Discipline.
Think about it.
Willing ourselves to do work we don’t want to do.
Notice how we language it:
- The “price” we have to pay
- The “pain” for the gain
- The “struggle” … necessary for the character it brings
- The “work”… a four-letter word
And then discipline to get through it all.
No wonder we cave. It’s all a setup for failure, to give up.
The secret to accelerating our momentum is to fall in love with the process. We do this by changing how we language it and creating “micro visions” of us doing work we love … because it is WHO WE ARE.
Creating new visions of us becoming the person who does the work because it is who we are … it is our new identity. It is who we are and what we love.
We can change any perspective with the art of vision and self-motivation.
Paint the picture, capturing the positive emotions we crave, then visualize them over and over and over again. This is how we change.
What if, instead of having to “pay the price” and “do it anyway,” our daily work was our gift to the world?
What if we not only loved doing it, but we were compelled to do it … it was our calling?
What if we fell in love with the process?
Let’s say your big single daily action to achieve your goals is to eat fresh and move physically to exhaustion every day.
Write a vision of you BEING that person … not the grind of it, but the grace of it.
Focus on what you are doing, why you are doing it, what great pleasure it brings you, and how it honors you and your family. Create a mini-movie of it with your favorite inspirational music. Watch it as many times a day as you can, but at least first thing in the morning and last thing at night.
Do it for 30 days. I promise … you will change.
Your preferences will change. Your attitudes will change. You will learn to become the person who loves the work.
You will soon do it naturally and effortlessly, with joy and consistency. You will learn to crave it. Imagine that.
Motivated people do not need discipline. They do not need to be committed. They do what must be done for the joy the process brings them. It is WHO THEY ARE.
The work is worth it,
Richard
P.S.My blogs are, for me, a conversation. I rant for a bit and then … if so inspired, you respond. Your comments close the loop of conversation. They let me know I was heard. They let me know I contributed something … or not. I encourage you to close the loop … or open a new one and say something.
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Hensley Joyce A
Discipline is the way to get where we want to be! Thank you for the encouragement!
Discipline is the way to get where we want to be! Thank you for the encouragement!
Shirley Fugate
Great reminder about being conscious of our language and our thoughts to bring about positive change. Instead of saying I have to…. I have changed that to I get to…
which brings a positive thought and action to enjoying the process.
Great reminder about being conscious of our language and our thoughts to bring about positive change. Instead of saying I have to…. I have changed that to I get to…
which brings a positive thought and action to enjoying the process.
Azeez MM Moossa
Hai Sir
Inspired with your latest versions of carrier devolopment please let me hear
Thank you and regards
AzeezMM
Hai Sir
Inspired with your latest versions of carrier devolopment please let me hear
Thank you and regards
AzeezMM
Renee
This came at the perfect time for me!
Put your life in a whole new perspective.
This came at the perfect time for me!
Put your life in a whole new perspective.
Celine
I love this conversation. Falling in love with the process was in itself a process for me, yet one that has paid HUGE dividends over my career. I was reminded yet again at an event with team and guests last night, the beautiful upside of falling in love with the process, because without it, that room of excited, beautiful people, would not have come together, and in the world we live in right now, the ability to actually be able to gather together is a blessing. So falling in love with starting conversations, following up, inviting and more follow up, makes it all worth while. Thank you Richard for always blessing us with your wisdom x
I love this conversation. Falling in love with the process was in itself a process for me, yet one that has paid HUGE dividends over my career. I was reminded yet again at an event with team and guests last night, the beautiful upside of falling in love with the process, because without it, that room of excited, beautiful people, would not have come together, and in the world we live in right now, the ability to actually be able to gather together is a blessing. So falling in love with starting conversations, following up, inviting and more follow up, makes it all worth while. Thank you Richard for always blessing us with your wisdom x
Jean Thomas
Discipline is required in most of our life! Schedule and get it done!
Discipline is required in most of our life! Schedule and get it done!
Eze Obie
Great inspiration and am in love with your insight
Great inspiration and am in love with your insight
Haden Murray
Discipline is a lost art in this society. We want to do the busy work. Instead of prospecting and inviting. Thanks for stoking the fire. To do what I know must be done. I love your if I gave you $500 would you do analogy.
Discipline is a lost art in this society. We want to do the busy work. Instead of prospecting and inviting. Thanks for stoking the fire. To do what I know must be done. I love your if I gave you $500 would you do analogy.
Christine Gagne'
I love this; change your thoughts change your mind. Creating a new mindset. I’m going to start this exercise today. Many times your mind wants to go into an automatic play back of every negative thought it’s had. Taking charge of your thoughts is a challenge for me.
