Join a gym, start a healthy eating plan, save more money, stop smoking—the listof New Year’s resolutions is endless, but how many of them are everaccomplished? According to Scranton Psychology Professor John C. Norcross,Ph.D., less than 10% of New Year’s resolutions are achieved. If you are readingthis book, there is a good chance that you fall into the large percentage of peoplewho have spent years failing to reach their goals. What is the reason for this?Why is it that the majority of us are incapable of sticking to anythingworthwhile? Is failure a natural human tendency? The answer is a simple one—alack of self-discipline!This book is about taking full responsibility for where you are now and whereyou want to be in the next five, ten, fifteen, or twenty years. You will develop themost important skill required to achieve the life you desire—self-discipline.Kurt Kopmeyer has spent over 50 years researching and studying successprinciples and has written several books about the secrets of success. One dayduring a meeting, success coach Brian Tracy asked Kopmeyer to explain whichprinciples, out of all those he has discovered, was most important for success. Heresponded, “There are 999 other success principles that I have found in myreading and experience, but without self-discipline, none of them work.”Self-discipline is like a key—it unlocks the door to personal fulfillment andopens the door to the life you have been dreaming of. With self-discipline, theaverage person can rise further than intelligence and talent alone will take them,and the ordinary person can become extraordinary. On the other hand, aneducated, talented person without self-discipline will rarely rise abovemediocrity. My desire is that this book will help you do the following:Build habits that will transform your lifeGain a better understanding of self-discipline and how important it isin your lifeTake control of your habits so that you can take control of your lifeYou are the only person capable of changing your life—no one can do that foryou. The easiest way to change yourself is to change the things you do each day.If you are stuck in a rut, with the same story of failure on repeat year after year,this book will get you out of that rut if you apply the recommended principles.If you want to achieve something remarkable but you are not sure how to getstarted on this journey, this book will serve as a manual for how to get there.If you have attempted to change your bad habits and adopt good ones only tokeep falling back into what you know is keeping you stuck, I will teach you howto break the cycle.If you are unsatisfied with life, you are in a great place because the disgust thatyou feel for your current circumstances is an indication that you know you arenot where you are supposed to be, and you want to change that. Although wedon’t equate the word “disgust” with positive action, being repelled by your lifecan serve as the motivation you need to turn things around.For example, seeing a picture of yourself stuffing a piece of pizza into yourmouth with your stomach hanging over your trousers can disgust you so muchthat you throw your hands up in surrender and vow to get in shape. Having yourelectricity cut off because you failed to pay your bill can disgust you so muchthat you make the decision once and for all that you are going to becomefinancially stable.You can have everything you want in life if you are prepared to put in the work,and everything you need to get to your destination is hidden between the pagesof this book. If you are ready to stop wasting time on unproductive activities thatare leading you in the opposite direction from where you want to go in life,apply the principles you are going to read and expect to experience a majorturnaround in your current circumstances