Last night I had a good nights sleep and woke up early this morning. In meditation I thought about what makes an effective person. I thought of how one can delay gratification and place principle over pleasure. I thought of how one derives healthy self-esteem by developing well thought out values, ideals and principles. When I have pursued short sighted and impulsive pleasures, I have become unproductive and ineffective. But when I think first and base my decisions, choices and judgement on principle from sound values then I am able to delay gratification and work toward long term goals that give lasting reward.The working principle therefore may be : VIP/CHP
VIP - Values. Ideals, Principles
CHP - Comforts, Habits, Pleasures

I got up on time to get the kids off to school by myself and let my wife sleep in.