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Today's issue includes:

1. The Best Gift to Give Yourself and Others by Jim Rohn

I'm often asked the question, "How can I best help my children, spouse, family member, staff member, friend etc. improve/change?" In fact that might be the most frequently asked question I receive, "How can I help change someone else?"

My answer often comes as a surprise and here it is. The key to helping others is to help yourself first. In other words, the best contribution I can make to someone else is my own personal development. If I become 10 times wiser, 10 times stronger, think of what that will do for my adventure as a father... as a grandfather... as a business colleague.

The best gift I can give to you, really, is my ongoing personal development. Getting better, getting stronger, becoming wiser. I think parents should pick this valuable philosophy up. If the parents are okay, the kids have an excellent chance of being okay. Work on your personal development as parents; that's the best gift you can give to your children.

If you have ever ridden in an airplane, then you might have noticed the oxygen compartment located above every seat. There are explicit instructions that say "In case of an emergency, first secure your own oxygen mask and then if you have children with you then secure their masks." Take care of yourself first... then assist your children. If we use that same philosophy throughout our whole parental life, it would be so valuable.

If I learn to create happiness for myself, my children now have an excellent chance to be happy. If I create a unique lifestyle for myself and my spouse, that will be a great example to serve my children.

Self-development enables you to serve, to be more valuable to those around you; for your child... your business... your colleague... your community... your church.

That's why I teach development skills. If you keep refining all the parts of your character, yourself, your health, etc. so that you become an attractive person to the marketplace - you'll attract opportunity. Opportunity will then begin to seek you out. Your reputation will begin to precede you and people will want to do business with you. All of that possibility is created by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract by continually working on your own personal development.

2. Vitamins for the Mind

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.

3. Persistence by Les Brown

I believe there are three kinds of people. There are winners, who know what they want and understand their potential and the possibilities. They take life on. Next are losers, who don't have a clue as to who they are. They allow circumstances to shape their lives and their self-image.

I believe there is a third group as well. This consists of potential winners whose lives are just slightly out of alignment. I call them wayward winners. It may be that they just need to learn how to be real winners. Perhaps they've hit a bump or two that has knocked them off course and they are temporarily befuddled. A failed relationship, a lost job, financial problems, unformed goals, a lack of parental support, illness„many things can send us off course temporarily.

Wayward winners are not lost souls; they just need some tweaking and coaching and nudging to get them back on course. A map might be nice. Many of these wayward winners are easily identifiable because they are always searching.

Right now, there are many wayward winners out there braving rain, sleet and snow because they too still believe that they have untapped talents. They attend motivational seminars and listen to inspirational tapes and they plunge onward, believing that sooner or later they will find their way again.

Other wayward winners have temporarily given up. They are damaged and disoriented, their confidence badly eroded. They tend to drift through life numbly. The friends and relatives and loved ones of wayward winners see that they are out of sync and wonder why they can't be satisfied, why they don't settle down. They wonder how people who have such obvious abilities and great potential can be so disoriented and unsure.

It is difficult for others to understand the rawness of a broken heart or the aching emptiness of an unguided spirit. You and I know. We have been there. Wayward winners know that there are possibilities out there, but too often they feel locked out from them. Some are afraid to risk any more because of what they have risked and lost already.

I know now that as difficult as it may be for you wayward winners to do, it is necessary to continue to test yourselves. Even though you have been hurt before, it is the only way to grow. We all have the capacity to change, to lead meaningful and productive lives by awakening our consciousness.

You know there are going to be tough times as you go about changing your life, so brace yourself and you will be able to handle them. When you get into your seat on an airplane, what is the first thing they tell you to do? Fasten your seat belt. Brace yourself for the turbulence.

When you decide to move your life to the next level of accomplishment, you must fasten your mental and spiritual seat belts because it is going to be a while before you reach that comfortable level again. You will reach it, but you must endure the turbulence of change in order to grow.

Try this technique to help you through the difficult times of change and growth. Find four reasons why you cannot succumb to your fears and your troubles. Find those deep sources of motivation that can lift you out of the turbulence and above the clouds. You must change your life because, for example:

You have not yet tapped the talents given you.
You want to leave something more for your children.
You want to live life rather than letting life live you.
You want to do what makes YOU happy.

It is in these rocky early moments of bringing change to your life that you discover who you are. In the prosperous times, you build what is in your pocket. In the tough times, you strengthen what is in your heart. And that is when you gain insight into yourself, insight that leads to self-mastery and an expansion of your consciousness as a life-force in both your personal and professional lives.

Les Brown is an internationally recognized speaker and author. To receive more information on Les´s best-selling cd program, Choosing Your Future visit http://www.yoursuccessstore.com and save 20% or call 877-929-0439.

4. Four Powerful Invitations from Jim Rohn

Do you want to take your life and career to the next level? Are you needing an experience or the power of the group dynamic to help create the synergy that can help pull you forward?

