Today is the day many of us stand in lines and rush from store to store to get an early start on Christmas shopping.

Ultimately, it’s a day too many put their lack of discipline and self-control on full display.

Thankfully Amazon has changed all that.

Rather than rushing to the store in a heard like fashion, you can stay home and get more done.

You can exercise control and plan out your Christmas season in an orderly fashion.

Being generous is a good thing, but you don’t have to brave the overcrowded stores to buy the right gift to show others how much they mean to you.

Let discipline help you this season. Let it nudge you in a new direction.

Allow discipline to lead your search with thought and care.

You can get it all done without losing control or frantically fighting the lines in the process.

Discipline can help. You only have to ask.

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Discipline has a strange reputation. It either causes you to wince and squirm or sets your heart and mind to racing.

You’re either all in with discipline or can’t stand to think about it.

Whichever your reaction, you may not have paused to think about exactly what discipline is, its role in your life.

That’s what this entire site is about. It’s dedicated to the single aim of helping you see how discipline applies to every area of your life.

There isn't one facet of your life greater discipline couldn’t improve. Mainly because discipline isn’t about changing the world around you. It's concerned with shaping the you that’s in the world.

The American Heritage desk dictionary gives you the following six definitions for discipline:

dis.ci.pline - 1. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, esp. training that produces moral or mental improvement. 2. Controlled behavior resulting from such training. 3. A state of order that is based on submission to rules and authority. 4. Punishment intended to correct or train. 5. A set of rules or methods.

This blog advocates for a discipline that encompasses the very best of these ideas and not as a dry, dusty idea your dad or coach tried to force on you.

Discipline is the voice in your head telling you to get out of bed, to do things you’d rather skip and to hang in there a little longer.

It is usually the first to speak to you in the morning and always has your best in mind.

Discipline is your best friend. It will take care of you like nothing else.

Listen to his voice and heed his wisdom. Instead of ignoring and running from his prompts, lean in.

For all, that discipline may be it is certainly the pathway to victory in every area of your life.