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Real-Life Decision Making -- Solution

You party until you drop.

You have a lot of fun and are the life of the party. At 5 a.m., you crawl into bed.

Four hours later, you crawl out of bed. You're exhausted, but you have to get to practice.

You slog through practice. That night, for the first game of the play-offs, you aren't in top form. In fact, you make a lot of silly mistakes because you're tired. Your team loses.

After the game, your coach tells you to show more discipline. She knows about the party, and isn't impressed. Because of your night of partying, you've let the team down.

For player Sharon Manning, discipline is simply a matter of setting priorities. "You've got to decide what's important for your body," she says. "Not only for your body, but for your mind, too, when playing in sports. And that goes for life."


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