Choose for yourselves this day
whom you will serve.
—Joshua 24:15
Self-discipline is the difference between achievers and also-rans.
From 165 yards out, Masters champion Rory McIlroy made a sweet swing, lofting and landing a 1.68-inch golf ball four feet from a 4.25-inch cup. Luck? Try hundreds of blisters and buckets of sweat.
Soccer great Lionel Messi said, “I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year; it took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success.”
Apply it to music virtuosity, space exploration, or whatever.
Allegedly, on Plato’s manuscript of his renowned Republic, there were thirteen versions of the opening sentence in his own handwriting, before he settled on his choice.
Choices! We all make them. Even refusing to choose is a choice. It cannot be evaded. You must make it, one way or another.
If you say “Yes” to something,
you are saying “No” to something else.