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Issue 17 - November 24 - Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine
Jim Rohn International - Home of jimrohn.com - The Official Site of America's Foremost Business Philosopher "There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way." Jim Rohn We encourage you to forward JRWE to at least 3 of your clients, associates, and friends. If they like it, they will thank you. If they don't, they can choose not to subscribe. It is FREE! Enjoy! Today's issue includes: 1. Special Thanksgiving Edition! 1. Special Thanksgiving Edition! Hello weekly E-zine family. I'm sure, like many of you; Thanksgiving has fast become one of my favorite holidays. Hardly an issue of our weekly E-zine has gone out that I haven't reminded myself, along with our readers, the powerful importance of attitude, gratefulness, history and tradition, giving and spending time with close friends and family. This week I'd like to share the "stage" with a few of our weekly readers who have some powerful words to share on the above subjects. I thought it would be very fitting to share them with you this special Thanksgiving week. Enjoy! To Your Success, Jim Rohn Live with an Attitude of Gratitude by Glen Hopkins Imagine for a moment one of those nights when you just can't fall asleep and you have to get up early the next morning for a very important meeting at which you are the keynote speaker. Your alarm clock goes off early in the morning waking you from what little sleep you had. You stumble out of bed, have a quick shower, grab a coffee and some toast, and off you go to fight the traffic on the way to work. Does that sound like the start of a terrible day? Most would answer 'yes'. Few people however, would answer, 'no'. These are the people, who are in my opinion, blessed with a gift. A gift which determines how they view their life. These people live with 'an attitude of gratitude'. For them, the situation described could be worse. Much worse. For example, think of the man who doesn't have a bed, let alone a roof over his head. When he is awoken from what little sleep he is able to get, it is by the rain falling on his cold body. He too stumbles to his feet and begins his journey to work in his bare feet. His work is in the field of survival. He searches though garbage cans for scraps of half-rotten food to eat and odd bits of clothes to keep him warm. The purpose of this example is to illustrate that we all have so much to be grateful for. Even in times when it seems that nothing could be worse, there is always a reason to be grateful. And when you feel a sense of gratitude, you feel a sense of happiness and content. My challenge to you today is to learn to look for the good in every situation and live with 'an attitude of gratitude'. I assure you, if you were the fellow searching for food in garbage cans you too could find things to be grateful for. You just have to look hard enough and 'open your eyes' to what is around you. You have to focus on what's good in your life, not what's bad. "I once was distraught because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet." - Unknown Life works in mysterious ways. Time and time again there have been stories of people who are in dire straits yet they are found helping others who are experiencing greater turmoil. This is because once you have helped someone in greater need than yourself, you always feel better. You feel better because you have helped another human being, and this forces you to change your mindset from focusing on your problems to focusing on their solutions. Always focus on the solution, not the problem and live with an attitude of gratitude! Mother Teresa was a primary example of this phenomenon. Her entire life revolved around helping others in need. As a result she experienced a great deal of love and self-satisfaction in her life. I challenge you now to take a moment to think of five things in your life that you are grateful for today. For example, your friends, your family, your job, your sense of smell, touch, sight, sound and your computer. Imagine what your life would be like without these things. Write them down on a piece of paper and really think about the things you are grateful for. You will be amazed at how great you will feel! By Glen Hopkins This article may be reprinted with the following attachment: Copyright (c) 1999 Glen Hopkins Glen Hopkins owns Motivational-Messages.com, your Free resource for daily motivation and inspiration, including quotes, tips, and stories to help you lead a successful life. To join the Free mailing list, send an e-mail to mailto:motivationalmessages-subscribe@listbot.com or visit http://www.motivational-messages.com/ today! Your Presence is a Present to the World by Josh Hinds Now that I have gotten your attention with the above statement I want you to take a second to really let it soak in. How does it make you feel to hear it? I am certain that if I asked everyone reading this newsletter I would likely get a number of different answers. Ironically it's the