Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.
Never criticize, condemn or complain in a conversation with a customer or prospect.
Self-responsibility is the core quality of the fully mature, fully functioning, self-actualizing individual.
Manage by objectives. Tell people exactly what you want them to do and then get out of their way.
You contain within yourself a unique combination of talents and abilities which, properly identified and applied, will enable you to achieve virtually any goal you can set for yourself.
The purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer. All business activities must be focused on this central purpose.
There is nobody like him in the world. There is – and always will be – one Jim Rohn.
Every great leap in life comes after you have made a clear decision of some kind.
Define your goals in terms of the activities necessary to achieve them, and concentrate on those activities.
There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.
Discipline yourself to find something positive in every situation every day. You attract positivity when you are positive within.
Think continally about what you want, not about the things you fear.
You have the ability, right now, to exceed all your previous levels of accomplishment.
You must raise your aspirations, set higher goals, and make detailed plans to achieve them.
Focus on your strengths.
Determine a single measure that you can use to grade your progress and success in each area of your life. Refer to it daily.
Positive thinkers think and talk continually about solutions, and negative thinkers continually talk and think about problems. Keep your mind solution-focuse d rather than problem- focused.
What activities, behaviors, or decisions have been most responsible for your success in life? Do more of them.
In the final analysis, you always get paid for your results.
Your greatest asset is your earning ability, to apply your knowledge, skills in order to get results which others will pay.