Nudget #9 – Discipline, First Yourself
Posted by Rajeev Shukla on May 6, 2009
A lot of time, we are too busy controlling things around us. Telling people what to do and what not to. Asking team members to keep a schedule. Forcing people to keep a discipline.
Leaders display a different behavior. The first set of discipline they impose is on themselves. They make sure that their activities (and actions) are planned, predictable, expected and appreciated.
Get yourself to a meeting on time. Keep the discussion to a length you committed to. If you planned to do a communication on a date, keep the date. Take every possible measure to complete an activity on time.
Once you are disciplined in your approach, actions and ways of life, you will find others around you will more or less, will be. The definition and application of discipline starts from ‘You’.
Komarraju Venkata Vinay said
Dear Rajeev,
I liked the thought, ‘The first set of discipline they impose is on themselves.’A nugget indeed!
Also I wondered if nudget was a typo error and found out at http://www.urbandictionary.com that it means Nudge It. Is it so? or do you mean something else?