When you say commitment- it’s power of showing up. When you say displine- it’s power of self-control.

This is about beating bursts of seasonal motivation. Overcoming repeated frustrations setting your business forward and higher.

On a Wednesday, you wake up very positive, motivated and energized. The mood can’t fail you that day. You set to recheck what you had planned to do. You decide going forward you will pick up items that had been left back.

Motivation is very high.

A month ago, you had same luck and this time such a highly spirited day was on a Saturday. That’s when you had written items you are picking up this Wednesday.

When you look back last 10 months of year 2025, the oscillation of motivation has been real with you.

At the top of motivation season, you over estimate what you can achieve that week.

But you don’t measure what you have dropped down after past seasons of seasonal motivation jab. The number of start overs again and again.

Suppose this was sustained- even if one item out of a number.

You just under estimated what you can achieve over one year, two years, three years…even a decade with sustainable calculated small activities done consistently.

Else, pressure after pressure trying to reassure yourself.

Seasonal jabs of motivation has been you biggest undoing.

Looking back, I have been able to sustain this newsletter for the last close to a year.

My newsletter is one of the items that have become part of me. I no longer think twice if I am releasing two issues every month.

Now, it is becoming more noticeable and a number of my friends reaching out to ask how I am doing it.

I have met quite a number of my friends announcing their ‘’passionate project’’ they are pushing through.

I would swear I’d seen some other forms of projects from same people in recent past and again now pushing something else.

A small entrepreneur that wanted I coach them on how to grow their fast food business not more than six months ago, is now telling me about grocer they have identified and might do better. Another friend set out to brand her small business as a well known for great customer service. Activities wet out-two months later she talked of burn out and that she can’t sustain.

Do you have any momentum?

We keep admiring the people who seem unshakable- athletes that keep training after loss, entrepreneurs that keep shinning even after economy oscillation, calm people that don’t harass anyone and their way is always established.

This week I got struck by report about performance of one of the supermarket chain- Naivas. When the sounds are loud from one side of entrepreneurs about economy pain, this other side is huge winning within same economy. Some comments from average mind go like this – this is where Nakumatt (known fallen chain) was 10 years ago. I hope they don’t follow same path’’

What do you call that of Naivas? For me it’s clear- it’s understanding their momentum and living it daily beyond seasonal momentum jabs.

Everyday, whenever you carry around desires of what want achieved and you don’t have momentum to act on it daily from its smallest form, then it gets really heavier to carry around.

What starts like exciting jab of revelation – about what you need achieve- borne from one morning of motivation, fades away and become just, ‘’this thing needs to be done’’

I have had a number of occasions trapped in motivation jab. No momentum at all.

How do you build momentum?

I will cover that here down.

The art and indomitable displine

I have come to learn and seen it working even with my personal life – displined people don’t rely on motivation. Building habits that makes displine automatic, wins and crowns it all.

Sustaining displine is an art.

The power of displine is all what makes the flow of momentum sustainable.

Bringing the desire into real life – birthing desires to become living practice

I am now very clear, filtering those who will be able to sustain the coaching program on growing micro and small business, will be overly guided by commitment and displine.

Many desiring to grow business will never achieve it because they have no displine to sustain a momentum.

Their wishes will remain unborn children year in year out.

 To prepare business makers, I teach some 12 pillars of setting the foundation of business. One of them is business money.

When I engaged one of the most promising business maker on why his business money is not remaining in business – gives so many stories and finally mentioned - ‘’I think I also need to train my family to live within the means’’.

This came far later. To me, this person lacks displine of sticking to a decision and keeps varying. Their mental framework may never win. That business can never grow regardless of its inherent potential.

8 elements that trains on displine

i. Sticking to decisions that you make

ii. Managing energy and not time

iii. Training the mind before the body

iv. Learning to do boring routines with excellence

v. Differentiating your true identity from feelings

vi. Prioritizing systems above goals

vii. Mastering the art of saying no to non-priority issues

viii. Acting daily but thinking in years -long term version

 Wishes = Goals = Momentum = Displine = The flow = Winning

We all desire to win, to make profits, to have successful operations.

Creating winning flow has to start with clarity in your mind

Wishes – Dream as much as you can

Goals- Translate wishes into filtered goals that are realistic

Momentum – Design the activities that need to be done and formular of sustaining momentum in doing

Displine- Ensure that you don’t build a room to harbor excuses when things don’t go your way.

The flow – Actions become sustainable. Few actions that don’t build pressure but keeps flowing every day

Winning-Every one will only say how lucky you have become. They only see the iceberg in form of winning but can’t relate with the journey you have had creating the flow.

Conclusion

Very important to be charged by motivations and events that are happening.

Your world will however not move an inch without the flow that comes with displine.

Your weight will feel increasing heavy every day because wishes are not connecting to any flow. Your window is closing not because someone else is taking over but just because you might not keep up with frustrations of unmet wishes.

Creating a flow by just trying to hold on one element from the eight elements mentioned above, would definitely start you off to create a flow. May be will take you 6 months, 1 year 2 years…..But the flow you achieve will make you winner even during oscillating seasons.

I hope you achieve it and join winners taking businesses higher levels.

Mainly through creating awareness to you on framework of thinking.

That’s all and see you Saturday after one.

Gachoka

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I am Gachoka Kang’ata (GK) very passionate about entrepreneurship. My mission- Sharing for Growth. Over 5,000 reading this newsletter monthly.

MD at Cygnus Consulting – working with mid-sized businesses on Continuous Improvement (CI) Designs – Operations Improvement & Excellence. So far, Cygnus pride having worked with over 50 Owners and decision makers. See more: www.cygnus.co.ke

Founder & dedicated coach of micro & small enterprises for growth. Looking forward to impact over 1000 small business in 5 years. See more www.poweringhouse.com

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