Passion Vs. Self Discipline

passion and displine hey what s that all about...i do what i want..the way i want.why take effort to succeed..what would you gain out of success..ego satifaction..i am successful..i can write better,i am disciplined..i have got results..so much of i in that..passionatley i...disciplined in applying i in all things that i do.

chadoa dost enjoy life...keep it simple...do not complicate ..do not waste your energy in doing so many thing in a proper fashion..kaabhi jindaagi koa jee kaee dekhoa..daar daar kee jeena bhi koi jeena hai dost..

dil mai ek hi khaab hoa mujhee jeetnaa hai..toa kitnaa maar maar kai jeena padtaa hai..har pal ek ichaa koa maarongee..har pal sonch kai chalongee..har pal darongee...har par analysis karongee..sonchongee..kabh jeeoaegee...kabh enjoy karongee..dil sai jeeoaa...say no to all non sensical discipline in life...haad kar di yaar ..discipline,discipline,discipline, buss yaaar abb bhut hoa gayaa..

Uptil now I was passionate but was lacking self discipline !!
Thank you for revealing success secret !!

Yes Mr. Bhave it was certainly harsh and if I had to point any such thing out to anyone on such a vast forum, I would have taken it up personally with that person offline first, the reason being that I would have loved to hear the person out before jumping to a conclusion and pointing out things to him or her in public. That saves humiliation to both; the pointer and the one to whom it is being pointed out. I actually tried to send you a personal message but just could not do it and hence I am bringing this up here. I hate to hurt anyone or humiliate anyone. We are all humans and to err is human!! I hope you will not repeat this in future. 

I would like to sincerely extend my apologies to all the people in this forum for bringing this up in front of anyone. I have no intentions to hurt or humiliate anyone here including Mr. Bhave but I certainly want to make sure that such things are not repeated in future with anyone. 

My sincere apologies once again to everyone if I have hurt anyone!!

Alka, you are welcome. Sorry if that was harsh, but you have a certain discipline in what you say and write. We have come to expect that every time. My comment should be read more as a surprise than anything else because of the standards that you have set got yourself!!
Its a pleasure reading you. 

Good one

Mr. Bhave, thanks for pointing out the source of the article. I am not a great writer nor a philosopher and obviously this article is not my own. I was not aware of the source as I had received this article in my in-box sometime back and felt like sharing with people on toostep so posted it here. I have earlier posted topics where I have either quoted the source url or have quoted the name of the writer.... 

 

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/passion-vs-self-discipline/

Thats where this article has been pulled out from!! Verbatim... and no acknowledgement at all?? That is sad! At least acknowledge where the article comes from please!! have you written it to argue on it?? I am appalled!!

Very well argued Usha. I cannot disagree with what you have argued!!

both are driving force  for success...

well said mr Jitendra

I think both are equally important as passion gives the fuel but self discipline leads the way to reach the result.Thus they are complimentary to each other.

Good

Passion will make you participate to run the marathon, but only self-discipline can get you to the finish line.

Great debate Alka, but I beg to differ on the all or nothing defense for self-discipline. It somewhat paints the picture that the consistently highly successful person displays little passion for what he/she does.

I see passion and self-discipline as a mutually dependent state to get to a result. One can’t do without the other 

Self-discipline is simply a means and not the end itself. One does not pursue self-discipline simply for the sake of being self-discipline unless one is passionate about being the most effective and efficient(the goal i.e. the passion).

Every wo/man who changed the world, had a passion for his/her mission. Be it Mother Theresia or Che Guevara, Bill Gates or Jesus, Alexander or Martin Luther. I think great passion can create the necessary self-discipline.

Thanks for the referral Alka....nice post

Self discipline, passion, aggression, confidence, hard work, etc..... etc.....all are complementary....

That's a lot of concocted logic. 

"With out passion you dont have energy, with out energy you have nothing."
— Donald Trump

Without passion there can be no self-discipline. 

Thanks for the referral. Nice post.

Wah, wah !!
Self discipline is the key to success.
Passion is a tonic to drive for results.

Nice Insight !!