No Excuses! The Power of Self-Discipline




No Excuses! The Power of Self-Discipline



WHY DO WE SUCCEED?


Self-discipline, of course. At least that’s what the author explained in No Excuses! Our Unique 21 Ways to Achieve Lasting Success. The author’s book describes how you can use self-discipline to become a successful, person in 21 areas of your life.


 The Author does occasionally uses the expression of “superior people” vs. “weak and irresolute people.” But his advice throughout No Excuses is so sound, and the book easy to read, that the author may just convert you into a self-disciplinarian in fully studying the book. He certainly had me interested long before that.


WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT


The Author quotes Elbert Hubbard to define self-discipline as “the ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” He tells you how to employ self-discipline in 21 well-organized, easy to follow chapters. These chapters are clustered into groups of seven, which in turn make up the three parts of the book.


Part I covers self-discipline and personal success. This part covers things like goals, courage, and persistence, and how self-discipline helps you master them.

Part II tells you how to use self-discipline in business, sales, and finances.

Part III talks about quality-of-life issues like personal health, fitness, and marriage, and how you can use—you guessed it—self-discipline to achieve success in those areas.


Each chapter features a number of end-of-chapter exercises to get you moving in the right direction. Unlike many other books I’ve read, these exercises are good. Tracy truly helps you figure out where you are in each area of your life, and what you need to do to find success. If you do all the exercises in the book, you’ll make book worth your time and money.


HUMAN WANTS VIS A VIS HUMAN NEEDS

It is very important in life to distinguish between what we want and what we need always paying attention to the needs which will require for survival and putting our wants on hold or totally doing away with it as this will aid in having a clear cut vision in what we want to achieve and where we want to be in our goals.


Overall, I give No Excuses a ready thumbs-up. The Author does a fine job of offering simple definitions of oft-foggy concepts like leadership, time management and character. He then tells you how to cultivate them using the secret sauce of self-discipline. Throughout the book, he uses studies, anecdotes, business concepts like the 80/20 principle, and self-help ideas like the Law of Attraction to support his points. It’s an easy but profound read.
Two things about No Excuses gave me pause, although I don’t believe they affect the quality of The Author‘s advice as this may explain that “universal truth” angle I picked up in some places.


Onto my second point, or digression, however you may classify it. The Author’s self-discipline reflects a well-honed work ethic. He advocates that you have, at the least, a full and productive day. After getting enough sleep, he writes that you should read something uplifting before getting out of bed. After reading, you get up and exercise. Then you go to work an hour early, work through lunch, and leave an hour late. Every day.


I can’t imagine being relaxed, living like that. But there’s little in the book about managing stress. I can only assume that what makes this kind of heavy schedule tolerable is the right mindset. That kind of mindset is really hard to cultivate, unless you had fabulous parents, or you’re religious. And I can’t help but think that for the Author, that mindset is supported by God, though he doesn’t mention anything about faith or religion in the book


CONCLUSION:

 

I thank the Regional Director Mr. Temi Tuedor for this great opportunity to understand the fact that life itself has components that must be tackled and not seen as excuses!

And That these so called excuses is a compulsory requirement to ensure we succeed in everything we do; but we must overcome them first so long we see them as opportunities and not problems we will always succeed.


No Excuses is a very good motivational equipment. It is motivational by virtue of being simple, effective, and quite true. I’d recommend it for every one that craves to be successful, especially if you’re ready to get your plans working and effective.

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