The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

CHAPTER TEN

The Power of Discipline

Sure I am that this day we are masters of our fate,

that the task which has been set before us is not above

our strengths; that its pangs and toils are not beyond

my endurance. As long as we have faith in our own

cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will

not be denied us.

Winston Churchill

Julian continued to use Yogi Raman's mystical fable as the
cornerstone for the wisdom he was sharing with me. I had learned
of the garden within my mind, a storehouse of power and
potential. Through the symbol of the lighthouse, I had learned of
the over-riding importance of a definite purpose in life and the
effectiveness of goal-setting. By the example of the nine-foot-tall,
nine-hundred-pound Japanese sumo wrestler, I had received
instruction on the timeless concept of kaizen and the bountiful
benefits that self-mastery would bring. Little did I know that the
best was still to come.