I love this; change your thoughts change your mind. Creating a new mindset. I’m going to start this exercise today. Many times your mind wants to go into an automatic play back of every negative thought it’s had. Taking charge of your thoughts is a challenge for me.
Kimberly Gillem
“not the grind of it, but the grace” … This was like a cool breeze on a warm day!
“not the grind of it, but the grace” … This was like a cool breeze on a warm day!
Marlene kangas
Richard, since starting your Momentum Masterclass, I’m getting closer to loving the invite process. You have shown me how easy it is to do just by connecting and having a conversation with others. Thank you. Love your words of wisdom! ( never stop ranting, LOL)
Richard, since starting your Momentum Masterclass, I’m getting closer to loving the invite process. You have shown me how easy it is to do just by connecting and having a conversation with others. Thank you. Love your words of wisdom! ( never stop ranting, LOL)
Susan Lancaster Maghrabi
Love the positiveness of this post, thank you, Richard. Always an inspiration, both you and Kimmy.
Love the positiveness of this post, thank you, Richard. Always an inspiration, both you and Kimmy.
Mark Pukmel
As ALWAYS Richard……..spot on what I needed to hear and know EXACTLY who’ll I’ll share this with on our team. My story joining YL is intense and wild, it’s spiritual and metaphysical, it incredible and………truth be told…….not easy. The easy part is falling in love with the products……….that’s part of my story……an intense one………….my wife Jodi & I are currently enrolled in your momentum master class. We LOVE IT and you’re great !! Thank you for coaching and inspiring us to dig in and embrace it all.
Blessings,
Mark 🙏😊🌿
As ALWAYS Richard……..spot on what I needed to hear and know EXACTLY who’ll I’ll share this with on our team. My story joining YL is intense and wild, it’s spiritual and metaphysical, it incredible and………truth be told…….not easy. The easy part is falling in love with the products……….that’s part of my story……an intense one………….my wife Jodi & I are currently enrolled in your momentum master class. We LOVE IT and you’re great !! Thank you for coaching and inspiring us to dig in and embrace it all.
Blessings,
Mark 🙏😊🌿
Susanna Smith
Yes, thank you for this reminder!
Yes, thank you for this reminder!
Carmela Bergman
This blog is a masterpiece! What a different “take” on motivation. It is so well expressed…so easy to read & understand. Absorb. I love it & I thank you for it, Richard.
This blog is a masterpiece! What a different “take” on motivation. It is so well expressed…so easy to read & understand. Absorb. I love it & I thank you for it, Richard.
Angela Mederos
I am falling in love with the daily process. Thank you Richard!
I am falling in love with the daily process. Thank you Richard!
Kelli J Johnson
Thank you for this fresh perspective!!! Game-changing!! :)
Thank you for this fresh perspective!!! Game-changing!! :)
Carmelita Bovino Haasenritter
Thank you Richard. You are right, and changing the narrative in my own mind creates the person I am becoming.
Thank you Richard. You are right, and changing the narrative in my own mind creates the person I am becoming.
J.R.Lang
Mahalo,
Sometimes what you say strikes a chord & this got me smiling doing the work.Enthusiasm is contagious and what a difference to be on a mission enjoying the conversation versus having to get through the “no’s” and dragging myself to my keyboard to get to ‘work’.Something clicked today & I know what I WANT to do.Thanx,Richard!
J.R.
Mahalo,
Sometimes what you say strikes a chord & this got me smiling doing the work.Enthusiasm is contagious and what a difference to be on a mission enjoying the conversation versus having to get through the “no’s” and dragging myself to my keyboard to get to ‘work’.Something clicked today & I know what I WANT to do.Thanx,Richard!
J.R.
Dolores
Thank you Richard, this is the person I am working on being. It tends to be up and down but I can see progress. You have given me the boost to keep on believing that I will become that person that I want to be.
Thank you Richard, this is the person I am working on being. It tends to be up and down but I can see progress. You have given me the boost to keep on believing that I will become that person that I want to be.
Laura Henning
Your words resonate with me and I agree. It shouldn’t be a chore to do the work I love. I am going to incorporate the vision of the goal in a more positive manner from now on. My other issue is exhaustion. Working my 10-12 hour a day regular job and what I truly love, YL in between. I plan to retire in 22 months so I have a vision and a goal to accomplish in that time frame. Thank you Richard.
Your words resonate with me and I agree. It shouldn’t be a chore to do the work I love. I am going to incorporate the vision of the goal in a more positive manner from now on. My other issue is exhaustion. Working my 10-12 hour a day regular job and what I truly love, YL in between. I plan to retire in 22 months so I have a vision and a goal to accomplish in that time frame. Thank you Richard.
mark
Aloha…
Brilliant post… Haanel writes, “…words are thoughts expressed. Words are the highest form of architecture and the passport to success” … this is my favorite lesson in the Master Key System and in one, short post, you brilliantly communicated this for “everyman” to understand and apply. BRAVO
Aloha…
Brilliant post… Haanel writes, “…words are thoughts expressed. Words are the highest form of architecture and the passport to success” … this is my favorite lesson in the Master Key System and in one, short post, you brilliantly communicated this for “everyman” to understand and apply. BRAVO
Liza Jimmy
Yes, thank you for making it clearer for me to see how I can make it more effectively.
