Discipline and Bureaucracy

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Discipline. All our research underscores the powerful, differentiating role of discipline. And never confuse discipline with bureaucracy. They are entirely opposite ideas. The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence.

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And never confuse discipline with conformity. True discipline requires an independence of mind. True discipline means we are so clear about what is important, we are so clear that we don't allow what everybody else says to knock us off course.