Nothing is more powerful than "let's go do it". Whether it is the group power of paying the price in an athletic sport, being part of a motivating church and getting together with other like minded people or working toward a common goal; group synergy can propel us to new and exciting levels of personal and professional growth.

We currently have 4 different powerful events/programs we would like to invite you to participate in. All can be the catalyst that will make a major difference in your life and career. Below is a brief description of each, on any you would like to learn more about, simply click the link provided.

1. After three years of waiting and anticipation - it is here - The Jim Rohn Weekend Leadership Event (with special guests Denis Waitley, Brian Tracy, Donna Krech and More)!

To download the new 12-page pdf of the upcoming Jim Rohn Weekend Leadership Event (with special guests Denis Waitley, Brian Tracy, Donna Krech and More) go to:

Download 3-Day Event Info  

Or to order tickets go to 3-Day Leadership Tickets & Info or call 800-929-0434.

Be one of the first 300 to enroll and receive a bonus VIP Breakfast, preferred seating and introductory offer pricing. This will truly be History in the Making! Tickets are going fast, so reserve your seat today (seating preference is based on time/date of your registration)

"Thank the Lord it is finally here. I attended in Dallas in 2001 and have eagerly awaited the return of the 2-day event. I would fly anywhere in the world to be a part of this event. I will register next week; the only question is how many friends, family members, or staff I intend on bringing. Thank You."  -- Darren Patrick

2. A Plan of Consistent and Continual Growth!

The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan (99% retention rate) offers a plan of consistent and continual growth in your personal and professional life, all for as little as $17 a month.

In the past 18 months (since the launch of our program) we have had 99% of our enrollees stay committed to a plan of consistent and continual growth in their personal and professional lives. The statistics and unsolicited testimonials are astonishing! To review the hundreds of testimonials sent in from our current Jim Rohn One-Year Members over the past several months, click here - One Year Testimonials

For what averages out to $34 a month for a Silver Membership or $54 for a Gold, you receive 12 Pillars of Success, 52 weekly email trainings, a 600+ page downloadable workbook, 12 monthly conference calls (including Zig Ziglar, Loral Langemeier, Jim Rohn, etc.), plus thousands of dollars worth of Jim Rohn's CD's, DVD's and books for your library. Wow! Also available is a Bronze package that averages out to only $17 a month.

For details go to One-Year Success Plan or call 800-929-0434.

3. Financial Mastery!

Yes, one whole year on Financial Mastery, designed to both educate and help you create long-term duplicatable systems for 12 major areas of your financial world (any one month will more than pay for the price of admission, which is only $39 per month, plus receive a very special bonus with this Offer through June 10th!).

Subjects Include:

Month 1. Inventory of Your Life - Balance Sheets/Assets and Liabilities/Easy-to-Use Template and More

Month 2. Setting a Budget - Expenses/Income/Tracking Spending/Spread-Sheets and More

Month 3. Taxes - Tax Savings/Legitimate Write-Offs/Business and Family Tax Deductions and More

Month 4. Getting Out of Debt - Apply a 5-Step Process to Get Out of Debt and More

Month 5. Kids - Allowances and Responsible Spending and Saving/College/Paying to Work (tax advantages)/Planning For the Future and More

Month 6. Creating Long-Term Wealth Overview - Investing/Saving/Stocks/Entrepreneurship/Real Estate and More

Month 7. Asset Protection - Legal Structures/Insurance Needs/Personal and Business Inventory/Having a Will and More

Month 8. Creating Long-Term Wealth Through Investing/Saving/Stocks - CD's/Treasury ills/Annuities/Tax-Free Savings/Buying, Selling and Holding Stocks - Long and Short-Term

Month 9. Creating Long-Term Wealth Through Entrepreneurship - Starting and Running a Business/Incorporating/Taxes/Team of Advisors and More

Month 10. Creating Long-Term Wealth Through Real Estate - Property Ownership/Rentals/Buying/Selling

Month 11. Retirement - IRA/Investing/Tax Free Planning/Benefactors

Month 12. Estate Planning - Trust/Wills/Asset Relocation

Plus Recap of Year Two/Future Goals

This One-Year process will include input for each month's major focus from top experts in the industry. The ultimate goal is for our enrollees to get their arms and minds wrapped around the fundamental principles and strategies that each month's lesson involves. Additionally, we will be providing easy-to-use templates and forms that will help you to first get your finances and personal and business affairs in order and additionally allow you to keep them in order, long after the completion of Year Two.

To enroll today go to Financial Mastery or call 800-929-0434 and talk with Yveatte or Hilary or send an email to info@jimrohn.com

4. The Jim Rohn Coaching Program - The greatest benefit from participating in The Jim Rohn Coaching Program is that you will receive personal, one-on-one interaction with a coach who is experienced and professionally trained. Your coach will get to know you, and help you set and achieve those goals that are right for you. Plus you will receive free, The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan.

