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Issue 135 - June 4 - Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine
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Learning is the beginning of
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where the miracle process all begins."
Jim Rohn
Today's issue includes:
1. Article - Success is Easy, But So is
Neglect by Jim Rohn
1. SUCCESS IS EASY, BUT SO IS NEGLECT by
Jim Rohn
People often ask me how I became
successful in that six-year period of
time while many of the people I knew did
not. The answer is simple: The things I
found to be easy to do, they found to be
easy not to do. I found it easy to set
the goals that could change my life.
They found it easy not to. I found it
easy to read the books that could affect
my thinking and my ideas. They found
that easy not to. I found it easy to
attend the classes and the seminars, and
to get around other successful people.
They said it probably really wouldn't
matter. If I had to sum it up, I would
say what I found to be easy to do, they
found to be easy not to do. Six years
later, I'm a millionaire and they are
all still blaming the economy, the
government and company policies, yet
they neglected to do the basic, easy
things.
In fact, the primary reason most people
are not doing as well as they could and
should, can be summed up in a single
word: neglect.
It is not the lack of money - banks are
full of money. It is not the lack of
opportunity - America, and much of the
free World, continues to offer the most
unprecedented and abundant opportunities
in the last six thousand years of
recorded history. It is not the lack of
books – libraries are full of books -
and they are free! It is not the schools
- the classrooms are full of good
teachers. We have plenty of ministers,
leaders, counselors and advisors.
Everything we would ever need to become
rich and powerful and sophisticated is
within our reach. The major reason that
so few take advantage of all that we
have is simply, neglect.
Neglect is like an infection. Left
unchecked it will spread throughout our
entire system of disciplines and
eventually lead to a complete breakdown
of a potentially joy-filled and
prosperous human life.
Not doing the things we know we should
do causes us to feel guilty and guilt
leads to an erosion of self-confidence.
As our self-confidence diminishes, so
does the level of our activity. And as
our activity diminishes, our results
inevitably decline. And as our results
suffer, our attitude begins to weaken.
And as our attitude begins the slow
shift from positive to negative, our
self-confidence diminishes even more ...
and on and on it goes.
So my suggestion is that when giving the
choice of "easy to" and "easy not to"
that you do not neglect to do the
simple, basic, "easy"; but potentially
life-changing activities and
disciplines.
To Your Success,
2. Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn
ENTERPRISE by Jim Rohn
“Human beings have the remarkable
ability to turn nothing into something.
They can turn weeds into gardens and
pennies into fortunes."
"Enterprise is better than ease."
"Showing a profit means touching
something and leaving it better than you
found it."
"Enterprise is the hope of our future."
"Profits are better than wages. Wages
make you a living; profits make you a
fortune."
"We all know a variety of ways to make a
living. What's even more fascinating is
figuring out ways to make a fortune."
"Kids ought to have two bicycles, one to
ride and one to rent."
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
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3. IMPORTANT VS. URGENT by Tony Jeary
Priorities refer to those things that
are important.
Many are still in the habit of
"reacting" to the urgent rather than
"responding" to the important. Think
about this statement. Important
activities should be of high priority
because they are the things that
contribute significantly to our
objectives. They have more "long-term"
impact. They should help us the most in
reaching our goals. Don't prioritize
based on who gave you the work; fit it
based on its importance and urgency and
who should be handling it based on
responsibilities, skills, and capacity.
Urgent activities usually are more
"short-term" in nature and may or may
not relate to our objectives. They
usually do not make significant
contributions. They make endless demands
on our time and pressure us dally.
There is a constant tension that
develops between the urgent and the
important. Because the important things
seldom need to be done today, and the
urgent almost always do, there is a
critical need for learning to set proper
priorities so that our visions, goals,
and desires can be met, more
effectively.
Most people don't take the time to
prioritize. They are usually reactive.
We recommend you be proactive.
Here is a list of time-gaining events to
help you more effectively prioritize.
Enter the approximate amount of time you
feel you will gain each day by
successfully performing the selected
events, changing your habits and using
your tools.
1. Setting priorities during your daily
planning, eliminating unproductive tasks
gains valuable time.
2. Having a “written” agenda, and
following it, for every meeting with no
more than three objectives gains
valuable wasted time from long,
ineffective, rambling meetings.
3. Learning to “say no” to demands that
don't benefit you, or sending the
request to the appropriate person, helps
you to "double" the time gained by not
reacting to the demand, and by freeing
you up to do what DOES benefit you.
4. Learn when your high-energy time is
and schedule your priority work for this
time gains minutes through more
effective and empowering work.
5. Prioritize your reading by learning
to skim articles, memos, books etc. Then
read only what really gives you value.
This will gain you crucial daily time
every time you read.
6. Request that people that send you
e-mails that prioritize and spell out
the actions they are asking of you with
clear bullet points not long narratives.
7. Write down what your objectives are
before you return phone calls to gain
time through quicker, more effective
communication.
7. Early in the day, sorting mail and
placing each piece appropriately (now,
future, trash) gains valuable time
throughout the day as each piece is
addressed only once.
8. Asking the originator of a document
to send you ONLY the relevant
information that pertains to you gains
time by not wasting it on reading
information that is irrelevant to you.
9. Create lists often. This helps with
focus and multi-tasking.
10. Prioritize and review the list of
tasks you have given a subordinate.
Clarity and merging of the minds often
uncover shortcuts.
11. Gain time by having visitors
screened and only meet with those
visitors whom you must. Stand when you
greet drop-ins; sit only if YOU want to
12. Use a Daytimer™ or electronic
datebook to help prioritize daily
events.
After going through this list of 12
activities add up the approximate time
you believe you would save on a weekly
basis – and then start doing it!
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"Sharpen your interest in two major
subjects: life and people. You will only
gather information from a source if you
are interested in it." Jim Rohn
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