Yes, thank you for making it clearer for me to see how I can make it more effectively.
LaRue
“Motivated people do not need discipline. They do not need to be committed. They do what must be done for the joy the process brings them. It is WHO THEY ARE.”
Wow! Thank you for this statement right here! It brings so much light and clarity to what I’ve been feeling in my heart. Moving into network marketing has been something that my heart has been leading me to but it has been an easy, graceful transition not a heavy, grinding struggle. And THIS is why! I am compelled to share because it’s who I am. Thank you again!
“Motivated people do not need discipline. They do not need to be committed. They do what must be done for the joy the process brings them. It is WHO THEY ARE.”
Wow! Thank you for this statement right here! It brings so much light and clarity to what I’ve been feeling in my heart. Moving into network marketing has been something that my heart has been leading me to but it has been an easy, graceful transition not a heavy, grinding struggle. And THIS is why! I am compelled to share because it’s who I am. Thank you again!
Rachel Baltensperger
I love this SO much. Thank you for sharing this powerful perspective shift!
I love this SO much. Thank you for sharing this powerful perspective shift!
Tammy Taylor
Loved it!!! Sharing!!
Loved it!!! Sharing!!
Cook Dr Bobbie
There’s so much wisdom and truth here. As I have learned to reframe my perception of life to one of gratitude and hope, the “should’s” and “must do’s” have transformed into joyful opportunities to grow and become a “better me.” Thank you for sharing your thoughts and life with me.
There’s so much wisdom and truth here. As I have learned to reframe my perception of life to one of gratitude and hope, the “should’s” and “must do’s” have transformed into joyful opportunities to grow and become a “better me.” Thank you for sharing your thoughts and life with me.
Jolene Burger
This was a beautiful new perspective: Envisioning or daily to do’s as our gift to the world and envisioning it done with grace. Thank you
This was a beautiful new perspective: Envisioning or daily to do’s as our gift to the world and envisioning it done with grace. Thank you
Rebecca VonBergen
This topic spoke to me as a business owner, wife & mother of two young teen girls. You have a way with presenting ideas that opens new perspectives. The grace of creating the person we want to become is what we focus on. I will be passing this along.
This topic spoke to me as a business owner, wife & mother of two young teen girls. You have a way with presenting ideas that opens new perspectives. The grace of creating the person we want to become is what we focus on. I will be passing this along.
Chris Spurvey
Thanks for this Richard. Very well said. This distinction and emphasis (it seems to be focussed on more in the most recent edition of Mach 2) has been a lightbulb moment for me.
Thanks for this Richard. Very well said. This distinction and emphasis (it seems to be focussed on more in the most recent edition of Mach 2) has been a lightbulb moment for me.
Barb Stump
Changing how we view “work”. I LOVE that ☺️
Changing how we view “work”. I LOVE that ☺️
Thoy Leonard
I love the idea of creating a mini movie! Thanks Richard!!
I love the idea of creating a mini movie! Thanks Richard!!
Catherine Yoder
Love what You do, do it with joy.
Having had a unhealthy relationship with food in my teenage years has brought me to a place to Love Serve and Grow every day of my life and I Love that have all of that in Your classes.
Loving becoming my best each new day!!!
Love what You do, do it with joy.
Having had a unhealthy relationship with food in my teenage years has brought me to a place to Love Serve and Grow every day of my life and I Love that have all of that in Your classes.
Loving becoming my best each new day!!!
Minki Terblanche
It took me years for the penny to drop.
I first experienced it when I changed my lifestyle from eating what I feel like to choosing the most healthy food available in every moment. I lost so much weight and with that came so many other amazing things.
When I first read your book Mach 2 you gave it a name: To BE goals.
Love it! Thank you Richard. You add enormous value to my life!
It took me years for the penny to drop.
I first experienced it when I changed my lifestyle from eating what I feel like to choosing the most healthy food available in every moment. I lost so much weight and with that came so many other amazing things.
When I first read your book Mach 2 you gave it a name: To BE goals.
Love it! Thank you Richard. You add enormous value to my life!
Minki Terblanche
It took me years for the penny to drop.
I first experienced it when I changed my lifestyle from eating what I feel like to choosing the most healthy food available in every moment. I lost so much weight and with that came so many other amazing things.
When I first read your book Mach 2 you gave it a name: To BE goals.
