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Issue 412 - October 1, 2007

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Special Note: Wow!! For those of you who attended this past weekend's Jim Rohn Weekend Event, thank you for coming and for being part of this amazing event. One of our favorite things to be able to do is to connect the faces with the names of customers we talk to via phone and email at our seminars. Thank you for giving us the privilege of sharing this weekend with you. One of the questions asked on Saturday morning by Chris Widener was how many people in attendance came from outside of the United States, and a good number of people raised their hands. Some of the countries people traveled from included the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, The Netherlands, France, Sweden, Ireland, Cambodia, Trinidad, Brazil and Japan, just to name a few.

Jim was inspiring and humorous, and much like a beloved teacher, he shared his philosophies and wisdom to an eager crowd poised to hear and absorb his every word. We look forward to hearing your stories of inspiration, transformation and achievement that result from this event as the days, months and years progress, so be sure to send us updates every once in a while. Once again, thank you for spending your weekend with us!

Jim Rohn, Kyle Wilson and the entire JRI Staff

"It isn't what the book costs; it's what it will cost if you don't read it." Jim Rohn

Today's issue includes:

1. Don't Send Your Ducks to Eagle School by Jim Rohn
2. Vitamins for the Mind - Personal Responsibility  by Jim Rohn
3. Release the Shackles of Mediocrity! by Lisa Jimenez
4. Gift Booklets for less than $1
5. Jim Rohn Testimonials - September 25 - October 1, 2007
6. More Information

1. Don't Send Your Ducks to Eagle School by Jim Rohn (Excerpted from Leading an Inspired Life)

The first rule of management is this: don't send your ducks to eagle school. Why? Because it won't work. Good people are found not changed. They can change themselves, but you can't change them. You want good people, you have to find them. If you want motivated people, you have to find them, not motivate them.

I picked up a magazine not long ago in New York that had a full-page ad in it for a hotel chain. The first line of the ad read, "We do not teach our people to be nice." Now that got my attention. The second line said, "We hire nice people." I thought, "what a cleaver shortcut!’

Motivation is a mystery. Why are some people motivated and some are not? Why does one salesperson see his first prospect at seven in the morning while the other sees his first prospect at eleven in the morning? Why would one start at seven and the other start at eleven? I don´t know. Call it "mysteries of the mind."

I give lectures to a thousand people at a time. One walks out and says, "I'm going to change my life." Another walks out with a yawn and says, "I've heard all this stuff before." Why is that?  

The wealthy man says to a thousand people, "I read this book, and it started me on the road to wealth." Guess how many of the thousand go out and get the book? Answer: very few. Isn't that incredible? Why wouldn't everyone go get the book? Mysteries of the mind…

To one person, you have to say, "You'd better slow down. You can't work that many hours, do that many things, go, go, go. You´re going to have a heart attack and die."  And to another person, you have to say, "When are you going to get off the couch?" What is the difference? Why wouldn't everyone strive to be wealthy and happy?

Chalk it up to mysteries of the mind and don't waste your time trying to turn ducks into eagles. Hire people who already have the motivation and drive to be eagles and then just let them soar.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
 

This article is excerpted from Jim Rohn's book, Leading an Inspired Life. To learn more about this or Jim's other best-selling products go to http://www.jimrohn.com/online or call 800-929-0434.

To read previous articles, quotes, and Q and A from the Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine Archives, or to get a complete listing of Jim Rohn's books, audios, videos and seminar schedule, or to place an order; please go to: http://www.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434 M-F 8:00-5:30 CST.

2. Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn

Personal Responsibility

Don't become a victim of yourself. Forget about the thief waiting in the alley; what about the thief in your mind?

It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.

You say, "The country is messed up." That's like cursing the soil and the seed and the sunshine and the rain, which is all you've got. Don't curse all you've got. When you get your own planet, you can rearrange this whole deal. This one you've got to take like it comes.

Walk away from the 97% crowd. Don't use their excuses. Take charge of your own life.

Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, "Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master."

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. You don't have charge of the constellations, but you do have charge of whether you read, develop new skills, and take new classes.

Your paycheck is not your employer's responsibility; it's your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.

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 39 years. To order the TTOQ by Jim Rohn or Excerpts from TTOQ by Jim Rohn or Brian Tracy, please go to Jim Rohn's Online Catalog

3. Release the Shackles of Mediocrity! by Lisa Jimenez

Imagine a BIG production company came to you with a huge budget and a line-up of the biggest names in Hollywood to make a movie of your life.

Tell me. Would anyone want to go see it?

And, if they did, would it be pegged as a great adventure; filled with outrageous risk and incredible quests? Would it be a famous suspense movie; peppered with dramatic events where you turned victim to victory? Would it be an empowering love story? A heart-warming example of a person who knows how to really love?

In other words.

Are you living a life worth watching?

And If not, why not? What's keeping you from really living?

In all the research I did for my book Conquer Fear! I noticed a common thread weaving within every success story. Every person had some amount of hidden fear they had to deal with in order to breakthrough mediocrity. And they were willing to do it!

We've already spoken extensively about hidden fears being the biggest culprit that hold you back and keep you from really living. (If you need strategies to overcome this, get a copy of "Conquer Fear!") What I want to talk about in this article is something beyond that.

It's about living in mediocrity.

In a recent radio interview I did, several people called in to ask why they can't make their life work. They can't seem to stay motivated and focused long enough to create a breakthrough success. I've had countless people share their lack-luster lives with me and ask, "What is wrong with me?"

Have you ever asked that question before? How many times have you set a goal for yourself that you are excited about, and then, within a very short time you get sidetracked and stop doing the things you know you need to?

Are you lazy? Do you lack discipline?

I don't think it is either of these. I believe it is your beliefs about letting yourself really live - really love - really succeed! Many people think they're just not meant to live an outrageous life. And that belief holds them in bondage of mediocrity!

When I was a little girl, my parents would often visit some special friends. These friends had a daughter named Michelle whom everyone (including my parents) affectionately called, "The Princess." Well, I guess there can only be one princess because I was referred to as, "The Duchesse." I can still remember how much I hated that nickname. Now, mind you, I know a Duchesse is royalty. But, in my five year old little mind the Duchesse did not symbolize royalty. To me it clearly meant "second place". I began to see myself as second place.

Fast forward 5 years. I'm in my first dance competition. What place do you think I came in? - Second place!

Fast forward 10 years. I'm in my first beauty pageant. What place do you think I came in? - Second place!

Then, the next year I'm in the Miss Teen USA contest. I've completed all but one final competition. The reigning queen approaches me during the break and says, "Lisa, you've got this thing. Just go out there and give a great interview and you're going to win!" The interview process was my strongest ability. This was going to be a sure thing. But when I took hold of the microphone, I froze. All I can remember saying is a bunch of unintelligible words and soon the announcement came. Lisa Jimenez - first runner-up - SECOND PLACE!

It was a self-fulfilled prophecy of my beliefs. I just didn't see myself as first place.

What about you? Do you have any silly childhood nicknames or past experiences that are limiting you? What are they? Are you willing to expose them - deal with them - and breakthrough them? Until you break free from these lies they will limit your success and keep you in mediocrity.

When I finally realized I had created a pattern of second place, I began changing that belief. I began seeing myself in first place and that helped me behave like a first place winner - which helped me become first place.

Several months into my breakthrough, I received a little box tied with a satin ribbon from Michelle's mom. Inside this box was a tiny princess carriage made of gold. It came with a note that read, "Lisa, you are always a princess to me." I keep this tiny, golden carriage out in my office. It reminds me that I am created for first place! It gives me the courage to surround myself with people that SEE me (and themselves) as "first place" too.

How do you see yourself? When you look in the mirror at your reflection, what and who do you see? Do you see that childhood nickname, those past failures, painful regrets, second place?

