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Jim Rohn's Weekly Newsletter Jim Rohn International - Home of http://www.jimrohn.com The Life & Legacy of Jim Rohn You are invited to join family, longtime friends and many special guest speakers, including Tony Robbins, Les Brown, Brian Tracy, Chris Widener, Denis Waitley and Darren Hardy, in a celebration of Jim Rohn's remarkable life. They will pay tribute to Jim by sharing their thoughts and insights on some of his most powerful success principles. The event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Hilton Anaheim Hotel in California. The program will be from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. A preprogram reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. to allow attendees to connect with others whose lives have been impacted by the wisdom of Jim Rohn. The event is free. Seating is limited to 2,000. To reserve a ticket for yourself and a guest, click here. To stay informed about new details on the event as they become available, please visit the Jim Rohn Tribute Site. It continues to be an active destination for people to post their personal reflections and memories of Jim. Please also consider joining and sharing with the community of more than 34,500 Jim Rohn fans on Facebook. � "The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get." -Jim Rohn � Today's issue includes: 1. Action vs. Self-Delusion by Jim Rohn � 1. Action vs. Self-Delusion by Jim Rohn Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action. Action is the ingredient that ensures results. Only action can cause reaction. Further, only positive action can cause positive reaction. Action. The whole world loves to watch those who make things happen, and it rewards them for causing waves of productive enterprise. I stress this because today I see many people who are really sold on affirmations. And yet there is a famous saying that "faith without action serves no useful purpose." How true! I have nothing against affirmations as a tool to create action. Repeated to reinforce a disciplined plan, affirmations can help create wonderful results. But there is also a very thin line between faith and folly. You see, affirmations without action can be the beginnings of self-delusion. And for your well-being, there is little worse than self-delusion. The man who dreams of wealth, and yet walks daily toward certain financial disaster, and the woman who wishes for happiness, and yet thinks thoughts and commits acts that lead her toward certain despair, are both victims of the false hope that affirmations without action can manufacture. Why? Because words soothe and, like a narcotic, they lull us into a state of complacency. Remember this: To make progress, you must actually get started! The key is to take a step today. Whatever the project, start today. Start clearing out a drawer of your newly organized desk-today. Start setting your first goal-today. Start listening to motivational programs-today. Start a sensible weight-reduction plan-today. Start calling on one tough customer a day-today. Start putting money in your new "investment for fortune" account-today. Write a long-overdue letter-today. Anyone can! Even an uninspired person can start reading inspiring books. Get some momentum going on your new commitment for the good life. See how many activities you can pile on your new commitment to the better life. Go all out! Break away from the downward pull of gravity. Start your thrusters going. Prove to yourself that the waiting is over and the hoping is past, that faith and action have now taken charge. It's a new day, a new beginning for your new life. With discipline, you will be amazed at how much progress you'll be able to make. What have you got to lose except the guilt and fear of the past? Now, I offer you this challenge: See how many things you can start and continue in this, the first day of your new beginning.
� To read previous articles and quotes from the Jim Rohn Weekly Newsletter Archives; to get a complete listing of Jim Rohn's books, audios, videos and seminar schedule; or to place an order, visit: http://www.JimRohn.com or call 800-929-0434, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. CST. � 2. Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn Communication/Persuasion Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said. For effective communication, use brevity. Jesus said, "Follow me." Now that's brief! He could be brief because of all that he was that he didn't have to say. You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have. And you cannot give that which you do not possess. To give it and to share it, and for it to be effective, you first need to have it. Good communication starts with good preparation. The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, "Me, too!" versus "So what?" Learn to express, not impress. Be brief on the logic and reason portions of your presentation. There are probably about a thousand facts about an automobile, but you don't need them all to make a decision. About a half dozen will do. Effective communication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel about what you know. What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know. It's not the matter you cover, so much as it is the manner in which you cover it. � "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. The Myth of What We Manage by Chris Widener Perhaps it is merely semantics, but an underlying problem I find that people have, as it relates to the success in their life, lies in a proper understanding of what exactly it is they manage. Think about it. We have time management (in fact, I present a seminar on this very topic, some of which is excerpted below), and financial management, and relational management, weight management, career management, and many, many more. The fact is, though, we don't manage any of those things. What we do manage is ourselves and how we relate to those things. We don't manage time. Time clicks by, second by second, whether we do anything or not. What we do manage is ourselves, and our activities, as the time passes. We make choices as to what we will do and be involved in. The problem as well as the solution lies not with time, but with us. So as we live our lives and pursue success, one of the keys to grab onto is the idea that the most important thing we can manage isn't a thing at all-it is ourselves! How, then, can we manage ourselves? Here are some thoughts. Make sure that the above is firmly ingrained in your thinking: I only manage myself. I can choose how I will act and react in every situation. Dwight D. Eisenhower said, "The history of free men is not written by chance, but by choice, their choice." Know your priorities. Do you know from top to bottom what your priorities are? Have you decided what the top 10 things are that you want to spend your time on? How about with your money? Only after you know these things can you properly manage yourself into choosing to live in line with your priorities. Learn to say no with a smile on your face. Here is where most of us fail. We do not choose to say no to those things that are not a matter of priority (the reason why is another article, and probably a few counseling sessions at that). Someone calls us up and asks us to do something for them (usually because they haven't managed themselves and would like our help picking up the pieces), and we say, "Uh, I guess so." Then what? We usually kick ourselves for the rest of the day. "Why did I ever say yes?" Instead, practice this: "Gee, I am really sorry, but I am not going to be able to be involved this time. I am sure you will be able to find somebody, though." Go ahead and try it right now. Weird, isn't it? That is because we don't say it very often. Schedule your priorities into your schedule, budget or whatever structure governs that particular area of your life. For example, do you have a financial budget that you yourself set? Then do you first and foremost allocate your money in that way, say, at the beginning of the month? If you do, you will eliminate even the opportunity to blow your money on impulse decisions and expenses because your money has already been committed to the priorities of your own choosing. The same principles apply to your management of time. Remember, one of the greatest gifts God gave us is the ability to choose. And we can choose to manage ourselves appropriately according to our priorities. As we do, we will find ourselves feeling less and less of the personal pain and frustration we sometimes feel when we are out of control and not managing ourselves based on our priorities. � "Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. And there's no telling what will happen when you act upon them." -Jim Rohn � 4. The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan
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