fact that I would get so many different answers that illustrates how the above statement holds true! You see, each of us is our own person. We each have had life shape us in different ways. We've experienced different things that all go into making us who we are as human beings. However, no matter what has happened to us in our lives we need to keep telling ourselves that we do in fact make the world a better place because of our being! You may not believe me, but I assure you this is fact! If you don't believe me think for a second about how things would be different without you taking part in them. Would the big sale have been made if you hadn't been there to participate? Who would have taken your kids to the ball park or pick them up from school? What about your loved ones? You see my friend; we all play a big part in the lives of others. I hope that you'll take a second to ponder all the wonderful differences you make in the lives of those around you, just by being you! Your friend in cyberspace, Josh Hinds :-) Josh Hinds offers a motivational community site at http://joshhinds.com To receive Josh's Free Inspiration a Day! newsletter or to view the list archives go to: http://inspiration_a_day.listbot.com/ Also receive Free, Let's Talk Motivation! e-zine: where the top motivational and public speakers show you how to find more personal success in your life! Visit http://motivationtalk.listbot.com/ or send e-mail to mailto:motivationtalk-subscribe@listbot.com My Favorite Holiday of the Year - Thanksgiving! by Darren Hardy We are about to arrive at my favorite holiday of the year - Thanksgiving! For me, it's a season filled with food, friends, family and gift-giving of the highest kind -- the giving of gratitude and appreciation. Every night of the year I give gratitude for the blessings in my life. But for the occasion of this designated day, I ponder deeply and take inventory of all that I have to be thankful for in my life. And the pondering prompts me to acknowledge the people who have contributed to my life's fulfillment the most. This year I sent cards filled with a little Florida sunshine in them (not orange juice). :) I put some sand, palm and sea shells from the beach, in front of my place, in each card and explained to each of them what they meant to me and how they have impacted my life. I have a good question for you... Who has helped shape your life over the last few years, in any way? Which teachers, mentors, speakers/authors, parents, children (!), friends, religious leaders, etc.? Who has been a help to you; whom have you relied on? How about administrative staff, business associates, suppliers, employer/employees, co-workers, neighbors, etc. Who has added a little joy in your life? Who makes your life easier, more convenient, more joyful or enjoyable? A nephew/niece, neighborhood kid, bellman, newspaper carrier, yeah -- even the perky girl who serves you your Starbuck's fix in the morning? Whose absence, if they weren't in your life tomorrow, would disrupt the peace or flow in your life? (Sound like the Starbuck's gal again?) What about your dry cleaner, your CPA, your banker, hairdresser, dentist ... yeah, maybe even your lawyer! :) This doesn't have to be a long gushy oration. Just go to the individual and say, "In honor of Thanksgiving, I want to say thank you for _______ (operating such a great business, always giving me a smile, teaching me to ______, always being on time, etc. -- something specific.) Why do this? First of all, they deserve it. Secondly, it will make their entire holiday and they just might spread some of that gratitude around to some other people themselves (you've heard of the ripple effect, right? How many gratitude ripples can you get going?) And thirdly, the biggest beneficiary will be YOU. Until you do it, you won't believe how great it makes YOU feel, to make someone else feel good about themselves. In fact, as you know, the best way to feel more of your own self-worth is to make OTHER people realize their importance. Just as you cannot make yourself feel better by tearing someone else down, which ultimately only damages yourself, the opposite works to increase your self-esteem. Cool, huh? You go around acknowledging the good in other people, making them feel good about themselves and YOU reap the biggest benefit. Our Creator really set up a neat deal for us down here, didn't He? By the way, you might want to put Him high on your list of those that deserve thanks. It'd be pretty hard to do this deal without the air, water, sunshine, the spinning planet and all the rest, ya think? Then there are those that have loved you or have created a space to have you be loving to them. How have they made you feel? What contributions have they made to how you have grown over the past couple of years? What do they mean to you? TELL THEM. Look deeply into their eyes and share your heart. Call them on the phone, send them a card or write them a letter. This will increase your capacity to love and be loved by compounded measure. This IS what life is about, and Thanksgiving