Sorry the formating is a little out. There is some good advice for us all (I hope you agree!)
I suppose the hard part is putting the advice into action...................
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"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a
thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." -- Jeremy
Kitson
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The Time to Act by Jim Rohn
Engaging in genuine discipline requires that you develop the ability to
take
action. You don't need to be hasty if it isn't required, but you don't
want
to lose much time either. Here's the time to act: when the idea is hot
and
the emotion is strong.
Let's say you would like to build your library. If that is a strong
desire
for you, what you've got to do is get the first book. Then get the
second
book. Take action as soon as possible, before the feeling passes and
before
the idea dims. If you don't, here's what happens -
- You Fall Prey to the Law of Diminishing Intent -
We intend to take action when the idea strikes us. We intend to do
something
when the emotion is high. But if we don't translate that intention into
action fairly soon, the urgency starts to diminish. A month from now
the
passion is cold. A year from now it can't be found.
So take action. Set up a discipline when the emotions are high and the
idea
is strong, clear, and powerful. If somebody talks about good health and
you're motivated by it, you need to get a book on nutrition. Get the
book
before the idea passes, before the emotion gets cold. Begin the
process.
Fall on the floor and do some push-ups. You've got to take action;
otherwise
the wisdom is wasted. The emotion soon passes unless you apply it to a
disciplined activity. Discipline enables you to capture the emotion and
the
wisdom and translate them into action. The key is to increase your
motivation by quickly setting up the disciplines. By doing so, you've
started a whole new life process.
Here is the greatest value of discipline: self-worth, also known as
self-esteem. Many people who are teaching self-esteem these days don't
connect it to discipline. But once we sense the least lack of
discipline
within ourselves, it starts to erode our psyche. One of the greatest
temptations is to just ease up a little bit. Instead of doing your
best, you
allow yourself to do just a little less than your best. Sure enough,
you've
started in the slightest way to decrease your sense of self-worth.
There is a problem with even a little bit of neglect. Neglect starts
as an
infection. If you don't take care of it, it becomes a disease. And one
neglect leads to another. Worst of all, when neglect starts, it
diminishes
our self-worth.
Once this has happened, how can you regain your self-respect? All you
have
to do is act now! Start with the smallest discipline that corresponds
to
your own philosophy. Make the commitment: "I will discipline myself to
achieve my goals so that in the years ahead I can celebrate my
successes."
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
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"One of the best places to start to turn your life around is by doing
whatever appears on your mental 'I should' list." -- Jim Rohn
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Faith
"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole
staircase,
just take the first step." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Usually a person has more faith in their fear than faith in their
future..." -- Doug Firebaugh
"Material success may result in the accumulation of possessions; but
only
spiritual success will enable you to enjoy them." -- Nido Qubein
"The secret of making something work in your lives is, first of all,
the
deep desire to make it work: then the faith and belief that it can
work:
then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see
it
working out step by step, without one thought of doubt or disbelief."
--
Eileen Caddy
Financial Independence
"Do yourself a favor and master the art of money. Treat it as an
honored
guest in your life, one who will quickly flee if you do not treat her
well,
but one who will stay and enrich your life beyond measure if you treat
her
with care and respect." -- Philip E. Humbert
"Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can." -- John Wesley
"Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of your
own
personal resources." -- Jim Rohn
"Make your financial independence a primary goal in life and begin
working
toward it today." -- Brian Tracy
Follow-Through
"If you own the problem, you own the customer. If you lose the problem,
you
lose the customer. It's just that simple." -- Jeffrey Gitomer
"Sophisticated people don't leave early. The man says, 'Yeah, but I
want to
beat the traffic.' Isn't that a great skill to have - beating the
traffic!" -- Jim Rohn
"Concentrate on one thing, the most important thing, and stay with it
until
it's complete." -- Brian Tracy
"There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks." --
David
Lloyd George
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"Don't take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to
casualties." --
Jim Rohn
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Attitude & Association by Jerry Clark
Charlie Tremendous Jones said that you will be the same person five
years
from now that you are today except for the books you read, the tapes
you
listen to and the people you associate with. In other words, where you
are
five years from now will greatly be determined by how far you have
personally grown five years from now. You should be excited because it
means
that we can have more than we have because we can become more than we
are.
Since books, tapes, and people will be our main source for personal
growth,
let's take a look at each one and see how they can help us positively
transform our lives.
Research has found that 58% of high school graduates never read another
book
from cover to cover the rest of their adult life. Approximately 78% of
the
population has not been in a bookstore in the last 5 years. A full 97%
of
the population in the United States does not have a Library card even
though
they are free. The average child spends less than 1% of their free time
reading and about 54% of their free time in front of the Television
(either
watching it or playing video games). There is a wealth of knowledge in
books
that can help us professionally and personally grow into the person we
will
need to be in order to achieve our goals. We suggest you read at least
10
pages of a good book a day. The key word is good. That means a book
about
Madonna or a Stephen King novel doesn't count.
What do most people listen to while driving in the morning on their way
to
work? That's right you guessed it the radio. When was the last time you
listened to the radio and heard of all of the exciting, positive, and
empowering things occurring in the World? It's time to turn your
automobile
into a moving University. There are tapes produced on just about every
imaginable subject especially personal growth related issues. Turn off
the
radio and turn on the tape player. Put in tapes that can help take you
to
the next level both personally and professionally and you will be
pleasantly
surprised at the results you get. The results will not come because of
luck
or fate. They will come because you will be operating within the
guidelines
of natural laws. And one of Nature's Laws is the Law of Sowing and
Reaping,
which says that you will Reap what you Sow. By listening to empowering
tape
programs you are Sowing the seeds of prosperity and as long as you keep
Sowing those seeds and cultivating them, you have no other choice but
to
Reap the harvest of the seeds you planted. The Compounded effect will
eventually kick in.
The people you associate with will have a bigger influence on your
success
than any other factor we've thus far discussed. This is because when
you're
dealing with a human being, you are not only dealing with words, but
you're
also dealing with emotions. The emotions of love, hate, joy, sorrow,
courage, fear, etc. Even though we don't like to admit it, we are more
emotional in nature than rational. You are not in a product business
or
opportunity business, you are in a people business. As you have
probably
already realized, people don't like things that go against traditional
methods of operation. Therefore, you may find resistance in some people
regarding your Network Marketing business. Some people may even
ridicule you
and think you have lost your mind for getting started in such a
non-traditional business. In order for you to be all that you can be
(no
this is not a commercial for the Army), you should ask yourself the
following questions regarding the people you currently associate with:
1) Who are they? Hopefully your can answer this in 2 seconds.
2) What are they doing to me? In other words, what do they have you
thinking, going, doing? What kinds of conversations do they have you
engaged
in? What type of dreams do they have you visualizing?
3) Is that OK? If the answer is "Yes" then you may want to Expand your
association with them because you are on track to personal growth. If
the
answer is "No" then you may want to Limit your association with those
people. In other words maybe you can spend 2 days with some people, but
not
2 weeks. Maybe you can spend 2 hours with some people but not 2 days.
Or you
may have to even completely Disassociate from some people for a while.
The
key words are for a while. In other words, just long enough for you to
get
some momentum going in your life. The statement that says, Your
Attitude
Determines Your Altitude is very true. So every day in every way you
want to work on improving your attitude because only then can you more
effortlessly and easily move towards accomplishing your every desire.
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"Spend 80 percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of
tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday." -- Brian Tracy