Self-Discipline
| Category: | Obedient |
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| Notes: | The highest form of obedience is disciplining yourself to keep your own commitments. |
It's one thing to follow rules set by parents, teachers, or scoutmasters. But what about the rules you set for yourself? The promise to practice a skill every day. The goal to earn a rank by a certain date. The commitment to get up early for a run or to finish a project you started.
Self-discipline is obedience to your own promises. And it's often the hardest kind, because no one is watching, no one is checking, and you can always find an excuse to skip it "just this once." But champions, leaders, and Eagle Scouts all share one trait: they obey themselves.
A Scout is obedient - and that includes being obedient to the person in the mirror. When you discipline yourself to keep your own commitments, you're building the strongest kind of character. You're proving that you can trust yourself to do what you said you'd do. And that's a form of obedience that will serve you for life.