciplineMeetingsPreparedTrackThings HappenSmoothEditingBe PreparedTrickyMeeting Someone Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Writing can be such a lonely endeavor that I do think community is also important.Meeting at cafes and exchanging work and reading to each other and giving each other little bits of encouragement and feedback and thoughts, I think that's an incredibly rich experience because what it does is it gives you a sense of community but also purpose. If I know I'm going to meet you in a cafe next Tuesday, I'm going to write something that I can hand to you. Discipline is such a challenge for so many writers and so I think that that's a key benefit of being in a group.” ThinkingGivingWritingImportantPurposeReadingCommunityChallengesRichDisciplineLonelyEncouragementMeetingsFeedbackTuesday Author:Cheryl Strayed
“The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward to meeting His Holiness.” SelfQualityDisciplineHarmonyMeetingsHolinessSelf DisciplineLooking ForwardLamaPeace And HarmonyDalai Author:Joe Nichols
“Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports.” PeopleSelfSuccessMotivationGivenSportsCan DoSelf EsteemDisciplineMeetingsAthleteEsteemMotivational SportsFrameworkMeeting New People Author:Mia Hamm
“Sure I am a religious man who is also passionate about conserving the environment. But I am also a CEO, with all the bad habits and attitudes that are natural to the species. . . . I am still naturally self-interested, overconfident, full of pride, and eager to control a meeting as any CEO in America. Every day, I struggle with my ego.” MenStillsSelfAmericaNaturalReligiousAttitudeStruggleEnvironmentPrideHabitDisciplineEgoMeetingsSpeciesPassionateSelf DisciplineCeoBad HabitsConservingOverconfident Author:Tom Chappell