Many of the most impressive entrepreneurs and creatives in our community exhibit a high degree of self-discipline and so we asked some of them to share their backstories of how they developed their self-discipline.
Ah’Nyah Dudley
Realizing the opportunities that I have encourage me to not waste them. Time management is the best way to not waste opportunities, and you have to have discipline to manage effectively. My self-discipline will always be a work in progress or require some maintenance. But the keys have always been limiting distractions and remembering why I am doing something. Read More>>
Tyler Spangler
I realized after interning for a small design studio that I shouldn’t be spending my time working on projects to grow someone else’s career. Time is finite and if I am going to spend hours working, I want that work to be aligned with a pursuit that I value. I don’t have any connections in the art or design world and I was under the assumption that I would need to work harder than everyone else to be lucky enough to be seen. Read More>>
Pat Nason
My self-discipline flows from my wish to be as happy as possible, as often as possible, for as long as possible. I prefer success over failure and – apart from the occasional stroke of luck – I don’t know of any path to success that doesn’t involve doing the work. Read More>>
Melissa Hibbert
I love this question because it allows me to talk about one of the best times in my life – playing team sports on the basketball team in high school. This is where I learned self-discipline. Many people who know me in the business of Beauty would not assume that I had an athletic past, but basketball was a big part of my life as a teenager. Read More>>
Marsha PETNICK
I owned my own business, A furniture store with my brother for over 40 years. That brought a ton of stress for many reasons. I always tried to work out to relieve some of that stress but at some point something clicked. I felt like I had to put myself and my mental health first. Read More>>
Bobby Neptune
My self Discipline comes from my mental and my heart. I know that I’n order to achieve my goals I need to be in a very calm mental space. Creating an environment that my creativity can thrive in is most important to me. Eliminating most distractions by understanding what I want in the long run aids in my discipline. It’s nothing for me to turn off my phone go into the lab and “lock in Read More>>
Ellen Surrey
I think I’ve always had self-discipline when it comes to my work. I’ve wanted to be an artist for as long as I can remember and always took that goal seriously. So I knew that I would have to have a lot of discipline if I wanted to make that goal a reality. Now that I am a working artist, I use that self discipline to stay organized and create self motivated projects. Read More>>
Joseph Vincelli
In high school many band students told me that I shoudl try to learn a sax solo on Bruce Springsteen’s “Jungleland”. I did it over night. Many friends told me that I had a fair amount of talent and should take it seriously. Since that day, I started practicing 5-10 hours daily to learn the saxophone and flute as well as I could. Read More>>
Jose Benitez
I spent years working as a personal trainer. It was my first experience being completely self independent in an environment where the competition was just as good as you. I had to find a way to stay relevant. My disciplined mind and way of life help for me to accomplish great things as a coach. I was recognized for my performance because of that discipline. If I can do this so can the people reading this article. Of which I’m grateful to right about. Read More>>
Tatiana Jackson
My self-discipline originated from a trauma response for fear of failure. Growing up in Compton California I watched my parents struggle, but that was a norm for where we were at. My mother, would bend over backwards to provide for my brother and I, so I wanted to someday be able to repay both my parents to show those sacrifices were worth it. Read More>>
HNL BabyK
I’m HNLBabyK, Music producer, from Augusta Ga. Growing up living a blind dream unfolded when i entered college and after dropping out. Never had that real life feeling but only going off to school to feel life on a different level just living the real life made my journey pretty interesting but I want sit back for a little while and build a connection with myself and also others. Read More>>
