Discipline or Devotion?

People think I'm disciplined. It's not discipline, it is devotion. There is a great difference. - Pavarotti

Devotion is a great substitute for discipline.

Discipline is scarce. Devotion is abundant.

Discipline is painful. Devotion is enjoyable.

Both act as fuel for our activities.

We can choose which one we will use.

It takes tremendous discipline to fix our weaknesses but devotion provides the energy for building on our strengths.

As the entire world begins to search for alternative fuels to power our vehicles, maybe it is time to consider an alternative fuel for powering our lives.   

Comments

[Leszek Cyfer]

Discipline is doing what you know you must do, and the thing you really must do is the one that makes you sick just thinking about having to do it.

We do all kinds of things to stop thinking about it - to escape from it. Yet when they are finished it still is there, needing to be done, sometimes even getting worse with passing of time.

The thing is - paradoxically - when you make the thing that you know you must do you suddenly feel great, you know you're on the right track, going forward with your life, getting on a higher level of understanding and so on.

So - feel great :)

[Kirk Abraham]

Excellent! Great way to articulate this sometimes subtle but significant difference in mindset & approach.

Kirk
www.engineeringsolutionsteam.com