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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!
In my last post, I went through tenets 1 through 3. If you missed the first part of this article click here to read it.
Tenet # 4:Live up to YOUR commitments. Essentially this is: “Say what you mean and mean what you say.” If you can’t follow through on what you said you would do, then don’t make the commitment in the first place. Or if circumstances come up where it will be difficult to keep a commitment you made, call the people involved and renegotiate the terms so that you can follow through. Another way to live up to your commitments is to always be on time or early for appointments. When you are late for a meeting, that reveals everything about you and your mindset … that you aren’t careful or respectful of others’ time. Being early also tells everything about you, too. When you set your watch (or clocks) 15 minutes ahead of everyone else in the world, you are sending out a message those with whom you are meeting that they are important and you value their presence and time they are giving you. Just imagine what a new customer, a prospect or a business partner will feel like because of your courtesy. They will also have a pretty good idea of what kind of leadership capabilities you have.
Tenet # 5: Impact players are loyal. You have no hidden agendas with anyone. You must show that you are trustworthy with everyone you deal with. Your loyalty is a personal attribute you must hold sacred at all costs. If your customers, team members or business associates can’t trust you or depend on you, they will be unwilling to continue to do business with you. Your success is dependent upon your reliability and dedication.
Tenet # 6: Impact players know they have an influence on others. So your words, actions, behaviors and lifestyle must be congruent and give off a positive message at all times. The people around you will see how you “really” are under stress and when “no one is looking”. In other words, you cannot be two-faced, inauthentic, or counterfeit. What you show in public life should be who you really are in private.
Tenet # 7: Impact players are winners and attract winners. You attract people who are like you not who you want to be. Winners have certain standards of behavior, attitudes and mindsets. A winner wants to continue to improve and wants to be with other winners to make that possible. Together winners can even do more than they can do alone. So adopt a winning attitude and a can-do mindset … start taking actions that set you apart from the crowd and that which get you closer to living your dream.
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(Part III will have the rest of the 10 Impact Player Success Tenets.)
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.
