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Tag Archives: discipline and writing
Training Yourself
From “An Afternoon with Hemingway,” by Edward Stanford: “When you write,” he [Hemingway] said, “Your object is to convey every sensation, sight, feeling, emotion to the reader. So you have to work over what you write.If you use a pencil, … Continue reading
Driven Dynamo
Wow! Sometimes a story truly captures people’s imaginations and rises above all the noise out there. That’s exactly what’s happened with The Queen’s Gambit — a Netflix original series that’s generated enormous buzz. Over the past few weeks so many … Continue reading
To Work!
Please help KWD grow by sharing: https://karinwritesdangerously.com “Discipline banishes distraction.” When I saw these three words scrawled in my handwriting on an old blue index card I felt they were a gift from the universe. If there’s anything I’ve been … Continue reading
Four Qualities
Mastery — how we crave it and chase it! The Art of Loving by Eric Fromm is a pithy yet powerful exploration of what it takes to be a loving person. Penned in the 1950s, in many ways, it is … Continue reading
Flying Free
“Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.” Julie Andrews “Discipline is the bridge between goal and accomplishment.” Jim Rohn “The pain of discipline weighs ounces; … Continue reading
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Real Joy
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left but could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.’” Erma Bombeck Spending ourselves in service … Continue reading
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Like Champions
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” Muhammad Ali Training to be a world-class boxer must be tougher than we can imagine. And yet, … Continue reading
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Discipline = Desire
Here are some words to inspire us offered by a wise and friendly stranger named Sunita Singh. They are from an issue of Bits & Pieces: * “As Lao-tze said, ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single … Continue reading
“Only Now”
“There is only now.” George Balanchine Someone once asked Gunther Gebel-Williams, a legendary circus performer, what advice he had given his son, who was following in his footsteps as an animal trainer. “I told him to be there,” the … Continue reading
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