#124: Self-Discipline & Personal Effectiveness With Rory Vaden

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Today I talk to business owner, author, and public speaker Rory Vaden about his two books, Take the Stairs and Procrastinate on Purpose. Rory and I talk about the principles that will help instill self-discipline in you and how you can be more effective with your time to leave a lasting legacy. Get out your pen and notebook. You'll want to take notes during this episode. Lots of great takeaways you can apply today.

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0:00.0	Buretmike here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:19.6	We all know that self-discipline is a necessary trade.
0:23.3	If we want to achieve our goals and be successful.
0:25.4	But what can you do? What are some tactics that you can do to actually instill self-discipline within yourself?
0:31.2	And besides the self-discipline part, there's another aspect to being successful and achieving our goals that we have for ourselves.
0:37.4	It's managing our time in an effective manner so that we get the most out of it.
0:41.4	And the problem is in our modern world, we have so many things lying for attention.
0:45.0	First, we have the internet on our smartphones, on our desktops, that are just...
0:49.0	There's so many things there that can distract us from work, from our family.
0:52.7	But then you have work, then you have family, then you have commitments to church,
0:56.4	or maybe a community organization that are all competing for your attention and for your time.
1:01.9	How do we manage all these things in a way that we get the most bang for our buck?
1:06.5	And it actually helps us lead a life of significance.
1:09.7	Well, our guest today has written two books on these topics.
1:12.1	The really fantastic. His name is Rory Vaden, and he's the author of Take the Stairs,
1:16.5	and the other one is Procrastinated on Purpose.
1:19.5	Rory started out his career as a salesman, and now he is a consultant in coach for salesmen,
1:25.0	and as well as organizations that are sales focused.
1:28.0	His job is to help people be more effective salespeople.
1:30.8	Anyways, the principles that he teaches to his clients are applicable to any person
1:35.0	who is trying to do the best they can in this life.
1:38.5	That's why I wanted to have him on the show.
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