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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The two choices we face
- Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Life is worthwhile if you
- (Excerpted from the Jim Rohn Two Day Weekend event - June 22 and 23, 2001)1) First, life is worthwhile if you LEARN.What you don't know WILL hurt you. You have to have learning to exist, let alone succeed. Life is worthwhile if you learn from your own experiences, negative and positive. We learn to do it right by first sometimes doing it wrong. We call that a positive negative. We al...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The miracle of personal development
- One day Mr. Shoaff said, "Jim, if you want to be wealthy and happy, learn this lesson well: Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job."Since that time I've been working on my own personal development. And I must admit that this has been the most challenging assignment of all. This business of personal development lasts a lifetime.You see, what you become is far more im...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Where do you go for your intellectual feast?
- (excerpted from Leading an Inspired Life)Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author. He's picked out a favorite place to feed his body, but he doesn't have a favorite place to feed his mind!Why would this be? Have you heard about the accelerated learning curve? From birth, up until the time we are about eighteen, our learning curve is dramatic, and our capa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - One of lifeãƒâ€šã‚â´s great lessons ? learn to be thankful for what you already have
- (excerpted from the New Jim Rohn Weekend Event DVD/CD series)Is thankfulness a survival skill? Perhaps most of you would respond with, "No, Jim, thankfulness is not key to survival", and I would tend to agree with you. Most of us have probably already solved the necessary problems of survival, gone beyond that and are now working to achieve our desires. But let me give you this key phrase, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Labor that works miracles
- (excerpted from The Challenge to Succeed series)Two thousand years ago on April 15th one of Jesus' disciples came to him and said it was time to pay taxes (that's how I know it was around April 15th), but they had no money. In response to his disciple's statement Jesus said "no problem". Now why could he say "no problem"? Well, word had it that Jesus was a miracle worker. If you hand a prob...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spiritual evolution: a journey of truth
- BORN OF BODY AND SPIRITWe are born of the body and of the Spirit. The soul dies to one body of existence and is born unto another. Death, the illusion, carries no fear, as we die to the Holy of Holies daily, consciously and with exacting purpose. We, as Spirit-Humans, are in a perpetual state of transformation and transmutation. The Divine Self is a constant living expression of Universal w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Character is whats left when you leave
- 1 Samuel 16:7"...The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."While I was recently on a technology imposed computer vacation, I evaluated many things about myself. I truly think this is important for every Christian to do often. The world has a tendency to affect every portion of our thoughts and actions if w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Have you lost focus?
- Matthew 5:14-16You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (NIV)I constantly tell my 9 year old to FOCUS. He's...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A little blessing changes everything
- "We're on a one-game winning streak!" That's what freshman Dawan Boxley said after his basketball team, the Rutgers-Camden Pioneers, beat Bloomfield College 77 to 72, snapping a five-year, 117-game losing streak. Imagine losing every game for five years; how depressing that must have been for the team, the coach, and the entire school! But what a joy when that buzzer sounded and game 118 turned ou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Afraid of the light?
- Plato once said, "It is easy to forgive a small child afraid of the dark, but not a full-grown man afraid of the light." Since long before Plato light has symbolized truth--facing the reality of our situation in relation to God, to others, and to self.Why are people afraid of the light?Some love evil and hate goodness. Some fear they are being deceived. Some know learning t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Making commitments of love and courage
- There is a story about a little girl who suffered from a serious disease. Her best chance of recovery would be to receive a blood transfusion from her five-year old brother.The doctor explained the situation to the little brother. He asked the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister.The young boy hesitated for a brief moment. Then he took a deep breath and said, "Y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Letting go and letting be
- In Corrogue it is frosty.The earth is hard and unyielding. This reminds me of how our hearts often become. They become cold and we ourselves become frosty. The flow of our energy is blocked. "The soft animal of our body" which is mostly water becomes hard, unmoving and unyielding. Then we enter "times of trouble."These words "Times of trouble" are from t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Maybe im amazed at the way you love me all the time
- In Corrogue I am amazedI rise by the light of heaven to continue this amazing journey into love. There is no other journey quite like this. All of us are on this journey. Most of us, however, are unaware of this journey. Rather than enter this amazing flow of life we enter a maze of confusion.There are mornings when I wake up feeling amazing. I feel delightful and full of the lightne...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The procrastinating perfectionist
- Are you a procrastinating perfectionist? I once read an article dealing with the fear of failure and success. The author described it as the following: "The curse of the procrastinating perfectionist".Boy did I ever associate myself with that statement. I was the kind of guy who would always wait around for the perfect opportunity to come by without attempting anything less than p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Anam cara - going beyond the good
- In Corrogue I receive a gift of love.I awake to find a gift in my email inbox this morning. It is a quote from part of a poem. This is a poem by Mary Oliver entitled "Wild Geese." Let me share this extract with you. I find it simply beautiful."You do not have to be good You do not have to walk on your knees or a hundred miles through the dessert repenting....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How i made $10,000 in one day by swimming underwater!
