Displaying Discipline

If you don’t know, find out.

When you find out, figure out how to do it.

Discipline is the adherence to a code of conduct or behavior. If you, like me in my current situation, are not where you would like to be, maybe you lack discipline. Maybe, just maybe, you are not adhering to the code of conduct or behavior. The second part of the definition of discipline is punishment to correct disobedience. Perhaps your inability to adhere to the code is being met with punishment for noncompliance.

I have been compliant and noncompliant in my life. I’ve reaped the benefits of adhering to the code. I’ve also suffered the consequences of not obeying the code. Not to confuse the issue, but discipline can be used as a noun and a verb. We’ve discussed it as a verb, but the noun definition is a branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education. With that in mind, maybe you aren’t where you’d like to be because you have chosen a discipline that doesn’t add exceptional value to those you serve.

If your discipline is washing dishes or fixing flat tires, your value delivery isn’t the same as a surgeon. Your discipline may not deliver enough value. Value is the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. In exchange for the value we deliver, we are compensated financially. You may receive fair market compensation for the value you deliver, but the discipline you chose may not compensate enough to meet your desires.

Today, my chosen disciplines are compensated fairly to achieve what I desire. Today, I’ve been noncompliant, I’ve lacked discipline or adherence to the code of conduct. Today, I can honestly say my ignorance to the code, with respect to this area, is my main inhibitor. I’ve been researching, reading, and working to develop an understanding of the market, the field, the tools, and the potential of this area. Yet, I’m not adhering fully. Those things aren’t engrained and part of my essence or being. They are foreign because they’re new and I’ve failed to fully integrate them into what I do and who I am.

I’m currently living and working in Stage Two of learning, and sometimes Stage One. I don’t know what I don’t know or I’m aware I’m doing the wrong thing. I haven’t gotten to Stages Three or Four, doing the right thing but it takes effort or doing the right thing and not even thinking about it. I’m still learning.

If any of this resonates, if you’re there and don’t know how to get unstuck, there’s hope. There’s a chance to keep honing your craft, putting arrows in the quiver, building and developing personally and professionally. If none of these thing sound familiar and you can’t relate in the least bit, be content where you are or invest some time in quiet contemplation with your Creator, asking for insight.

Today, Friday, August 16, 2024, I am grateful that:

It’s been an enlightening day and week. I’ve had some insights which have never occurred. I’m uncertain if it’s growth, but I’ll accept it as such.

I’m more comfortable seeing my deficiencies now than before. I’m no way near perfect, but the more progress I make towards it, the better of a man I become.

I can clearly see how to get where I’m going. The ro

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