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Issue 130 - April 30 - Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine Welcome to JIM ROHN'S WEEKLY E-ZINEIssue 130 - April 30, 2002 Jim Rohn International - The Official Site of America's Foremost
Business Philosopher "Success is neither
magical nor mysterious. Success is the
natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals." Jim Rohn Today's issue includes: 1. Article - It is a
Challenge to Succeed by Jim Rohn 1. IT IS A CHALLENGE TO SUCCEED by Jim Rohn It is a challenge to
succeed. If it were not, I’m sure more people would be successful, but for
every person who is enjoying the fruit from the tree of success, many more are
examining the roots. They are trying to figure it all out. They are mystified
and perplexed by what seems to be some strange, complex and elusive secret that
must be found if ever success is to be enjoyed. While most people spend most of
their lives struggling to earn a living, a much smaller number seem to have
everything going their way. Instead of just earning a living, the smaller group
is busily engaged in designing and enjoying a fortune. Everything just seems to
work out for them. While the much larger group sits in awe at how life can be
so unfair, complicated and unjust. “I am a nice person,” the
man says to himself. “How come this other guy is happy and prosperous, and I’m
always struggling?” He asks himself, “I am a good husband, a good father and a
good worker. How come nothing seems to work out for me? Life just isn’t fair.
I’m even smarter and willing to work harder than some of these other people who
just seem to have everything going their way,” he says as he slumps into the
sofa to watch another evening of television. But you see you’ve got to be more
than a good person and a good worker. You’ve got to become a good planner, and
a good dreamer. You’ve got to see the future finished in advance. You’ve got to
put in the long hours and put up with the setbacks and the disappointments.
You’ve got to learn to enjoy the process of disciplines and of putting yourself
through the paces of doing the uncomfortable until it becomes comfortable.
You’ve got to be prepared and willing to attack the challenges if you want the
success because challenges are part of success. Now that may sound like a full
menu of activities, but let me assure you that the process of going from
average to fortune isn’t really all that difficult. Thinking about it is the
difficult part. Anticipating all the effort and the changes and the disciplines
is far worse in the mind than in reality. I can promise you that the challenges
you’ll meet on the road to success are far less difficult to deal with than the
struggles and the disappointments that come from being average. Confronting and
overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed
the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens
the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next
challenge. I've often said that to have
more, we must first become more, and to become more, we must begin the process
of working harder on ourselves than we do on anything else. But in addition to
gathering new knowledge, new skills and new experiences; it is also important
to discover new emotions. It is how we feel about what we know that makes the
biggest difference in how our lives turn out. How we feel about the chances we
have and the choices we have determines the intensity of our effort. Whether we
try or don’t try. Join or don’t join. Believe or don’t believe. I’d like for you to discover
some strong feelings about your life and about what you want to do with that
life. You probably have much of the knowledge and a lot of the experience and
perhaps most of the skills that it takes to become successful. What you may be
lacking in are the strong feelings about what you want and what you want to do.
You may be one of those who have become so involved in the process of earning a
living that you’ve forgotten about the choices and the chances you have for designing
your own life. Let these strong feelings
help you take a second look at your life and where you’re headed. After all,
you’ve only got one life, at least on this planet. So why not make it an
adventure in achievement? Why not discover what all you can do and what all you
can have? Why not discover how many others you can help and in the process how
that can help you? Why not now take the
Challenge to Succeed! To Your Success, To order the Challenge to
Succeed 6 audio series at a special 35% off discount or as part of the new Jim
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2. Vitamins for the Mind by
Jim Rohn SUCCESS/FAILURE by Jim Rohn Success is not to be
pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. Failure is not a single,
cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors
in judgment, repeated every day. Don't take the casual
approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties. Success is the study of the
obvious. Everyone should take Obvious I and Obvious II in school. It's too bad failures don't
give seminars. Wouldn't that be valuable? If you meet a guy who has messed up
his life for forty years, you've just got to say, "John, if I bring my
journal and promise to take good notes, would you spend a day with me?" Success is not so much what
we have as it is what we are. Success is 20% skills and
80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what's your
plan to read? Average people look for ways
of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it. Vitamins for the Mind is a
weekly sampling of original quotes, on a specific topic, taken from The
Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn (TTOQ).
TTOQ, a beautiful, burgundy hardbound book with gold foil lettering, is
a collection of over 365 quotes on 60 topics gathered from Jim's personal
journals, seminars and books spanning over 37 years. To order or to get more information on TTOQ by Jim Rohn or
Excerpts from TTOQ by Jim Rohn or Brian Tracy, please click on Monthly
Specials. 3. THE BEST INSURANCE
POLICY? A "THANK YOU IN ADVANCE" by Bob Burg My friend, author and
speaker Alan Proctor, says, "Many people insist on waiting for someone to
do for them before they take a similar action for the benefit of the other
person." Alan then teaches,
"But wouldn't doing something for them first increase the chances of that
goodwill being returned?" Absolutely. In fact that's
one of those immutable laws of life that successful people understand and
embrace. And one of the most effective ways of working with this law is what I
call the "Thank You In
Advance." It may be the best insurance policy you can buy, and it doesn't
cost even one cent to purchase. Thank people
"before" they do something for you. "I really appreciate
your taking the time to..." This is great insurance that they'll make the
time to do whatever you want done. I learned years ago while listening to a
tape by Jim Rohn that a tip to a waitperson used to be paid "before"
the meal was even served. The word
"tip", t - i - p, actually meant, "to insure promptness." Insurance, right? Or extortion, depending upon how you look at
it. :-). I prefer insurance. An example of a proper time
to thank someone is "before" they start on the assignment, task or
whatever. "Thank you Mary – I know you're going to do your typically
excellent job." Maybe, when
talking to your prospect on the telephone, "before" you launch into
your reason for calling. "Mr. Smith, thank you for taking a quick moment
to speak with me - I realize you're very busy." Or, the hotel manager you need to inform about a particular
challenge with the hotel: "Ms.
Jackson, I appreciate your helping me with this unfortunate situation." And, the mechanic who's
about to work on your car: "Mr.
Davis, thank you in advance for fixing this thing. Wow, do I depend on you to keep this car working right!" Will thanking a person in
advance ever not work? Of course, because people are people and not everyone
will be responsive the first time. Then you might have to use some of the other
WINNING WITHOUT INTIMIDATION principles and strategies I teach. The fact is,
though, it works much more often than not, and over time you'll find this to be
both a very pleasant and very effective way of working effectively with others. One very important point:
This must be done with sincerity. Otherwise, it'll come off as manipulative or
overbearing. Just reflect for a moment about what you're most grateful for with
this person, go with that feeling, and say "thank you" ... in
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"Something will master
and something will serve. Either you
run the day or the day runs you; either you run the business or the business
runs you." Jim Rohn
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