Tim Milburn

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Self-Discipline Isn’t Convenient

Tim Milburn

Self-Discipline Thought #1: Self-discipline isn’t convenient, it’s commitment. It’s not all that difficult to make a commitment. What’s difficult is keeping and managing that commitment. The real work begins after the commitment is made and the deadlines and demands start approaching.

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Five Irrational Fears That Keep Us From Moving Forward

Tim Milburn

Fear of commitment. A commitment is a promise. When we make a commitment, we promise to follow a certain path – saying yes to certain things and no to other things. When it comes to commitment, we don’t say yes to the possible if we don’t think it is probable. We know that commitment is hard work.

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Four Reasons You Need Vision To See Where You’re Going

Tim Milburn

Burt Nanus, in his book, Visionary Leadership , describes four powerful forces that are unleashed when the right vision is offered and owned by the organization: The right vision attracts commitment and energizes people. People seem to need and want something they can commit to, a significant challenge worthy of their best efforts.

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Self-Discipline Isn’t Emotional

Tim Milburn

How many times do we default to our feelings instead of our commitments? It’s choosing to keep my commitments, follow through on my promises, despite excuses, emotions, and distractions. How much of our life is directed by our emotions? Photo Credit: kaneda99 via Compfight cc. It’s not that emotions are bad or evil.

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Getting The M.O.S.T. Out Of Your Student Leadership Year

Tim Milburn

Each year you make some commitments. Those commitments are based on your academic schedule, your extra-curricular involvements, your friendships, and your other responsibilities. You’ve even made some commitments to yourself. Now it’s time to manage those commitments. Every commitment is not on equal footing.

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“Your Resolution” Starts With Y

Tim Milburn

From my experience, the reason most people fail to commit beyond the 21 day window for their New Year’s Resolution is that they didn’t have a good reason to commit in the first place. But at some point in the next few weeks, people start walking away from the resolutions they set on January 1.

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Be Bold: Your “Future Best”

Tim Milburn

It takes commitment and a great deal of hard work to be “the best.” The same degree of drive and commitment that gets each of us to an initial “best” must remain in order for us to achieve a future best. My point is, being the best isn’t a “merely” kind of thing and it certainly isn’t simple. There is no “just” about it.