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Issue 138 - June 25 - Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine
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Foremost Business Philosopher "The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and how to reap without apology if the amounts are big." Jim Rohn
Today's issue includes:
1. Article - Enterprise is Better Than
Ease by Jim Rohn
1. ENTERPRISE IS BETTER THAN EASE by
Jim Rohn
If we are involved in a project, how
hard should we work at it? How much time
should we put in?
Our philosophy about activity and our
attitude about hard work will affect the
quality of our lives. What we decide
about the rightful ratio of labor to
rest will establish a certain work
ethic. That work ethic - our attitude
about the amount of labor we are willing
to commit to future fortune – will
determine how substantial or how meager
that fortune turns out to be.
Enterprise is always better than ease.
Every time we choose to do less than we
could, this error in judgment has an
effect on our self-confidence. Repeated
every day, we soon find ourselves not
only doing less than we should, but also
being less than we could. The
accumulative effect of this error in
judgment can be devastating.
--- FORTUNATELY, IT IS EASY TO REVERSE
THE PROCESS ---
Any day we choose we can develop a new
discipline of doing rather than
neglecting. Every time we choose action
over ease or labor over rest, we develop
an increasing level of self-worth,
self-respect and self-confidence. In the
final analysis, it is how we feel about
ourselves that provides the greatest
reward from any activity. It is not what
we get that makes us valuable, it is
what we become in the process of doing
that brings value into our lives. It is
activity that converts human dreams into
human reality, and that conversion from
idea into actuality gives us a personal
value that can come from no other
source.
So feel free to not only engage in
enterprise, but also to enjoy it to it's
fullest along with all the benefits that
are soon to come!
To Your Success,
2. Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn
TIME MANAGEMENT by Jim Rohn
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.
Learn how to separate the majors and the
minors. A lot of people don't do well
simply because they major in minor
things.
Don't mistake movement for achievement.
It's easy to get faked out by being
busy. The question is: Busy doing what?
Days are expensive. When you spend a day
you have one less day to spend. So make
sure you spend each one wisely.
Sometimes you need to stay in touch but
be out of reach.
Time is our most valuable asset, yet we
tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it
rather than invest it.
We can no more afford to spend major
time on minor things than we can to
spend minor time on major things.
Time is more valuable than money. You
can get more money, but you cannot get
more time.
Never begin the day until it is finished
on paper.
Learn how to say no. Don't let your
mouth overload your back.
Time is the best-kept secret of the
rich.
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 . CONDUCTING A PERSONAL INVENTORY OF YOUR “KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES" by Denis Waitley
Self-knowledge has always been the key
to preparing for competition. Knowledge
of your attributes, abilities,
interests, strengths, weaknesses, and
traits is essential to riding the front
end of the wave of change into the new
century. To fully assess your own
talents, realize that studies confirm
that what we love and do well as
children continues as our latent or
manifest talent as adults.
Examination of your weekend or evening
interests might reveal a gem of
potential you can apply to your
vocation. I strongly suggest you don’t
unthinkingly relegate what you love to
do for yourself solely to hobbies. You
might make it, or at least integrate it
into your life’s work.
The acquisition of knowledge, which is
the new global power, is a life-long
experience, not a collection of facts or
skills. Not long ago, what you learned
in school was largely all you needed to
learn to secure a career. With knowledge
expanding exponentially, this is no
longer true. Hundreds of scientific
papers are published daily.
Every thirty seconds, some new
technological company produces yet
another innovation. Your formal
education has a very short shelf life.
Life-long learning, once a luxury for
the few, has become absolutely vital to
continued success. Continue gaining
expertise and avoid thinking like an
expert.
Action Idea: An excellent benchmarking
exercise is to spend a weekend with key
associates or family members and dust
off your childhood memories. Remember
what you really enjoyed and wanted to do
most as a child. The next activity in
assessing your interests is considering
your current ones. What do you most
enjoy after work? What do you most want
to do on weekends and vacations? What
are your hobbies? Can you bring more of
what you enjoy into your business life?
Denis Waitley is one of America's most
respected authors, keynote lecturers and
productivity consultants on high
performance human achievement. He has
inspired, informed, challenged and
entertained audiences for over 25 years
from the board rooms of multi-national
corporations to the control rooms of
NASA's space program. Denis has been
voted business speaker of the year by
the Sales and Marketing Executives'
Association and by Toastmasters'
International and inducted into the
International Speakers' Hall of Fame.
With over 10 million audio programs sold
in 14 languages, Denis Waitley's audio
album, "The Psychology of Winning," is
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"One of the
greatest gifts you can give to anyone is
the gift of attention." Jim Rohn
"Life asks us to
make measurable progress in reasonable
time. That's why they make those fourth
grade chairs so small – so you won't fit
in them at age twenty-five!" Jim
Rohn
4. Jim Rohn Testimonials - June 17 -
June 24, 2002
Here are some of the dozens of
testimonials and comments we received
over the past week from E-zine
subscribers.
I purchased "The Art of Exceptional
Living", the Best tape I had ever
listened to.
This is life changing stuff Jim. May the
Lord give us many more like you.
Your Tapes Have Changed My Thinking.
Thank you for all your valuable &
motivational E-zine advice.
Jim Rohn and his philosophy about
Network Marketing will change the lives
of a lot of people! "Personal
Development"
I have borrowed tons of Jim's courses
over the years from my father, and
intend to pass them along to my children
one day. Timeless and Sage wisdom.
I have loved your story about the Girl
Scout cookies - and I've always
remembered it. And, thinking of it, I
have done... well, one more thing.
Whenever I get the chance - I will ask
the little one (doing the
selling)..."and which is YOUR favorite?”
Then I will purchase 3 – 4 boxes of that
type and ask them to take them home and
share it with their brothers and sisters
(If Momma is there I usually ask her if
it is OK...). A funny thing though - my
new neighbor & her brother came over and
were selling school candy. I asked their
favorites and ordered 3 of each and said
for them to keep it. Well, later that
day the older brother and another sister
showed up selling more candy and I did
it again. Well... it turns out there are
SIX kids in that family... (hee hee
hee). Anyway, I love the feeling I get
from watching their faces light up.
So... I wanted you to know... and thanks
for all the great Ezines AND
inspirations.
Great!
Thank you E-zine readers, for the
sincere and kind words of encouragement
and appreciation you sent us this week!
-- JRI
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about the tragedies as well as the
triumphs, the failures as well as the
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