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"Introduction"
An excerpt from
The Power of Discipline
By Brian Tracy

Why
are some people more successful than others? Why do some people make
more money, live happier lives and accomplish much more in the same
number of years than the great majority?

I started out in
life with few advantages. I did not graduate from high school. I worked
at menial jobs. I had limited education, limited skills and a limited
future.

And then I began asking, "Why are some people more successful than others?" This question changed my life.

Over
the years, I have read thousands of books and articles on the subjects
of success and achievement. It seems that the reasons for these
accomplishments have been discussed and written about for more than two
thousand years, in every conceivable way. One quality that most
philosophers, teachers and experts agree on is the importance of
self-discipline. As Al Tomsik summarized it years ago, "Success is tons
of discipline."

Some years ago, I attended a conference in
Washington. It was the lunch break and I was eating at a nearby food
fair. The area was crowded and I sat down at the last open table by
myself, even though it was a table for four.

A few minutes
later, an older gentleman and a younger woman who was his assistant
came along carrying trays of food, obviously looking for a place to sit.

With
plenty of room at my table, I immediately arose and invited the older
gentleman to join me. He was hesitant, but I insisted. Finally,
thanking me as he sat down, we began to chat over lunch.

It
turned out that his name was Kop Kopmeyer. As it happened, I
immediately knew who he was. He was a legend in the field of success
and achievement. Kop Kopmeyer had written four large books, each of
which contained 250 success principles that he had derived from more
than fifty years of research and study. I had read all four books from
cover to cover, more than once.

After we had chatted for
awhile, I asked him the question that many people in this situation
would ask, "Of all the one thousand success principles that you have
discovered, which do you think is the most important?"

He
smiled at me with a twinkle in his eye, as if he had been asked this
question many times, and replied, without hesitating, "The most
important success principle of all was stated by Thomas Huxley many
years ago. He said, 'Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.'"

He went on to say, "There
are 999 other success principles that I have found in my reading and
experience, but without self-discipline, none of them work."

Self-discipline
is the key to personal greatness. It is the magic quality that opens
all doors for you, and makes everything else possible. With
self-discipline, the average person can rise as far and as fast as his
talents and intelligence can take him. But without self-discipline, a
person with every blessing of background, education and opportunity
will seldom rise above mediocrity.

In the pages ahead I
will describe seven areas of your life where the practice of
self-discipline will be key to your success. These areas include goals, character, time management, personal health, money, courage and responsibility. It is my hope that you'll find a few "nuggets" that will help make your dreams come true.

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