Jim Rohn - My Philosophy for Successful Living

Jim Rohn

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First printing, February 2011

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Table of Contents

Vic Johnson

Foreword

by Vic Johnson

My great friend, Bill Rosselle, introduced me to Jim Rohn in the 1990s through a tape set that he loaned me. Needless to say, my life hasnt been the same since.

Like so many others experienced, it was Jims simple wisdom that always spoke to me so strongly. And having had the privilege to spend some time with Jim personally, it was the kind of wisdom he lived. Unlike so many of the so-called heroes of today, this hero an icon of the grandest sort walked his talk.

I once calculated the time he would have to spend to travel, prepare and speak to the more than 6,000 audiences and 4 million hungry souls worldwide that he reached; and I concluded that he literally gave his adult life to help others find that day that turns your life around.

I was almost 50 years old by the time I met Jim, but hes one of those kind of people that you feel like youve known your whole life. There was nothing apparently pretentious about him. He felt no need to impress.

I have Kyle Wilson, who was the Founder and President of Jim Rohn International, to thank for the relationship. Kyle also made it possible for me to speak at Jims event as well as Jim speaking at several of ours. It was some of the highest points of my life when we spoke together at our Claim Your Power Now event in Dallas and he appeared again at our Claim Your Power Now event in Atlanta.

But I will always cherish above those, the interview I got to do with him for our Goals2Go TV show. We recorded it on the first day (I think it was the second show I did that day) and I was fighting a major cold, nervous and excited all at the same time. But he was Jim. Acting like the guy who had spoken to 6,000 audiences, it was just another day at the shop to him. And that, along with his quiet encouragement, put me at ease.

Even today I listen to Jims audios and its like hes standing there sharing that Idaho farm boy wisdom with me. Ive met very few people in my life who could put life in the simple perspectives that Jim could.

They dont make em like Jim anymore. And I hope youll enjoy this book that we put together from Jims comments at our Dallas event.

P.S. You can get more of Jims wisdom with a FREE Download of a premiere Jim Rohn audio from www.Download-Jim-Rohn.com .

Introduction

Emerging From Your Cocoon

For nearly 50 wonderful years, I have been in the business of sharing ideas. In that time, several facts have become glaringly obvious. For example, we all want a great deal. This factor holds true no matter what we buy. However, often the most important purchases that we make are not with our dollars, but with our time. This is a fact that many forget, but I always keep this concept firmly fixed in my mind when making presentations.

I have had thousands of people attend my presentations in locations all over the world, ranging from Malaysia and Singapore to Mexico, Russia and Korea. Yet, I have never lost sight of what I see as my two key responsibilities. First and foremost, I want people to always feel as though they absolutely received value for the money that they spent. I want every participant to walk out of one of my presentations saying, I certainly got my moneys worth!

My second goal in my presentations as well as in this book is that everyone feels that they not only got their moneys worth, but also used their time wisely. I want every reader to feel as though the time they spent with this book was time very well spent.

The bottom line is that time is more precious than money. You can always get more money, but you cant get more time. When you spend a day doing something, you have one less day to spend in another way. You cant exactly earn that day back later. This means that you always need to spend your time wisely and get the best value for your time that you can.

When you take the time to learn, as you are doing now with this book, you are investing in you and your future. The reason for this is that one good idea can effectively change your entire life. Stop and think about that for a moment. One good idea can transform your whole future, ranging from your health to your finances to your relationships.

Ideas are funny in that they tend to have resonating effects. In this way, it is almost impossible to calculate what an idea is worth. This is why when you buy a book you are not buying the ideas. The publisher simply cant charge for the ideas. They can only charge for the book. Determining what to charge for the ideas would be impossible. After all, you might make a million dollars from a book that only cost you $9.95, thats just how ideas work. And thats what makes ideas so grand.

Another remarkable fact about ideas and concepts is that you never know when or where you are going to find that resonating idea that radiates out and changes everything for you and your life. The early Christians, for example, were instructed that they should never miss the assembly because thats where they may get inspiration, nourishment and ideas. Important moments can come from the harmonious and unexpected alignment of the right speaker, the right book, and the right idea meeting at the very moment that you are in the right frame of mind to hear it.

The bottom line is that you will never know when that moment will arrive and change your life in the process. Viewed from another perspective, the knowledge and inspiration you need to transform your life may not come all at once, but instead in pieces as part of a process. I have seen this in my seminars where people have received different answers to their questions at different seminars.

Both the written word and the spoken word are what we use to convey those priceless ideas that can change our lives. This is why we should all engage in the sharing of ideas. Ideas are knowledge. When we share knowledge in the written or verbal form, amazing things can happen. When one person conveys knowledge to another person, two things happen. The first is a transformation of the person who listens to a presentation or reads a book or article, but another transformation takes place as well, namely in the speaker or author.

Over the years, it became increasingly obvious to me that when I inspired others, I too became inspired. In this way, there was a remarkable and empowering feedback loop of inspiration that is infectious, inspirational and never ending.

All human beings have the ability to transform like a caterpillar emerging from its cocoon and taking to the sky. This is the essence of personal development: taking information in, becoming inspired by it and allowing yourself to be transformed and, in turn, inspire others as well. Seeing what you can become and what you can help others become is the major challenge in life.

Chapter 1

The American Economic Ladder and Girl Scout Cookies

I learned an interesting economics axiom when I was 25 years old. Essentially, this axiom stated that we get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. The general idea is that no matter who you are, if you bring value to the marketplace, you will be rewarded. This is how the marketplace works. I began my self-education when I was 25, and by the time I was 31 or so, I was a millionaire. I feel that it was due, in part, to the fact that I had embraced this concept wholeheartedly.