Discipline.

Now before you get disgusted, and click away from this article, I am guessing you clicked this article because you want to achieve something, and I am guessing it is something worth this read and worth the discipline that it will take to achieve it.

As I sat in church today, I started thinking about how everyone wants to achieve great things, yet we tend to settle for the cheaper versions of greatness.

For instance,

Instead of training hard to win a race, I will pay over $100 for a one hour race, where I will get a medal and a shirt anyway even if I come in last place (nothing shameful about last place, especially if you have never run a day in your life…you should be proud of finishing)

I hear potential clients tell me all the time how the $147 or more for multiple sessions (9-26 per month) of training at The Orange County Fitness Playground – which is exciting and well-planned, helping every person that attends them see improvements in the way they look, feel, and perform – is too expensive, but the same person won’t blink an eye at spending over $100 for a three hour experience of an obstacle race.

I have nothing against obstacle races or mud runs, and I have ran several of them, but the feeling of finishing one of those races and getting a shirt and a medal, is nothing compared to what you learn and experience after working consistently for over 100 sessions to achieve lasting health, fitness, and improved quality of life.

Looking better, feeling better, or performing better takes more than just  $100 and three hours.

Those who achieve have discipline, and those who don’t achieve desire discipline.

Those who don’t achieve live in excuses and immediate gratification.

Those who achieve understand that it is going to take daily habits and daily focus.

For those who achieve…THANK YOU FOR YOUR DISCIPLINE!

You are a great example to us all!

In a culture that upholds results, we often forget that it takes an ongoing process and journey that is fraught with challenge and difficulties, in order to achieve results that are worthwhile.

I wanted to take a moment to shine a light on what it takes to get those results–discipline.

The daily and weekly discipline.

The struggles of building good habits and eradicating bad habits.

Thank you for all of you who are trying again and again.

You are getting stronger every new attempt and every time you continue your effort in the process of daily discipline.

All of us at Innovative Results – The Orange County Playground – would like to take a moment to thank and celebrate our family members that have made their achievement, success, and improvement possible by being dedicated to the process of making health and fitness a habit.

These clients/family members have attended Innovative Results 100 times or more, and each of them have seen incredible results as a byproduct of their weekly discipline of attending our training program:

Kristin Abelman, Chanelle Alarcon, Manny Aragon, Louis Balducci, Norm Bautista, Eric Berringer, Rakesh Bhatia, Charlton Bilow, Tim Blackburn, Kelly Boaitey, Alex Calvillo, Jeff Cannon, Harrel Carman, Amanda Clover, Tam Dang, Patty Datan, Juan Dmitruk, Margaret Fajardo, Rhona Galacgac, Shane Galitski, Robert Gehring, Michael Gordon, Bethany Gray, Alan Gutierrez, Michael Henderson, Cynthia Hutchinson, Chris Joco, Coco Ke, Carly Konigsfeld, Eric Levit, Kevin Levit, Aaron Lieberman, Robert Lobo, Andy Martinez, Ethan Matkin, Jeremy Miller, Angie Miner, Madison Murphy, Daniel Nguyen, Eric Olson, Sabrina Panal, Anshika Rakesh, Clay Rogers, Jeff Schofield, Leila Schubert, Nicholas Stary, Steve Stary, Sidney Sudberg, Dale Winson, and Jeff Yee you are all amazing in your own right! You are the example we all would be blessed to uphold!

Many of these clients above will say that they are not done with their health, fitness, success, and improvement, but every one of them will admit that their continued devotion to their weekly fitness training has improved their looks, feelings, and performance in all areas of their life.

Thank you so much for your example to the Innovative Results team, family, and community!

Thank you so much for continuing to pursue excellence, health, fitness, and improvement with discipline.

As I listened to the rest Tim Celek’s sermon on discipline at The Crossing Church in Costa Mesa, every bit of it rang true for me and for our team, family, clients, and community at Innovative Results, so I wanted to share his incredible insight beyond the walls of the church and invite you to watch it online here at http://www.thecrossing.com/. Below are my notes from the weekend…

Character is an outward reflection of an inward connection.

Discipline is doing what you ought to do, so you can do what you want to do.

• Failure begins and ends with excuses.
• Success begins and ends with discipline.
• Discipline defined by Tim’s mom and dad, was “delayed gratification”
• Disciplined people plan in advance.
• Discipline puts us in a position to be used powerfully as a blessing and/or be blessed.
• Too many people live by reaction rather than by choice of action.
• Disciplined people do life around the right kinds of people.
• Disciplined people live their day and life in bite-sized chunks.

This sermon was motivational, inspirational, and challenging for me.

I have watched discipline pay off with every client that embraces it, and I strongly urge every Innovative Results team member, family member, and community member to embrace discipline.

In embracing discipline, we will watch our relationships, health, finances, security, intelligence, and development steadily grow.

Those who achieve have discipline, and those who don’t achieve desire discipline.

If you have chosen discipline and continue to walk out the daily challenge of delayed gratification for something truly great…THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME EXAMPLE.

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