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Issue 132 - May 14 - Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine
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"You must either
modify your dreams or magnify your
skills." Jim
Rohn
Today's issue
includes:
1. Article - Skills
Make Labor More
Valuable by Jim Rohn
1. SKILLS MAKE
LABOR MORE VALUABLE
by Jim Rohn
As you know by now,
if you have been a
long time subscriber
to our weekly
E-zine, I'm a very
big proponent of
activity, labor and
discipline. In fact
I devoted one of the
five major pieces to
the life puzzle (in
my book under the
same name) to the
subject of activity
and labor. But now
let me add another
key word to the
labor equation -
skillful. Yes,
skillful labor.
We need the skills
to help build our
family's dreams, the
skills to stir up an
enterprise and make
it successful. We
need skills to build
equities for the
future. We need
skills of all kinds.
How about this -
skillful language.
If you just talk to
your family you can
hold them all
together, but if you
skillfully talk to
your children you
can help them build
dreams for the
future. That is why
I spend so much time
at the Weekend
Seminar on
communication - how
to affect others
with words. You
can't be lazy in
language - it costs
too much. What if
you meant to say
"what's troubling
you?" and instead
you said "what's
wrong with you?".
Wow, that's too big
a mistake. And sure
you could have made
that mistake 10
years ago, but not
now. You should have
gotten much better
by now in language
and communication.
Skills multiply
labor by two, by
five, by ten, by
fifty, by one
hundred times. Hey,
you can chop a tree
down with a hammer
but it takes about
30 days, called
labor. But if you
trade the hammer in
for an ax, you can
chop the tree down
in about 30 minutes.
What's the
difference in 30
days and 30 minutes?
Skills. Skills made
the difference.
So do what you can -
labor. But also do
the best that you
can do – improved
skills. And you will
find that the labor
combined with skills
will start producing
miracles. Miracles
with your money,
miracles with your
family and miracles
in every part of
your life.
To Your Success,
2. Vitamins for the
Mind by Jim Rohn
KIDS by Jim Rohn
How many languages
can a child learn?
As many as you will
take the time to
teach them.
Even kids can get
started on becoming
financially
independent. Kids
can make profits
long before they can
legitimately earn
wages.
Kids ought to have
two bicycles: one to
ride and one to
rent.
Kids don’t lack
capacity, only
teachers.
I teach kids how to
be rich by the time
they are age 40, 35
if they are extra
bright. Most kids
think they are extra
bright, so they go
for 35.
What should a child
do with a dollar?
Here’s one
philosophy: It’s
only a child and
it’s only a dollar,
so what difference
does it make? Wow,
what a philosophy!
Where do you suppose
everything starts
for the future?
Here’s where it
starts – it starts
with a child and a
dollar. You say,
“Well, he’s only a
child once. Let him
spend it all.” Well,
when would you hope
that would stop?
When he’s fifty and
broke like you?
If kids clearly see
the promise, they
will gladly pay the
price.
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Mind is a weekly
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by Jim Rohn (TTOQ).
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topics gathered from
Jim's personal
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3. POSTCARDS FROM
MY SON by Charlie
'Tremendous' Jones
(excerpted from the
Special Teenager
Session at the Jim
Rohn Weekend Event –
Excelling in the New
Millennium)
My favorite saying
about your
associations and my
way of saying it is,
“You are the same
today as you’re
going to be in five
years except for two
things, the people
you meet and the
books you read.”
Hang around
thinkers; you’ll be
a better thinker.
Hang around givers;
you’ll be a better
giver. Hang around
workers; you’ll be a
better worker. Hang
around a bunch of
thumb sucking,
complaining, griping
boneheads; and you
will be a better
thumb sucking,
complaining, griping
bonehead.
Now. With that
said…how many of you
are under sixteen
yet? Great. How do
you like an idea
that you might be
driving a Cadillac
when you’re sixteen?
I got it for you.
When my son was your
age, he wasn’t quite
as excited as you. I
said, “Jerry, do you
want to have a car
when you’re
sixteen?” “Yes.” “Do
you want me to help
you buy that car?”
“Yes sir, dad.”
“Alright, son, we’re
going to do it, but
the free ride’s
over. No more
allowance. I’m going
to give you a way to
make a lot of money.
Here is the deal. I
am going to pick out
books for you to
read. There will be
motivational books,
history books,
inspirational books;
and every time I
give you a book, you
give me a book
report. Every time I
get a book report,
I’ll put money in
your car fund.
Another book report;
more money in the
car fund. In two
years if you read in
style, you’ll drive
in style. But if you
read like a bum,
you’re going to
drive like a bum.”
Overnight he
developed a
fantastic hunger for
reading. Now the
first book I had him
read was Dale
Carnegie’s “How to
Win Friends and
Influence People.”
Now the first day he
came down and said,
“Dad, dad, there’s a
whole chapter in
here on smiling and
shaking hands.” And
he shook my hand,
shook my hand -
first sign of life
in fourteen years.
Woohoo! And he
smiled at me. Then I
had him read a book
named Joshua in the
Old Testament on
discouragement. And
we were going to
Sunday school one
week, and I said,
“Jerry, how are you
getting along with
Joshua?” He says,
“Dad, dad.” He hit
my leg. Imagine
that, he hit my leg.
