Dec 07 2009
Jim Rohn: Remembering a Great Man Who Helped Change Many Lives
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Over this past weekend, I got a notice about Jim Rohn’s passing. My heart was saddened. I listened to some of his audios on the net … and today I found my Jim Rohn Nightingale-Conant tape programs. The recordings brought back many memories of when I was first starting out on my journey to success.
Jim Rohn “mentored” me through his audios when I started my accounting practice over 27 years ago. I’ve never been an entrepreneur before that and wasn’t quite sure how I was going to make it. Then I would listen to one of his tapes for the 5th and 6th time … and almost wore them out … to burn into my being that I can do it!
I remember him saying that it’s the little things that make the difference in one’s life … the little things build up to the big things … what one doesn’t do today, tomorrow, and the next turns into being fat, broke, unhappy, out of shape and in a dead-end job later on down the road. It’s not the outside circumstances that determine one’s life … it’s whats going on the inside of one’s head - it’s what one is constantly thinking. Think poor thoughts, one will have a poor life.
Of course Jim Rohn said it more eloquently … and it was his words that spurred me on in the face of the major and devastating adversities in my life … I had the faith and courage to continue in the direction of my dreams taking small steps - doing the little things - that would get me closer to the life I so desperately wanted and desired. Jim taught me to create a life’s legacy that I would be proud of.
I now am living the life of my dreams … and I attribute my success to Jim Rohn’s great teachings about having an empowering “Philosophy of Life” to support me in my journey and then in turn help others to do the same.
My wish for you is to revisit some of Jim Rohn’s teachings and find a golden nugget or two to relish during these trying times and use them for your success in 2010. To get you started, here is a 7 minute video clip of Mr. Rohn talking about how each of us as individuals have to better ourselves in order to be a person who has success and who has riches. Enjoy the video and take lots of notes … there are plenty of golden nuggets for learning how to LIVE the life of your dreams rather than just dreaming about it!
