"Character isn’t inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action."

– Helen Gahagan Douglas

One of the most encouraging themes I keeping coming across is that of building character and discipline.

Good habits build the enthusiasm and momentum to build more good habits.

Good choices build the character and backbone to make more good decisions.

Good thoughts build more and more good thoughts.

This is especially encouraging to me when I think of just how far I have to go. I often get impatient and would like to be awesome right now, today.

But if I can just focus on building that next discipline then I can begin that process of growth and achievement today.

I can’t do tomorrow’s work today. I can’t make tomorrow’s improvements today.

I can begin to build character today.

I can begin to build discipline today.

For those of you on the list who are a finished product, you can just move on to your next activity for the day.

For those of you with a little bit of room left for improvement, think about what decisions and actions you can take today to build that character or discipline you desire.

Make it a great day.

Jake