365 Exciting Ways to Live : Excitement # 39 - Practise a Disciplined Schedule

Practise a Disciplined Schedule.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

– Jim Rohn

Success is a result of systematic application of efforts in a disciplined way. We need to be organised to handle difficult projects tactfully and smartly. More work need not require more time. More work means more planning and systematic scheduling of activities so that we can accomplish more work in less time.

We need to have a daily, weekly and monthly menu like:

·         Daily jogging for 20 minutes.

·         Daily reading for 1 hour.

·         Daily meditating for 30 minutes.

·         Weekly cleaning of the kitchen.

·         Weekly once visiting our parents.

·         Weekly once visiting our place of worship.

·         Monthly balancing of our bank account.

·         Monthly checking of our weight.

·         Monthly evaluation of our projects on hand.

We can also have a yearly calendar like renewing our insurance policy and filing our tax return. The idea may appear to be simple, but it calls for a high mental discipline, especially the daily and the weekly.

Today, why don’t you start by identifying one item in each of the above category and try it out? Over the next few months, you can get even more organised!

(From my book '365 Exciting Ways to Live')

N C Sridharan

www.thetimefoundation.com

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