When it comes to personal and professional development, self-discipline is one of the most under-rated skills yet the most rewarding once mastered.

If you think about it, everything you have attained or achieved in life to date is through the self-discipline of regular, applied effort. Think about your college days – you must have been faced with such temptations to go out with friends, eat drink and make merry. And you probably did much of that too. However, as exam times approached, you knuckled under, overcame your desire for short-term gratification and instead focused on your long term goal i.e. to attain that degree or qualification. It wasn’t fun but now when you look back you can enjoy a great sense of pride and satisfaction at your achievement. And that achievement takes you places, opens doors and accesses opportunities for you.

Any career or personal goals and aims you aspire to are only possible if they are first based on a solid foundation of self-discipline. You may crave freedom to do what you want – yet if you look around, who has the most freedom? It is the people who controlled their desire for instant gratification and focused on their long term goals and got on with the tasks that would move them towards the achievement of their aspirations and eventually the freedom that resulted.

We are taught self-discipline from the day we are born and in the process we learn valuable life skills that then support us throughout our lives.

How can you learn to be more self-disciplined? The more you practice the easier it becomes. So start by being self-disciplined about some small tasks you have been putting off e.g. sorting and filing all your papers and bills at home. As a start, commit yourself to doing one hour of paper sorting on your return from work before you relax for the evening. Within a few days your pile of papers will be no more and the sense of achievement you will feel will know no bounds. Enjoy the moment and celebrate your powers of self-discipline and then start on the next task and so on and so on. Exercise your powers of self-discipline daily and watch your life turn around!

Wishing you great success always!
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Author: Jeynu West
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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Is time management or the lack thereof getting the best of you? Before embarking on another time management strategy, take the time to assess where you are. The ability to self assess yourself is a necessary self leadership skill.

When asking for directions to get somewhere, what is the first response that you hear from the other person on the end of the phone line or in front of you? Where are you?”
Of course! Until someone knows where you are they cannot provide the necessary directions that you need to get to where you want to go.

Time management is no different. Where are you in your life? Let me help you right now to answer that question. So, grab a sheet of paper and a pencil.

1. Draw a rather large circle to allow you space to write in the circle
2. You need 8 equal parts within the circle
3. Draw a line dividing the circle into 2 equal halves
4. Draw another line dividing the circle into 4 equal quarters
5. Draw a third line that divides two of the opposing quarters into 2 equal parts
6. Draw a fourth line that divides the other two opposing quarters into 2 equal parts
7. Your circle should now should be 8 equal parts

Next:

1. Beginning in the 1/8 section from the top center position and going clockwise write the word Purpose
2. Then in each of the sections going clockwise write one word with the first one being Mental
3. Career
4. Family
5. Ethics & Beliefs or Spiritual (Select the term you feel more comfortable and that represents your life style
6. Physical
7. Financial
8. Social

Congratulations. You have just constructed your Life While. You should now have eight sections each having one word or phrase within each piece of your Life Wheel.

Now place a zero at the center of the Life Wheel and label the far outer rim or circumference of the circle 100. Then assess yourself in each area of this Life Wheel from the center moving outward much like eating a piece of pie by asking yourself one of these questions:

1. What percentage from 0 to 100 have I achieved for that section?
2. How happy am I from 0 to 100 right now for that section?
3. How much of my potential from 0 to 100 have I used for that section?

Upon completion make sure you date this sheet of paper and save it for now you have the answer to where you are. After doing this activity with hundreds of individuals probably closer to thousands because I have lost count, what I have learned is the following:

• Most people do not know their purpose in life
• Most people have a wheel that is unbalanced
• Very few people are at the 90 to 100 in all 8 aspects of their lives

If you will also notice that the areas within this wheel counter balance each other. For if our mental state is not where we want it to be, usually our physical state is suffering as well. Also, you may intentionally be out of balance. For example, if you are changing jobs, this may result in a temporary lack of balance financially as well as to your family and social areas.

Now that you know where you are, you can begin to set goals to even up your wheel. Remember, effective time management is about goal setting and goal achievement as well as utilizing your self leadership skills such as assessing and reflection. When you understand that your goals determine your effective use of time, you will begin to improve time management skills.

If you want to improve your time management skills, begin with your goal setting skills. Visit http://www.processspecialist.com/coaching-program-egoals.htm to learn more.