gives you the perfect occasion to live your fullest. To live and express -- LOVE. I encourage you to make a point to acknowledge ten people specifically; tell them why you appreciate them between now and the end of Thanksgiving Day. It will make your holiday, and theirs, extra special. Having said that, I decided to write these thoughts on Thanksgiving because when I made my list of all those I am thankful for -- YOU came up. (You and the entire SuccessChat subscriber base.) For what you have encouraged, challenged, prompted and supported me to do, and all that that has enriched me and helped me become a better man -- I THANK YOU. HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and to your family, With Love, Darren Hardy To rreeaally LIVE at the EXTREME of your potential . . . To be sooo happy you're delirious . . . sooo wealthy it's obnoxious . . . sooo vibrant you're blinding . . . subscribe to the well of inspiration and wisdom . . . http://www.SuccessChat.com Copyright (c) 1999, all rights reserved. This content may be forwarded in full, with copyright/contact/creation information intact, without specific permission, when used for personal use only. If any other application is desired, permission in writing from SuccessChat.com is required. Contact the author, Darren Hardy, at: mailto:Darren@SuccessChat.com The Attitude of Gratitude by Dr. Bill Nieporte In Africa there is a certain berry that's name is translated into English as the "thank-berry." Why such an unusual name? It is because of the rich sweet taste of the berry. As it is described, the taste of this berry is so over-powering that once eaten everything else that is tasted for the next several hours tastes extremely SWEET. Even the most bitter fruit or herb tastes sweet when eaten after the "thank-berry." For the African tribe that grows this delicacy, the name is appropriate because it influences the taste-buds the same why gratitude influences a person's life. If a person learns to cultivate an attitude of gratitude in their lives, everything about life will seem a good bit sweeter. What a wonderful thought to carry into the holiday season--and into Y2K! Wouldn't your lives be sweeter if you would cultivate an attitude of gratitude into your daily life? But how would we cultivate such an attitude? I suggest several thankful actions. 1) COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS A husband and wife were sitting in church as another couple presented a memorial gift to the congregation in honor of their son that had died at war. In the back a lady nudged her husband, saying "We ought to do the same for our son!" "But our son is still alive!" the father replied! "Exactly!" said the mother! What blessings are there in your life? 2) VOICE YOUR THANKS Don't take thanksgiving for granted! (I am not talking about the holiday -- but the lifestyle!) Take the time today -- right now if you can -- to express your gratitude to those who bless your life. Speak to you spouse, your parents, your children -- and tell them you love them. Express your praise to God for the rich blessings that have touched your life. Don't just think your thanks--say it! 3) DEVELOP AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE It is not as difficult as it sounds. If you count your blessings each day--and express you gratitude to those who bring good things into your life, life will change for your--drastically and for the better. Taste the "thank-berry" and life will seem so much sweeter! Dr. Bill Nieporte Dr. Bill Nieporte is editor of "The Success In Life Newsletter" and webmaster of http://ezinesuccess.com . He is also owner of EZINESSUCCESS.COM ( http://ezinesuccess.com ) and ALL ABOUT SUCCESS.COM ( http://allaboutsuccess.com ). 2. Jim Rohn Testimonials - Nov. 17 - Nov 23 Here is a sampling of the testimonials and comments we received this week from E-zine subscribers. When you spoke last year at Starlight Int'l it was the best I have ever hear. I think you are amazing. 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I only recently learned that Jim was online via Darren Robert's ezine and I was thrilled as I feel that Jim is very special and the best 'motivational' speaker of all time. I plan on having a recommended 'links' page on my site and had planned on featuring Jim anyway, so this is a natural for me. I will be online with my website very shortly, so please include me in your affiliate program. -- Myra L. Totten I am now 33 and a regular e-zine reader and I think Jim Rohn is simply outstanding. Wish I had started on this journey 10 years ago! I have his entire works and it forms the center piece of my Library along with Tony Robbins (Jim's best student), Napoleon Hill, Brian Tracy, Zig Ziglar.... etc. The work that touched me most is "Cultivating an Unshakable Character" by Jim Rohn and I truly believe that this forms the foundation of any self development journey. This work is one the greatest gifts we can give our children. I have recommended Jim's works to so many friends. 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