For those who are interested in personal coaching you can now have access to Jim Rohn International coach - TC Cummings (former U.S. Navy Seal and Personal Development aficionado).

To enroll today go to Coaching Program or call 800-929-0434 and talk with Yveatte or Hilary or send an email to info@jimrohn.com

Again, I can't recommend highly enough how life-changing and powerful it is attending the Jim Rohn Weekend Event. And this year it is loaded with very special guests and very special bonus sessions (including a teenager session and a bonus 3rd day)! Join us in Anaheim and it will be an experience you will take with you the rest of your life.

If you can't attend the event, make sure you are enrolled in our One-Year Program. We have it at the most affordable pricing possible. And of course the Financial Mastery Program pays for itself almost immediately, as does having your own personal coach.

"To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract." Jim Rohn

"Income seldom exceeds personal development." Jim Rohn

Let's go for it in 2004!

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"There are no new fundamentals. You've got to be a little suspicious of someone who says, 'I've got a new fundamental.' That's like someone inviting you to tour a factory where they are manufacturing antiques." Jim Rohn
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5. Jim Rohn Testimonials - May 11 - 17, 2004

Here are some of the dozens of testimonials and comments we received over the past week from E-zine subscribers.

Greetings! I am interested in signing up for the Platinum Package July 30th, 31st and bonus session August 1st. I met Jim Rohn through his "Adventures in Achievement" tapes. This is a gift to myself!  I have never had the pleasure of meeting "Jim" my Mr. Schoff! The "seed of good ideas" was planted in my life back in the 70's. "For things to change I got to change" "Things get better for me when I get better" "The agony of decision" "You got to decide" "You are not a tree" so you can change and so much more was working in my life even more than I knew. I learned from Jim "Work harder on yourself than you do on anything else" and I have through many hills and valleys---it works!! Many years in the making, however I will complete my very first book on my 65th birthday, September 3, 2004. Throughout these last 30 years I have learned from successes and failures, read many many books thanks to Jim "All leaders are readers" and listened to countless tapes, speakers etc. I have an insatiable need to learn. I am blessed. I am currently revisiting "Adventures in Achievement" bonus tapes and was thrilled to find it was still around (I wore mine out) so I ordered the set last week to revisit. I am now listening to the 99 weekend tapes. Interesting! I have already requested vacation time and am eager to sign up now for the Platinum Pkg for the Jim Rohn Weekend Event in July. This is an investment in myself so I can further develop my skills and share myself with others. Thanks!
-- Elizabeth "Lize" Reed

Yveatte, Thank you so much for your speedy response. I really appreciate it. It just speaks of the commitment to excellence that is the hallmark of everyone I have contact with in the Jim Rohn Organization. Have a wonderful week. Cheers!
-- Brian Maguire

Dear Yveatte, This One Year Course is absolutely great! I regard studying this course as seriously as I used to study the subjects for my distance learning science course. (I'm very proud of that university science degree.) If I skim and go too quickly, without time to hear or read things twice, I risk missing a lot of the content. Best wishes.
-- Caroline

Thanks again Jim, Your rep was in our real estate office here at First Team Chino Hills promoting your upcoming event June 16 at San Bernardino. I had previously registered and also have registered platinum for the event in Anaheim at the end of July. At his presentation, I proudly showed him my now almost full Jim Rohn Journal and told him what a huge fan I am. I have since received more of your registration forms for the San Bernardino event and am going to present them to the Kiwanis and my Toastmasters club and anyone else that might come my way. I want the joy of knowing that when someone hears you speak their life will benefit for the better. I know mine has. In my circle, you are addressed as the Great Jim Rohn. All the best Jim, God Bless.
-- Ken Pritt

Hi Customer Service Person! Just a quick note to point out that I really appreciate the promptness of your filling and shipping my order! Really looking forward to getting my teeth (and other senses) in to the goodies! Thank you for the pleasant surprise!
-- Jim (Mac) McKenna

Thank you E-zine readers, for the sincere and kind words of encouragement and appreciation you sent us this week! -- JRI

6. More Information

Personal Coaching - For those who are interested in personal coaching for 2004 you can now have access to Jim Rohn International coach - TC Cummings (former U.S. Navy Seal and Personal Development aficionado). For more information go to Jim Rohn Coaching or call 800-929-0434 and talk with Yveatte or Hilary or send an email to info@jimrohn.com.

A Plan of Consistent and Continual Growth! - The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan - (99% retention rate) offers a plan of consistent and continual growth in your personal and professional life, all for as little as $17 a month. For details go to One Year Success Plan or call 800-929-0434.

Financial Mastery! Yes, one whole year on Financial Mastery, designed to both educate and help you create long-term duplicatable systems for 12 major areas of your financial world - To enroll today go to Financial Mastery or call 800-929-0434 and talk with Yveatte or Hilary or send an email to mailto:info@jimrohn.com

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