Today I was listening to a talk by speaker Dean Lindsay, where he asks the audience what is more painful, discipline or regret? This got me thinking... This question is more than which one is more painful, it's about the choices we make for our success, goals and life in general. I'm a huge believer in choice and that we all have a choice in everything we do.
Regret is much easier to deal with because you can put it off and not force yourself to deal with it everyday. Regret can be tucked away, hidden and forgotten about. However, at some point, which could be a day, week, year or lifetime away, regret will eventually get so big and unavoidable that it rears its ugly head. Discipline on the other hand is hard work and needs to be focused on everyday. If we're going to have discipline in achieving a goal and being successful in whatever we choose to be successful in then we have to work at it everyday, without fail. Discipline is not easy, but neither is regret.
So, beyond which is more painful, regret or discipline, the bigger question is are we willing to deal with our own future today and everyday or are we willing to deal with the lack of success down the road? If our choice is the latter then we have to be prepared to look in the mirror when regret makes an appearance and accept the fact the we, at some point, chose regret over discipline.
How great would we and the world in general be if we all made the choice of discipline?
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