Rantings and ravings of a self-discipline failure who hopes to learn some stuff!

Oct 28, 2017

Sales Sucks, But So Does Everything Else

I read this next chapter immediately after completing the labor of boredom that was “Self-Discipline & Business” — a chapter that could have been surmised with one sentence: “Owning a business is hard, takes work, and your chances of failure are pretty high…

Shawn Meade

Oct 27, 2017

Oh me? I’m An Entremanure!

Visits with my father-in-law this past week kept me from writing in my normal fashion. I assure all out there reading, that while the posts are coming disjointedly, I am reading each day and gleaning whatever I can…as if you care!

Shawn Meade

Oct 24, 2017

Lead Me To The Building…F*ck You!

Brian Tracy and I have been fighting the last few days, all weekend really. After I read Chapter 8, “Self-Discipline & Work”, I went on a “I’m not your little worker bee!” tirade and started to burn some bridges. Remembering my promise to myself to just get through this…

Shawn Meade

Oct 21, 2017

Be Careful Of Worker Bees, We Sting!

“There is perhaps no area of your life where self-discipline has a greater impact on your future than in your work”. Brian Tracy pulls no punches on Chapter 8 when he dives right into the thesis of the entire chapter in the first line. The entirety of…

Shawn Meade

Oct 19, 2017

Fear, Bullheadedness, & Other Drugs

Chapters 6 & 7 were incredible short, and rounded out the first section of No Excuses; so I read them together, and will do a short write up — and get myself back on track for on-time completion! Chapter 6 is titled, “Self-Discipline & Courage”; while Chapter 7 was…

Shawn Meade

Oct 18, 2017

The Importance of Being Excellent

Chapter 5, or “Self-Discipline & Personal Excellence” was a longer chapter that was a roller coaster of both propaganda and insight. Five Chapters into No Excuses, I feel as though I’m taking quite a bit from this book, that I didn’t think I would originally. Namely…

Shawn Meade

Oct 17, 2017

Goals Are Like Assholes…

So the fourth chapter of No Excuses: The Power of Self-Discipline, titled “Goals”, was a bit of a stinging chapter… Only briefly, and only for the fact that I should have read and written this yesterday, not today, and I’m now potentially a chapter behind. I had resolved to read both…

Shawn Meade

Oct 15, 2017

I Spell Responsibility: FAIL

Self-Discipline and Responsibility. Just by looking at the title of Chapter 3, you can infer that both are positively correlated, obviously. The more disciplined you are, the more responsible — on the reverse, the more responsibilities you have, the more discipline you need to…

Shawn Meade

Oct 14, 2017

The World is Full of Characters!

I tackled the second chapter yesterday with a little more purpose than I did the Introduction and the first chapter, I think because it was in the middle of the first two sections that I decided to work out a write up for each. Before I dive into what “Self-Discipline &…

Shawn Meade

Oct 13, 2017

Beginnings Aren’t For Beginners…Meh.

I want so many things for myself. More than just love, money, material things; I want to feel successful in a well-rounded way. I want to have a career that I’m proud to showcase, and also proud to collect a check from. Getting there, I know, is not as easy as…