- "Without health, life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering," RabelaisIf you want to be wealthy, it's best to get healthy. A salubrious lifestyle is worth the effort.Here's the wisdom:You need good health to think clearly, act intelligently, and schmooze diligently.Usually, the wealthiest people are entrepreneurs. This endeavor to cre...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Learn to deal in challenges
- (Excerpted from the 2004 Jim Rohn Weekend Leadership Event)To really help people in extraordinary ways, learn to deal in challenges. That is what sports is all about, challenges. That is what music is all about. The challenge to play so well, someone is inspired. The challenge to say it so well someone gets it. The challenge to be so gifted in language that someone sees it. Insight is unbel...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Four words that make life worthwhile
- Over the years as I've sought out ideas, principles and strategies to life's challenges, I've come across four simple words that can make living worthwhile.First, life is worthwhile if you Learn. What you don't know Will hurt you. You have to have learning to exist, let alone succeed. Life is worthwhile if you learn from your own experiences - negative or positive. We learn to do it right b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Love the opportunity
- Somebody said you have to love what you do, but that's not necessarily true. What is true is that you have to love the opportunity. The opportunity to build life, future, health, success and fortune.Knocking on someone's door or making that extra call may not be something you love to do, but you love the opportunity of what might be behind that door or call.For example, a guy says, "...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leading a world class life
- Every four years the world is given the gift of the Olympics. For a few weeks nations lay down their arms and come together to let their world class athletes compete on a level playing field to see who the best is in the many events. Such amazing athleticism was on display the past few weeks. It boggles the mind what these young men and women can accomplish with their bodies. Great feats of skill ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Life is art
- In my years teaching people to be successful, I have seen that basically people break their lives down in to two major parts: Wealth-building and the rest of their lives. Having done a lot of reflection on these two topics - wealth and life - I am coming to some new conclusions about how to perceive the two.Until recently I thought that there was a significant difference in how we should ta...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The four emotions that can lead to life change
- Emotions are the most powerful forces inside us. Under the power of emotions, human beings can perform the most heroic (as well as barbaric) acts. To a great degree, civilization itself can be defined as the intelligent channeling of human emotion. Emotions are fuel and the mind is the pilot, which together propel the ship of civilized progress.Which emotions cause people to act? There are ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The great challenge of life
- Here's the great challenge of life - You can have more than you've got because you can become more than you are.I have found that income seldom will exceed your own personal development. Once in a while income takes a lucky jump, but unless you grow out to where it is it will go back to where you are. Somebody once said if you took all the money in the world and divided it among everyone eq...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Nine things more important than capital
- When starting any enterprise or business, whether it is full-time or part-time, we all know the value of having plenty of capital (money). But I bet we both know or at least have heard of people who started with no capital who went on to make fortunes. How? You may ask.Well, I believe there are actually some things that are more valuable than capital that can lead to your entrepreneurial su...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Facing the enemies within
- We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of our fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what you've read in the papers. Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a bad part of town at two o'clock in the morning. But once you learn to avoid that situation, you won't need to live in fear of it.Fears, even the most bas...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Change begins with choice
- Any day we wish we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The best gift to give yourself and others
- 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 s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Practice being like a child
- Remember the master teacher once said 2000 years ago, "Unless you can become like little children, your chances are zero, you haven't got a prayer." A major consideration for adults.Be like children and remember there are four ways to be more like a child no matter how old you get ?1) Curiosity - Be curious. Childish curiosity. Learn to be curious like a child. What will kids do ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Today is yesterdays tomorrow
- The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today. Today is yesterday's tomorrow. The question is what did we do with its opportunity? All too often we will waste tomorrow as we wasted yesterday, and as we are wasting today. All that could have been accomplished can easily elude us, despite our intentions, until we inevitably discover that the things that ...