The famous line from Musonius Rufus was that labor passes quickly but the fruit of labor endures. It’s the same with discipline: the vigilance is temporary, but the fruit of that vigilance can be enjoyed long after the sacrifice has been forgotten.
Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.
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Inclusivity matters. Advocacy matters. Showing up for your community matters.
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Courage: Face your fears. Do hard things.
Temperance: Do the right amount of things. Resist temptation.
Justice: Do the right thing. Take action for the common good.
Wisdom: The pursuit of truth. The pursuit of learning.
"You don't have to always be amazing. You do always have to show up. What matters is sticking around for the next at bat.
The ability to do that, coupled with the ability to endure...those days when everything seems out of whack, when you're just not feeling it...
A few months ago I bought a copy of Discipline is Destiny by @RyanHoliday . I liked it so much i read through it again. The next time I read through it, I decided to take a highlighter to the passages that really jumped out at me. These are a few of those passages
@JamesClear states the same idea in his book Atomic Habits (also worth reading). By improving yourself 1% each day, every day, the improvement doesn't add up, but rather compounds: 1% better than yesterday equals 2% better than 2 days ago, and 35% better than a month ago.