Or do you see a National Sales Director? A multi-millionaire? A loving friend? A powerful entrepreneur? Do you see yourself as "First Place"?

Your personal perception of yourself defines your reality.

It's true that success is the combination of belief and time. The more belief you have, the less time it takes.

Cultivate your internal value! And surround yourself with others who hold you accountable to your greatness - and their own!

I want this success report to be an electric current of energy that will motivate you to throw yourself out into the world to make a difference - a big difference. It's about tuning in and turning on. And you begin this process by believing you are meant to achieve great things. Only you can release the shackles of mediocrity.

What bold, outrageous difference will you make this last month of the year that will greatly contribute to yourself and to others? What steps do you need to take today to begin?

Make it a great month and leave 2005 with a bang!

Richest blessings,

LISA!
Lisa Jimenez M.Ed.

Conquer your hidden fears of prospecting and create an unstoppable mindset!

Lisa Jimenez has helped thousands of top salespeople shatter their self-limiting beliefs and finally get the breakthrough success they want. When it comes to personal productivity and creating unstoppable momentum - there is no one better for you than Lisa. Lisa penetrates the hearts of your audience when she reveals her own experience of how she broke through self-limiting beliefs and turned them into the driving force behind her success. Then used these new beliefs to sign a six-figure consulting contract just 9 months later.

To order Lisa's best-selling 'Conquer Fear! Ending Procrastination and Self Sabotage to Achieve What You Really Want' package go to http://conquerfear.yoursuccessstore.com or call 877-929-0439.

"Most homes valued at over $250,000 have a library. That should tell us something." Jim Rohn

4. Gift Booklets for less than $1...

We have added a new title to the gift booklet collection which currently includes Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Denis Waitley and Brian Tracy.

As you know, these are great gifts for your Clients, Family & Friends (and are less than a dollar each) Plus - put your contact info in them when you give as a gift, knowing that they will not get thrown away, like a business card might!

As mentioned, we have a new title (click the link to learn more), great early bird pricing (Christmas in October) and feel free to mix and match!

To learn more or to order go to http://excerpt.jimrohn.com

"Don't just read the easy stuff. You may entertained by it, but you will never grow from it." Jim Rohn

5. Customer Testimonials - September 25 - October 1, 2007

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Happy 77th birthday. My name is Karl and I am a 20 year old engineering student form Ireland. I recently purchased all of your products from your website and I really have found them amazing. I am working my way through them and I can already see differences in how I run my business. Thank you for providing these products for people to buy, they really are an invaluable source of information and will help me to achieve my goal of becoming a millionaire by age 25. Thank you so much.
-- Karl McEntegart

Thank you for sending me the 77-Birthday package A. I just received it a few days ago and have already listened to Challenge to Succeed. This is by far the best use of my time between sales calls in Houston. Wow! that was an awesome and educational talk by Jim back in the 90's. Jim is such a great communicator and I never tire of his stories, jokes and keen sense of humor. I have heard many of the lessons before in other seminars on CD but it always seems fresh and new as Jim retells his story and life lessons. I enjoy hearing the simple truths again and again. I also like how Jim keeps adding a little more too each seminar and shares his new perceptions and distinctions to these business/success truths. Mr. Shoaff must have been very good teacher but I think even Shoaff would be pleasantly surprised on the talent J.R. has grown into. I think Jim is the best of the best in a very competitive market. Isn't it awesome that Jim's spirit, lessons and testimonials will live on for thousands of years into the future? He will eventually teach and touch billions of souls with his live and recorded works. Thanks to all of you up in Southlake who work for and with Jim. You are a big part of his success and the success of all of us J.R. foot soldiers working everyday towards our dreams and goals. You are very important to us all and I really appreciate your efforts. I wish the only the best to you all with your families, business and careers. Please keep spreading the great news of Jim Rohn.
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"Some people read so little they have rickets of the mind." Jim Rohn

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