Teaching people skills without giving them a vision for a better future – a vision based on common values – is only training.
Change brings opportunity.
When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.
Total, unconditional acceptance of yourself is the first step in building a positive self-image.
For many people, change is more threatening than challenging. They see it as the destroyer of what is familiar and comfortable rather than the creator of what is new and exciting.
You can’t think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively.
The interesting thing about procrastination is that is has more to do with what we fail to do than with what we do.
People who invariably put themselves first will find that others tend to put them last.
Those who base their lives on the belief that a loving God is acting in their behalf tend to see problems as opportunities for growth.
Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, whatever misfortune you may have suffered, the music of your life has not gone. It’s inside you – if you listen to it, you can play it.
Goals help you keep in perspective what’s really important so you don’t spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.
I only wish I had more time for fund raising.
Jim Rohn is a legend. Millions of people around the world have benefited immensely from his teachings.
Goals are simply a way of breaking a vision into smaller, workable units.
The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have.
Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? A thermometer only reflects the temperature of its environment, adjusting to the situation. But a thermostat initiates action to change the temperature in its environment.
To mobilize yourself, decide what you want, determine what will get you what you want, then act – do what will get you what you want most to achieve.
Good leaders must become what they want their followers to become.
Whatever keeps you from reaching your goals today had better be important – it’s costing you a day of your life!
Successful, self-starting individuals seek responsibility. They take calculated risks; they don’t make excuses to cover up their inactivity.
We’re inclined to excuse in ourselves behavior that we find unacceptable in others.