Day: 11 June 2013

A powerful article from John C. Maxwell on the finding the options which are necessary for you. That you can use, sometimes it may mean having two or three options to do things.
However sometimes you need to look at what the options are for you right at that point in time. You need to assess what options you have available to you.

Taking the Right Turn
by John C. Maxwell

As president of Ford Motor Co., Robert McNamara once briefly pondered a decision made by one of his executives and then asked him, “What did you decide not to do?” Why is it important to consider multiple options during the decision-making process? Here are three reasons:

1. With options come possibilities.
Not long after moving to the Atlanta area, I realized that the drive from my home to the airport takes 35 minutes—if I leave at 6:30 a.m. If I leave just 15 minutes later, at 6:45 a.m., the same drive takes an hour. And if I wait until 7 a.m., that same drive takes 80 minutes.

Driving in Atlanta traffic has trained me to become a student of the routes and time because they help define my options. When I arrive somewhere early, sometimes I double back and look for new ways to make the same trip. I want to know my options. That way, when the obvious route slows to a crawl, I know my options and I often come up with a creative solution. If we don’t have options or if we don’t know our options, we’re stuck. We have little choice but to stay in the traffic jam. In decision making, if we do not have options, we only have one decision. And that decision may be the wrong decision, or it may not be the best decision.

2. With options come insights.
The more options we have, the more we can see what is not obvious to others. And people who are successful see what is not obvious to others. They don’t see what others can’t see; they just see what others don’t seem to see. Successful people engage that creative part of their minds and say, “Well, I wonder how else I can look at this problem. I wonder how else I could deal with this decision. I wonder what other possibilities I have there.”

3. With options come options.
Options are a result of thinking early, often and differently. And when we think early, often and differently, we begin to create more options within our life. Options come from the disciplines of pursuing options. And very often they take us down roads we never would have traveled, to places we never would have seen, where we find new options we never would have considered.

Fred Smith, a businessman in Texas who has been one of my mentors, has a sign on his desk that says, “But on the other hand...” He’s an optional thinker, and he’s taught me to be an optional thinker, too. So when somebody asks me to make a decision about a situation, I don’t offer a solution, I ask a question: What are our options? Give me the good, give me the bad, give me the pretty, give me the ugly, give me the impossible, give me the possible, give me the convenient, give me the inconvenient. Give me the options. All I want are options. And once I have all the options before me, then I comfortably and confidently make my decision.

From John Rohn’s newsletter, a wonderful article from John C. Maxwell on assessing your options which you have.

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A powerful article from Jim Rohn on our own self education as a person. As Jim say’s a person has a favourite restaurant to eat yet they
may have no favourite author to read from. They feed the body yet not the mind, as humans we need to learn and become more. We
need to grow as a person and become that leader we are meant to be.

As my good friend and mentor Michael Dlouhy says “For you to make more, you have to become more. You have to become that leader
who people want to be in business with”. Yes it can be a bit of work, yet the journey is often worth it in the end. Some people may
be unable to realise what has gone on behind the scenes of a persons life to create that person. To make them who they are, yet
we have to work on becoming a better person daily.

Unfortunately some people do stop when they finish high school or college they believe they know everything.

Where do You Go For Your Intellectual Feast?
by Jim Rohn

Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author. He's picked out a favorite place to feed his body, but he doesn't have a favorite place to feed his mind!

Why would this be? Have you heard about the accelerated learning curve? From birth, up until the time we are about eighteen, our learning curve is dramatic, and our capacity to learn during this period is just staggering. We learn a tremendous amount very fast. We learn language, culture, history, science, mathematics... everything!

For some people, the accelerated learning process will continue on. But for most, it levels off when they get their first job. If there are no more exams to take, if there's no demand to get out paper and pencil, why read any more books? Of course, you will learn some things through experience. Just getting out there – sometimes doing it wrong and sometimes doing it right - you will learn.

