Discipline - Part III; Focus

We often hear stories of overnight successes. Men and women who seemingly take a meteoric rise to fame, fortune and high achievement. Their stories, it would appear, are the stuff that fairy tales are made of. They wished it, and abracadabra! Everything that they wanted to be; have, or do was manifested in their lives. I am sure however, that if we were to interview any of them they would tell you of the many years of toil, sacrifice and painstaking hard work it took for them to achieve their goals. They would tell you of the many hours of toiling in the back office, sweating in the gym, driving those lonely miles between sales calls, and burning the midnight oil. Cumulative effort that overtime eventually paid off.

Today we live in a microwave society. We have become accustomed to having everything at our fingertips. Fast food, quick cash and instant gratification quickly becoming a way of life and more and more, I