And he said,
“Everybody ought to
have to read that
book.” That was a
sign he was
beginning to think
about somebody other
than himself.
Well, he read 22
books. Did he buy a
car? No. He kept the
money, used my car
and my gas. Now but
wait a minute. Don’t
laugh. It was worth
it. Then he went off
to college, and I
got one of the
greatest experiences
of my life. And the
last chapter of my
book "Life is
Tremendous" is about
Jerry Jones (my
son), and there is
the reading contract
to negotiate with
your dad to get it
in writing, so he
can’t change his
mind. So Jerry goes
off to college and
he writes me a “Dear
Dad” postcard
everyday for four
years. You know what
I used to do when I
would get some of
the cards? I would
put my head on my
desk and cry. Do you
know why? He was
thinking thoughts
that I never dreamed
a young person could
think. Now he didn’t
have the full
meaning of them, but
he had read and he
had the thoughts in
his mind. So I would
like to read you a
couple cards from
college to me.
"Dear Dad, It’s
tremendous to be
able to know that
when you are in a
slump, just as a
baseball player will
break out in time,
so will you break
out of yours. Yes,
time really cures
things. Like you
said, you don’t lose
any problems, you
just get bigger and
better ones,
tremendous ones.
Tremendously, too.
Jerry"
"Dear Dad, Just
started reading a
hundred Great Lives.
Thanks for what you
said in the front.
The part that every
great man never
sought to be great.
He just followed the
vision he had and
did what had to be
done. Love, Jerry."
"Dad, I just got
done typing up
little quotes out of
the Bible and
Napoleon Hill, so
everywhere I look, I
see them. When
people ask me what
they are, I tell
them they are
pinups.
Tremendously."
"Dad, I am more
convinced than ever
that you can do
anything you want
to. You can beat
anyone at anything
just by working
hard. Handicaps
don’t mean anything.
Because often people
that don’t have them
have a bad attitude
and don’t want to
work."
"Dad, nothing new.
Just the same old
exciting thought
that we can know God
personally and
forever in this
amazing life."
"Dad, when you’re
behind two papers in
the fourth quarter
and you’re exhausted
from the game, you
have to make up a
set of downs in
order to stay in the
game, and you get up
to the line and you
see two, 250 pound
tests staring you in
the face, it sure is
exciting to wait and
find out what play
the Lord will call
next."
Well, the power of
books. Now here is
another one. Sammy
is my nine year old
grandson. I’d like
to share something
that I hope your
dads will get for
you. So last
Father’s Day a year
ago, I’ll just read
you a paragraph that
I wrote to Sammy on
reading.
My dear Sammy, each
word in this letter
is bathed with my
love and prayers for
you. As you get
older, you will
discover that your
mind doesn’t always
keep pace with your
body. The food you
eat can nourish your
body, but the food
you feed your mind
and heart determines
your good as a
person.
I am going to share
a few principles I
pray you will commit
to memory. I could
share many more, but
I have tried to
select ones that I
wish I could have
begun working on
earlier in my life.
Read, read, read,
read. A proper diet
is good for your
body, and the best
books are good for
your mind.
Your life will be
determined by the
people you associate
with and the books
you read. You will
come to love many
people you will meet
in books. Read
biographies,
autobiographies and
history. Books will
provide many of the
friends, mentors,
role models and
heroes you will need
in life. Biographies
will help you see
that there is
nothing that can
happen to you that
wasn’t experienced
by many who used
their failures and
tragedies and
disappointments as
stepping stones for
more tremendous
lives. Many of my
best friends are
people I’ve never
met – Oswald
Chambers, George
Mueller, Charles
Spurgeon, A.W.
Tozer, Abraham
Lincoln, Jean
Gietzen, hundreds of
others. Don’t read
the Bible, but
instead study it.
Digest it. Memorize
it. Realize that
God’s greatest gift
for our time on
earth is His word.
Well, know the
word…”
Happy Reading!
Charlie "Tremendous"
Jones
Charlie "Tremendous"
Jones shared this at
the Special Teenager
Session held during
the Jim Rohn Weekend
Event - Excelling in
the New Millennium.
Mr. Jones made four
additional excellent
contributions while
at the JRWE;
including a
30-minute
presentation, a
30-minute VIP
luncheon Q and A
with Bob Burg, a
panelist at the
three hour
Mastermind Session
and a behind the
scenes 25 minute
interview. In
addition to Mr.
Jones, special
guests included Zig
Ziglar, Bob Burg,
Jeffrey Gitomer, Jan
Ruhe, William E.
Bailey and Tony
Jeary.
Charlie 'Tremendous'
Jones, in addition
to breaking many
sales records in the
insurance industry
throughout his
career, is the
founder and CEO of
Executive Books. He
is also author of
the best-selling
book "Life is
Tremendous" and four
separate editions of
"The Books Your
Read". To purchase
these books and
receive 20% off or
to receive more
information on Mr.
Jones click Other
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"Sales people should
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their kids. What
does the word “no“
mean to a child?
Almost nothing.."
Jim Rohn
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