http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2011/12/28/the-simple-dollar-weekly-roundup-resolutions-edition/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2011/12/28/the-simple-dollar-weekly-roundup-resolutions-edition/#comment-976785 deRuiter Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:43:38 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=8070#comment-976785 The secret to success is self discipline. If you don’t exercise self control, you’re bound to fail. Self discipline is not taking a second helping at dinner, not sneak eating and hiding the food wrappers, staying in school long enough to learn to read fluently and graduate from high school, not getting pregnant before mariage, spending less than you earn, not buying things you don’t need while you climb out of debt. If you find yourself in a hole (any bad situation), the first rule is to STOP DIGGING! Setting realistic goals helps too. A 300 pound person who is 40 years old is never going to be a prima ballerina for the Bolshoi. But the same person can become a normal weight, fit person in good health with the discipline to stop over earing and to do moderate exercise six times a week.

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