Can you imagine what would happen if you kept up an accelerated learning curve all the rest of your life? Can you imagine what you could learn to do, the skills you could develop, the capacities you could have? Here's what I'm asking you to do: be that unusual person who keeps up his learning curve and develops an appetite for always trying to find good ideas.

One way to feed your mind and educate your philosophy is through the writings of influential people. Maybe you can't meet the person, but you can read his or her books. Churchill is gone, but we still have his books. Aristotle is gone, but we still have his ideas. Search libraries for books and programs. Search magazines. Search documentaries. They are full of opportunities for intellectual feasting.

In addition to reading and listening, you also need a chance to do some talking and sharing. I have some people in my life who help me with important life questions, who assist me in refining my own philosophy, weighing my values and pondering questions about success and lifestyle.

We all need association with people of substance to provide influence concerning major issues such as society, money, enterprise, family, government, love, friendship, culture, taste, opportunity, and community. Philosophy is mostly influenced by ideas, ideas are mostly influenced by education, and education is mostly influenced by the people with whom we associate.

One of the great fortunes of my life was to be around Mr. Shoaff those five years. During that time he shared with me at dinner, during airline flights, at business conferences, in private conversations and in groups. He gave me many ideas that enabled me to make small daily adjustments in my philosophy and activities. Those daily changes, some very slight, but very important, soon added up to weighty sums.

A big part of the lesson was having Mr. Shoaff repeat the ideas over and over. You just can't hear the fundamentals of life philosophy too often. They are the greatest form of nutrition, the building blocks for a well-developed mind.

I'm asking that you feed your mind just as you do your body. Feed it with good ideas, wherever they can be found. Always be on the lookout for a good idea - a business idea, a product idea, a service idea, an idea for personal improvement. Every new idea will help to refine your philosophy. Your philosophy will guide your life, and your life will unfold with distinction and pleasure.

From Jim Rohn’s newsletter on your self education as a person

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What a powerful lesson from Jim Rohn on education and being educated as person. That you have to be educated to turn your life around
you have to learn and become that leader. As my good friend and mentor Michael Dlouhy always says “For you to make more, you have to
become more. You have to become the person who people what to be in business with”.

In order to do that you have to educate yourself and become a better person. You have to become a wiser stronger better person.

Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn

Education/Learning

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

We must learn to apply all that we know so that we can attract all that we want.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

Don’t see the mind for more than it is, but don’t misread it for all that it can be.

“Vitamins for the Mind” is a weekly sampling of original quotes on a specific topic taken from The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn. The burgundy hardbound book with gold-foil lettering is a collection of more than 365 quotes on 60 topics gathered from Jim’s personal journals, seminars and books and spanning more than 40 years.

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From Jim Rohn’s newsletter

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A powerful post from Bob Proctor courtesy of Insight of the day on professionals and how they get a little bit better at what they do every single day.
They have a goal in mind and each and every day they get closer and better at that goal. They have a dream and work towards it every single day.

Professionals

Watching any professional perform is one of the most satisfying experiences in life.  It makes no difference what the professional is doing; they fascinate you with their skill and precision.

Years ago I was employed by the Fire Department.  I had a captain, Harry Taylor - we called him Scotty.  I suppose by today's standards he would not be considered very professional. Scotty never attended the fire college, but by my standards he will always be a professional.

Some of the other officers who did attend the fire college and left with high marks had no idea of how to lead people. Scotty was a leader; he knew how to draw the best out of his people. He was a pro.

Watch professional ice skaters, they leave you with your heart in your mouth as they go into some of their jumps and yet they land with ease. You would almost believe they were born with skates on their feet.

Watch the professional assistants. They move with the same calm and assurance that the gold medal skater does.

The professional sales person is poetry in motion. They go through their presentation calm and confident, overcoming objections, leave with the order and you never even heard them close the sale.

Professionals are a joy to watch. How did they become so good or should I say great?

They did little things in a great way every day. They work towards being their very best, regardless. They know that amateurs compete with other people, professionals compete with themselves. They study, practice, simulate every move, every day - many times. They want to be better today than they were yesterday.

Bob Proctor

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