The Importance of Discipline

One of the most popular misconceptions in the world is that the people who end up being the most successful somehow achieve this success through short cuts, not working hard and other miracles of fate.  What I do know is that each time someone is able to achieve incredible success without a lot of work and with some luck, multiple news stories will be generated about this event and the person will become almost legendary for their instant success. Why?  Because it is so rare and it gives people an incredible amount of hope.  People want to [Read more]

You Need to Delay Gratification

When I was around 14 years old I moved in with my father after living with my mother for my entire childhood. Although I was a good student in elementary school, once I got into middle school there were lots of fun things to do. This included taking my parents’ cars out at night without a license, and riding around on bikes through the neighborhood with other kids. If it was too cold outside, I could always watch television, play video games, or make other trouble indoors. While I had been a very good [Read more]