Call me, Leanne Hoagland-Smith, The Chief People Officer or Business Coach for people and organizations who want to improve results, at 219.759.5601 or visit at http://www.processspecialist.com/personal-growth-action-plan.htm to learn about a new tool – the Personal Growth Action Plan. This dynamic tool will help you not only with time management but in creating a more balanced and successful life.

Author: Leanne Hoagland-Smith
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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When it comes to personal and professional development, self-discipline is one of the most under-rated skills yet the most rewarding once mastered.

If you think about it, everything you have attained or achieved in life to date is through the self-discipline of regular, applied effort. Think about your college days – you must have been faced with such temptations to go out with friends, eat drink and make merry. And you probably did much of that too. However, as exam times approached, you knuckled under, overcame your desire for short-term gratification and instead focused on your long term goal i.e. to attain that degree or qualification. It wasn’t fun but now when you look back you can enjoy a great sense of pride and satisfaction at your achievement. And that achievement takes you places, opens doors and accesses opportunities for you.

Any career or personal goals and aims you aspire to are only possible if they are first based on a solid foundation of self-discipline. You may crave freedom to do what you want – yet if you look around, who has the most freedom? It is the people who controlled their desire for instant gratification and focused on their long term goals and got on with the tasks that would move them towards the achievement of their aspirations and eventually the freedom that resulted.

We are taught self-discipline from the day we are born and in the process we learn valuable life skills that then support us throughout our lives.

How can you learn to be more self-disciplined? The more you practice the easier it becomes. So start by being self-disciplined about some small tasks you have been putting off e.g. sorting and filing all your papers and bills at home. As a start, commit yourself to doing one hour of paper sorting on your return from work before you relax for the evening. Within a few days your pile of papers will be no more and the sense of achievement you will feel will know no bounds. Enjoy the moment and celebrate your powers of self-discipline and then start on the next task and so on and so on. Exercise your powers of self-discipline daily and watch your life turn around!

Wishing you great success always!
http://www.smartuworld.com

Author: Jeynu West
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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Time management can be best summed up in In Alice in Wonderland when the rabbit says:

• I am late!
• I am late!
• For a very important date!

Do you ever feel like that rabbit, always late, running this way and that? Trying to catch up, but truly never getting there? And when the day ends are you stressed out and emotionally exhausted?

Since time management is really an oxymoron given that you cannot manage a constant, then to improve time management skills must begin with you and your self leadership skills. One of these critical self leadership skills is just learning how to say no.

But, you are thinking, I can’t say no! If you continue to have those habits of thought, yes you will always be saying Yes instead of sometimes saying no. So, what is keeping you from saying No?

Possibly, your goals are not committed to writing and organized within an action plan? Time management is really the apex of goal setting. Without goals to support time management, time management literally implodes and the result is chaos or I am late! I am late! You get the picture.

Or maybe you have habits of thought such as I am late! I am late! that are driving your behaviors to always be late. These attitudes can be changed through the use of positive affirmation statements or what I call belief statements.

One of my clients who had been late for everything for over 20 years wrote down the following on a 3×5 index card. I am always on time for every commitment. He read this printed statement out loud at least 3 times daily, morning, noon and evening. And within 30 days, he was arriving on time and in some cases even 5 minutes earlier. Yes, you can change your attitudes or habits of thoughts.

As written earlier, your self leadership skills including the ability to say No must be improved. When you have written goals, positive attitudes and good communication skills to decision making skills, you can say No. For example, when asked to do something else by your direct supervisor or boss, you can respond with something like:

Now, that you have given me this goal which you indicated to be a top priority, what should I do with the goal that you gave me earlier today? Since I do not know the importance of this goal from your perspective and I want to keep the customer loyal and happy, which one do you want me to finish first?

By having a written business plan or personal action plan, you have the ability to see what executable actions are necessary to get you to where you want to go. You are now longer living the spray and pray life style where hope becomes your guiding strategy because you can’t say No.

Yes, you can say No to improve time management. All you need to do is to understand that you are in control of your life through goals, attitudes and great self leadership skills.

If you want to improve time management skills, begin with your goal setting skills. Visit http://www.processspecialist.com/coaching-program-egoals.htm to learn more.

Call me, Leanne Hoagland-Smith, The Business Coach for People & Companies that want improved results, at 219.759.5601 or visit at http://www.processspecialist.com to explore everything from how my solutions double results to articles and resources including the Simply Speaking e book series.

Author: Leanne Hoagland-Smith
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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