Love it! Thank you Richard. You add enormous value to my life!
It took me years for the penny to drop.
I first experienced it when I changed my lifestyle from eating what I feel like to choosing the most healthy food available in every moment. I lost so much weight and with that came so many other amazing things.
When I first read your book Mach 2 you gave it a name: To BE goals.
Love it! Thank you Richard. You add enormous value to my life!
Gordon Hall
I have been doing it for over 30 days now and I have changed. I’m in “mustivation” mode now! If I don’t send my message out and get an invite every day, it just doesn’t feel right.
I have been doing it for over 30 days now and I have changed. I’m in “mustivation” mode now! If I don’t send my message out and get an invite every day, it just doesn’t feel right.
maria billis
This is mind blowing and so impactful and I can’t wait to share it with my team.
This is mind blowing and so impactful and I can’t wait to share it with my team.
Denise A Jones
Thanks so much for this reminder!
Thanks so much for this reminder!
Zach Cutler-Orrey
Just incredible. I’m now approximately one week into watching my movie every morning and every night as of today, 2/8/21…I’m ecstatic to see who I become and where this goes. Much aloha to you and Kimmy!!
Just incredible. I’m now approximately one week into watching my movie every morning and every night as of today, 2/8/21…I’m ecstatic to see who I become and where this goes. Much aloha to you and Kimmy!!
Colette Polignone
You taught me through coaching that motivation is about identity. Am I a this or a that? If I truly am what I say I am then I can easily do the work. Thank you for this great secret to success.
You taught me through coaching that motivation is about identity. Am I a this or a that? If I truly am what I say I am then I can easily do the work. Thank you for this great secret to success.
Hensley Joyce A
Discipline is the way to get where we want to be! Thank you for the encouragement!
Discipline is the way to get where we want to be! Thank you for the encouragement!
Shirley Fugate
Great reminder about being conscious of our language and our thoughts to bring about positive change. Instead of saying I have to…. I have changed that to I get to…
which brings a positive thought and action to enjoying the process.
Great reminder about being conscious of our language and our thoughts to bring about positive change. Instead of saying I have to…. I have changed that to I get to…
which brings a positive thought and action to enjoying the process.
Azeez MM Moossa
Hai Sir
Inspired with your latest versions of carrier devolopment please let me hear
Thank you and regards
AzeezMM
Hai Sir
Inspired with your latest versions of carrier devolopment please let me hear
Thank you and regards
AzeezMM
Renee
This came at the perfect time for me!
Put your life in a whole new perspective.
This came at the perfect time for me!
Put your life in a whole new perspective.
Celine
I love this conversation. Falling in love with the process was in itself a process for me, yet one that has paid HUGE dividends over my career. I was reminded yet again at an event with team and guests last night, the beautiful upside of falling in love with the process, because without it, that room of excited, beautiful people, would not have come together, and in the world we live in right now, the ability to actually be able to gather together is a blessing. So falling in love with starting conversations, following up, inviting and more follow up, makes it all worth while. Thank you Richard for always blessing us with your wisdom x
I love this conversation. Falling in love with the process was in itself a process for me, yet one that has paid HUGE dividends over my career. I was reminded yet again at an event with team and guests last night, the beautiful upside of falling in love with the process, because without it, that room of excited, beautiful people, would not have come together, and in the world we live in right now, the ability to actually be able to gather together is a blessing. So falling in love with starting conversations, following up, inviting and more follow up, makes it all worth while. Thank you Richard for always blessing us with your wisdom x
Jean Thomas
Discipline is required in most of our life! Schedule and get it done!
Discipline is required in most of our life! Schedule and get it done!
Eze Obie
Great inspiration and am in love with your insight
Great inspiration and am in love with your insight
Haden Murray
Discipline is a lost art in this society. We want to do the busy work. Instead of prospecting and inviting. Thanks for stoking the fire. To do what I know must be done. I love your if I gave you $500 would you do analogy.
Discipline is a lost art in this society. We want to do the busy work. Instead of prospecting and inviting. Thanks for stoking the fire. To do what I know must be done. I love your if I gave you $500 would you do analogy.
Christine Gagne'
I love this; change your thoughts change your mind. Creating a new mindset. I’m going to start this exercise today. Many times your mind wants to go into an automatic play back of every negative thought it’s had. Taking charge of your thoughts is a challenge for me.
I love this; change your thoughts change your mind. Creating a new mindset. I’m going to start this exercise today. Many times your mind wants to go into an automatic play back of every negative thought it’s had. Taking charge of your thoughts is a challenge for me.
Kimberly Gillem
“not the grind of it, but the grace” … This was like a cool breeze on a warm day!
“not the grind of it, but the grace” … This was like a cool breeze on a warm day!