I think what we're talking about here is when you have decided that you have some sort of calling. And there's a purpose to what you're doing and you don't take it lightly. In that respect you also need the ability to be disciplined about your discipline, right, like to not take your commitment to that thing too far at the expense of everything else. So I want to talk about practice. You have a section on practice.
Author Ryan Holiday talks about his book, Discipline Is Destiny, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Holiday discusses the mentor who taught him discipline, the self-control of Queen Elizabeth, the world-champion boxer who counseled the man who defeated him in the ring, and the forgotten Roman emperor who helped make Marcus Aurelius the man he would become.