We often think discipline is a key ingredient to high performance, consistency, getting things done, etc. 

But if we look closely, we see that discipline is only needed when we have competing desires or priorities.If we’re wholly committed to one particular desire, discipline becomes unnecessary because there is nothing else competing for our energy and attention. The key, then, is to understand our truest desire. This could be a desire that guides large portions of our life such as a purpose or mission or it could be the truest desire that arises on a moment-to-moment basis.

If you’re a parent with a purpose that extends beyond (yet includes) parenthood, you’re truest desire in one moment could be working on an aspect of a mission that falls outside of parenthood, but the moment your child shows up while you’re in the midst of working on something, your desire could immediately shift to being the prime focus of your child’s attention.If you’re clear in each moment, there’s no competing desire.

You simply move in accordance with the true desire that wants to come through you. And you show up un-conflicted, ready to give …

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