Have you ever thought that you needed to have more discipline in your life? I know I have.

The question is usually, “I know who I want to be, but how do I get there?”

That is exactly where this eBook came from. It came from my experiences of being in that spot where I didn’t know where to turn next. I share what I learned during this time of focusing on different areas of my life… and that is to become disciplined even when I don’t feel like it. In the end it is not only habits that change, but a different lifestyle is formed and greatness is achieved.

This short, effective read can be used as an assessment tool as well as an action plan to get you to where you have always wanted to be, but weren’t willing to take the necessary steps or just didn’t know how you could achieve discipline in your own life.

Having discipline in your life doesn’t just have to be a thought, but it can be a reality in your life today.

You can get my FREE ebook by subscribing to my blog. After you sign up to receive regular updates, I will send you an email that will let you download, Discipline: The Art of Achieving Greatness.

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People have a way of making excuses along the way when pursuing their dreams. Here are some that you may have even said yourself along the way:

I am too old.
I am too young.
I never went to school.
It seems like too much work.
What will people think?

And the list goes on and on, right? Maybe the excuse you have made up for yourself for not starting yet isn’t on this list, but whatever it is, your excuse is what is keeping you from actually finishing your dreams.

My friend, Jon Acuff, released a book this week that tells us to,

“Stop listening to fear and start doing.”

This book will change people’s lives and get dreamers to start moving in the right direction.

I don’t know about you, but that kind of book excites me.

You can order the book here and START DOING today.

We’ve talked on here about the books we are reading, but it’s been a while.

Something we’ve never talked about on this blog is HOW we read. It’s definitely an important topic that can increase productivity, knowledge and can give that knowledge very quickly. This is because we don’t have to sift through other content that we don’t necessarily want to take in. We buy a book for the information that we want and can dive right in. Oh, and if you can speed read I really want to learn. That just sounds awesome.

You can either read one book at a time or two or more at a time. You can read a book’s pages or you can read it on a kindle or iPad. So many choices…

I’m one of those folks that has to be reading something to feel like I’m growing. And yes, I read a book with crisp pages. I haven’t been able to make the switch to books on iPad. I’m sure I will at some point.

The other thing is that I can’t just read one book at a time. It has to be two or more. I don’t really know why. All I can figure is that I get bored or people just need to write better books.

Anyways, I’m reading four books right now and here’s what they are:

First, Break All The Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently

How To Win Friends and Influence People

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

So, two things…

Tell us what you’re reading right now and tell us how you read.

When I write about love stuff, it sort of feels weird, but today is Valentine’s Day. What better time to talk about love languages than this, right?

There is nothing more awesome than finding what makes your spouse tick. What excites them?

If you haven’t read the book, The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman, I would recommend you read this book soon.

Maybe this is your Valentine’s Day gift to each other if you haven’t read it.

This book states that the 5 Love Languages are:

Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Receiving Gifts
Acts of Service
Physical Touch

This is one of the first books Jasmine and I read together and I’m so glad we did. We quickly noticed that this book pinpointed what our love languages are.

Mine is definitely Receiving Gifts and Jasmine’s is definitely Quality Time.

I’m not saying that you play to just the one that they are, but it’s awesome to know what your spouse might need more of along the way.

Have you read this book?

What would you say your love language is?

Whether you listen to audiobooks, like to read pages the old-fashioned way, read on an iPad, read on a kindle or read on a nook, you consume information. Let me know if I’m missing another way to read books.

I guess it doesn’t matter how you do it, as long as you play to the best way that you consume information. (Learned this past week that doing this is the only way to increase leadership capacity.) I don’t know about you, but that’s a big deal to me.

Simple question…

How do you read books?

Yes, I like books. Actually, if you ever want to get me a gift, a book is an awesome idea. I would rather read a good old fashioned book than an iBook on the iPad any day, because there’s nothing like turning pages. Oh, and the awesome smell of a new book is pretty amazing, too. But, that might just be me. So, in the picture above are books that I’ve purchased in the past few months, but haven’t read yet. Sorry if they’re one of your books.

Now you know what I’ll be doing for the next month or so.

So, what books are you reading these days? What books can you recommend to the rest of this community?