Jim Rohn
His Influence Endures
Emanuel James "Jim" Rohn was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker
For his accomplishments, he received numerous industry awards, including the coveted National Speakers Association CPAE Award and the Master of Influence Award, presented in 2004 by then-NSA President Mark Sanborn. Speaker and author Chris Widener was in the audience and recalls the moment:
Right before Mark gave Jim the award, he asked the audience, 'How many of you would say that Jim Rohn has played a significant part or has made a significant impact in your life?' I looked out over the audience of about 2,500 speakers, and about two-thirds of the hands went up--about 1,800 people.
Here's some of his words that you might have read or heard somewhere:
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.
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don’t wish for fewer challenges; wish for more wisdom.
Learn to work harder on yourself, than you do on your job.
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.
We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.
Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read.
It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.
If you are new at something, you make up in numbers, what you lack in skill.
The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become; success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
Be a student, not a follower. Don't just go do what someone says. Take interest in what someone says, debate it, ponder it, and consider it from all angles.
Millions of people have benefitted from Rohn's teaching. Of those, some, including Sanborn, Anthony Robbins, Mark Victor Hansen, Brian Tracy and Jack Canfield, continue to carry the message of personal development to millions more.
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Millions of people have benefitted from Rohn's teaching. Of those, some, including Sanborn, Anthony Robbins, Mark Victor Hansen, Brian Tracy and Jack Canfield, continue to carry the message of personal development to millions more.