I remember I first learnt these three terms while reading my Japanese Text Book in high school. It talks of ancient japanses ninjas, how cool they were and all the things they could do. But like every person, the nijas didn't achieve all their skills with out hardship.
Discipline, Determination, and Daring, were the three mottos the ninjas followed - described the book. I believe if, just by applying these three mottos everyday could make the ninjas such a powerful force in Japan, then we will too be successful by applying it ourselves.
Discipline
Ever had the experience of turning on your computer wanting to do home work, but ending up surfing the net? Or setting a plan for the next day only to find yourself completely off plan. Well I'm ashamed to admit, I have. And that is precisely an example of being NOT disciplined.
I believe discipline stands for the ability to carry out certain tasks that has been decided even though one might not want to, or has a stronger preference of doing something else. Say 'study' for example - most people would prefer to play over study, so one is disciplined if they ignore the temptation to play and study instead.
Discipline: being able to do something that is planned, while having strong temptations and distractions.
Will talk about Determination and Daring in the following posts.
ps: found a cool ninja book while searching online: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14443004/Martial-Arts-Secrets-of-the-Ninja
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