If you ever wonder how to be successful. How it is that people bridge who they are now to who they want to be, the answer is discipline.

I repeat the basics of many things in my life. Healthy living. Effective communication. Writing. Teaching what I know to my colleagues. Learning from others,. Preparing great presentations. Public speaking. Discipline is why the reason for success. If I don’t repeat these things, I forget how to be a great speaker. Or how to prepare a PowerPoint Slide. Or how to write great articles. Or how to take care of my body. Or how to be a good friend. 

That’s how our brain works. 

Without repetition, we forget things. And discipline follows repetition like a shadow one can’t get rid of.

Small daily improvements are the keys to staggering long-term results.

It is about being in flow as much as possible. Look at successful athletes. We know their names because they honed their skills. Every single day. They have been improving their craft even when they haven’t felt like it.

Discipline is the determination to reach a certain goal. Even when you are racing through shark-infested waters. Determination is when you wash up on some deserted island disoriented and bloody. and you continue through the storm. Determination is being beaten and staring into the horizon with no sign of rescue. And not giving up.

You keep yourself in the game by fighting the sharks.

Do a little bit of something every day. Watch a small thing you do every day become a big thing that defines you.

All the talent in the world won’t take you anywhere without hard work, persistence, and determination.

I have always been good at writing reports, doing research and anything related to writing. But I did not succeed in writing until I decided to hone my skill as a writer. Until I refused to give up on my blog.

People succeed because they don’t give up on their goals and purpose. Whatever life throws at you. Whatever the impossible situation. Whenever the odds of achieving success seem remote you say to yourself, “I’m not going down without a fight.”

Discipline lets you not wimp out, roll over and die.

You succeed when you don’t wait around for motivation. Having to do something every day is not about “feeling like it.”

You would never get anything done if you wait around for inspiration. You rule your actions. Not your feelings.

Working at disassociating motivation with doing and getting on with whatever you are trying to achieve. Regardless of how all your feelings feel is how discipline saves you. You do not ask if this is a good day or a good moment to get started or to continue. You don’t care if you have motivation or not.

Discipline teaches you to persevere, to endure, to not give up. And to resist the temptation of comfort. This is how you prove to yourself that you can do something. This is how you decide to follow through and how you can get to an objective. It teaches you about self-control.

“Because without discipline, you become scattered. Dispersed. Disorganized and prey to all the things that contribute to nothing ever being done.”

Procrastination. laziness. Indecision and an absence of drive are born out of lack of discipline.

By focusing on doing small things every day that inch you closer to your goal, you become inspired. Your life becomes structured, stable and directed. Whatever you repeat, you reinforce. You keep doing what you need to do, even if it is uncomfortable. Even if you have woken up with zero motivation.

You cannot be great at something without consistency.

· Why do you think Serena Williams is a great tennis player?

· Why do you think Messi or Ronaldo are the best football players?

· Why do you think Beyoncé is a great singer?

· Why do you think J. K. Rowling has written the famous Harry Potter books and became best seller?

· Why do you think Steven Spielberg has produced and directed the very best films that we enjoy at the cinema?

· Why do you think Jason Fried has said this profound statement about Tiger Woods?

“Many amateur golfers think they need expensive clubs. But it’s the swing that matters, not the club. Give Tiger Woods a set of cheap clubs and he’ll still destroy you.”

The answer is simple:

They practice their thing every single day.

What you practice, you get good at.

“Consistency is to be respected and never underestimated.” Rich Roll

Your discipline will make you outstanding.

It’s through continuous practice that I have become a great public speaker. It’s through repeated training that I’ve become a sought-out personal development trainer in Ethiopia.

Don’t slack. Don’t cut the corners. Don’t be easy on yourself.

Life consists of small things. When you do small things extremely well, and consistently, big things will come to your life.

Skills develop from repetition.

The biggest mistake we make is to ignore this basic formula.

You become good at anything through repetition.

This is true no matter what you do, where you live, or who you are.

When you ignore this fact of what makes you a skillful person at whatever you do, you waste your potential.

That’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned in life:

“You become good at something, anything through consistency.”

My public speaking skill now is not the same as it was five years ago. My writing skill today is not the same as when I started years ago. Or even 18 months ago when I published my first blog post.

You’ll never achieve your full potential without repetition. Without taking consistent action, you’ll be responsible for the squandering of your own skills.

Never think that you know everything and you have done your best. Always be a beginner. That way, you’ll keep on developing and improving your skills.

“If you want to be the best at what you do, you must never underestimate the power of repetition.”

Without repetition, we forget things easily.

And discipline follows repetition like a shadow one can’t get rid of.

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To your inspirations,

Banchi