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"If you don't design your own
life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan.
And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much." Jim Rohn
Today's issue includes:
1. Ambitiously Pursuing Your Own
Self-Direction by Jim Rohn
2. Vitamins for the Mind - Financial Independence by Jim Rohn
3. Life Would Be Easy... If It Weren't for DIFFICULT People by
Connie Podesta
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5. Jim Rohn Testimonials - January 24 - 31, 2006
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1. Ambitiously Pursuing Your Own
Self-Direction by Jim Rohn (Excerpted from The Power of
Ambition series)
What is the origin of true ambition? There exists really only
one place to find true ambition and that is within you - in every
thought, in every movement, in every motivation. Your ambition is an
expression of who you truly are, your own self-expression.
Self-expression. Isn't self-expression really self-direction? How
you think, how you move, how you motivate yourself. Ambition is a
result of self-direction and self-direction is one of the six key
principles necessary for building ambition. Positive self-direction
says, "I know who I am and I know where I want to go. I'm
accumulating knowledge and experiences and feelings and philosophies
that will help prepare me for opportunities that I know will show up
without notice or any help on my part." Because you know where you
want to go, you have already been working on the parts of your
personality that will make you better. Working on your attitude,
working on your health, working on your time management skills.
Putting it all down on paper. And you constantly see yourself in the
place you want to be, going in the direction you want to go.
Direction determines destination. So here is a question you must ask
yourself, "Are all the disciplines that I'm currently engaged in
taking me where I want to go?" What an important question to ask
yourself at the beginning of the month, the beginning of the week,
the beginning of the day. Because here is what you don't ever want
to do - kid yourself. Kid your neighbor, kid me and kid the
marketplace, but don't kid yourself - fingers crossed - hoping you
will arrive at a good destination when you're not even headed that
way. You have to ask yourself often, AM I? Am I doing the
disciplines that are taking me in the direction I want to go? Don't
neglect to ask these important questions, questions that help
determine your direction, the set of your sail, your destination.
Is this the direction I want for my life?
Is this someone else's direction?
Is this a goal I have been ingrained with since my childhood?
Is this goal my parent's, my spouse's, my boss', my children's or is
it MINE?
Ask yourself these questions and then debate them. After you have
answered these questions within yourself, then take it one step
further and ask, "What am I doing that is working or not working?"
Debate it all. Work with your mind to figure out the best possible
direction for you - your self-direction. And then ambitiously pursue
your own self-direction. Let the power of your own ambition take you
where you want to go, to do what you want to do, to create the life
you want to live!
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
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2. Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn
Financial Independence by Jim Rohn
Shortly after I met my mentor he asked me, "Mr. Rohn, how
much money have you saved and invested over the last six years?" And
I said, "None." He then asked, "Who sold you on that plan?"
It is better to be a lender than a spender.
To become financially independent you must turn part of your income
into capital; turn capital into enterprise; turn enterprise into
profit; turn profit into investment; and turn investment into
financial independence.
Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of
your own personal resources.
If you depend on your company to take care of your retirement, your
future income will be divided by five. Take care of it yourself, and
you can multiply your future income by five.
I remember saying to my mentor, "If I had more money, I would have a
better plan." He quickly responded, "I would suggest that if you had
a better plan, you would have more money." You see, it's not the
amount that counts; it's the plan that counts.
If you were to show me your current financial plan, would I get so
excited by it that I would go across the country and lecture on it?
If the answer is no, then here's my question: "Why not"? Why
wouldn't you have a superior financial plan that is taking you to
the places you want to go?
I used to say, "Things cost too much." Then my teacher straightened
me out on that by saying, "The problem isn't that things cost too
much. The problem is that you can't afford it." That's when I
finally understood that the problem wasn't "it" – the problem was
"me."
The Bible says that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of heaven. It doesn't say that it is impossible!
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3. Life Would Be Easy... If It Weren't for DIFFICULT People by Connie Podesta
Go on, it's okay. Admit it! We all know that life would be a whole
lot easier if we didn't have to deal with those few (or many)
difficult people we just can't seem to avoid. I think you know who
I'm talking about.
What's not okay is to give up something you need, want or deserve
because of their rude, obnoxious, sullen, and apathetic habits. Yes,
I do mean "habits". If you're tired of playing their game, take
charge of your life by taking a good look at yourself! You can not
change them, but you can change what you do and how you act around
them - and ultimately how they affect your life.
The Good News... and the Bad News
Difficult people have been trained and taught to act the way they do
since they were children. In fact, they have been rewarded for their
negative behavior throughout their entire lives. Difficult behavior
worked for them as children - and more important, it continues to
work for them as adults.
I believe that most of us are born with the capacity and desire to
love and be loved. As we grow, we learn to respond to verbal and
visual cues and we begin to adjust our behavior to obtain the
positive responses we want. Children who can manipulate their
parents soon learn to enjoy feelings of power and control over
others.
The game of life is basically about "getting our needs met." And you
certainly do play a part! We reward difficult people by giving in to
their needs. Think about it. If someone's behavior is consistently
inappropriate or unacceptable toward you, ask yourself if in any way
you are rewarding their negative behavior.
For example, Helen gets upset every time Harry mentions that he
wants to play golf. Rather than face a 2-hour lecture he usually
finds it easier to just stay home. One day, however, he gets angry
and accuses her of being a nag who never understands him. Instead of
answering back, Helen gets her feelings hurt, stomps off and gives
him the silent treatment. Harry takes advantage of her "cold
shoulder" and plays a few holes of golf!
Jennifer wins the same "reward" at her new school. Few of the kids
would talk to her and some were even making fun of her. She asked to
stay in during recess, but the teacher said no. Eventually she gets
into a fight and pushes another girl down. The teacher tells
Jennifer that fighting is against the rules and she will have to
stay inside. What did Jennifer learn? Ask the teacher respectfully
and you will not get what you want. Push someone and you can avoid
recess!
We have three choices each time we respond to another person: 1. Be
positive; 2. Be negative; and 3. Avoid or ignore them. Difficult
people see avoidance as a positive response. When we ignore
unacceptable, inappropriate behavior, it will usually happen again
because our avoidance tells the difficult person that we are willing
to accept their behavior.
What do they really want?
Difficult people want to do their own thing, in their own time, in
their own way, without interference. In addition, they expect
everyone around them to cooperate - even work extra hard - to ensure
that this happens. And they do not see anything unreasonable about
these expectations. There is little in their experience to signal
them that their actions are inappropriate. They also have little (if
any) desire or motivation to change their habits.
What can I do about it?
We learn a lot from difficult people. We tolerate their behavior and
attitudes as "part of life." We hold back our feelings and swallow
our words. We make concessions even when we do not receive anything
in return. We compromise even when it is 90/10 instead of 50/50. We
may even question our own ability to relate and communicate with
others reasoning that "Maybe it's me."
Since we cannot change difficult people, we can only change our selves and our reactions to their behavior. They need our
cooperation and our permission to intimidate, control and repeatedly
manipulate us to get their way. In most relationships, we are
treated exactly the way we allow ourselves to be treated.
The good news is that because we are partly responsible there is
something we can do to create and maintain relationships where we
are treated respectfully. That's great news! By focusing on our selves and the changes we can make in our own behaviors and
reactions, we can begin to take control of how other people treat us
- today!
Take Action!
Think about two difficult people in your life.
Identify the behaviors of these difficult people.
Ask yourself if you could possibly be rewarding these difficult
people.
Would they describe you as the difficult person? If so, what would
they say?
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