The keys to greatness
A wonderful article from Jim Rohn on changing our lives and things we are able to do to change our own lives. Thanks Jim for such a powerful article with some powerful keys to greatness.
Three Keys to Greatness
by Jim RohnAwhile back, I went into the studio and created a 56-minute video for teenagers called "Three Keys to Greatness." Although my focus was for teenagers, the principles I shared certainly apply to adults as well.
Recently I was asked to list these three things using one to two sentences for each. Now for your benefit here they are again.
1) Setting Goals. I call it the view of the future. Most people, including kids, will pay the price if they can see the promise of the future. So we need to help our kids see a well-defined future, so they will be motivated to pay the price today to attain the rewards of tomorrow. Goals help them do this.
2) Personal Development. Simply making consistent investments in our self-education and knowledge banks pays major dividends throughout our lives. I suggest having a minimum amount of time set aside for reading books, listening to audiocassettes, attending seminars, keeping a journal and spending time with other successful people. Charlie “Tremendous” Jones says you will be in five years the sum total of the books you read and the people you are around.
3) Financial Planning. I call it the 70/30 plan. After receiving your paycheck or paying yourself, simply setting aside 10% for saving, 10% for investing and 10% for giving, and over time this will guarantee financial independence for a teenager.
If a young person, or for that matter an adult, focused on doing these three simple things over a long period of time I believe they will be assured success!
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The price to pay!!!!
Wow a powerful article from Jim Rohn’s newsletter on activity vs labour, as Jim States there is always a price to pay no matter what it is.
Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn
Activity/Labor
You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor.
The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.
Make rest a necessity, not an objective. Only rest long enough to gather strength.
Without constant activity, the threats of life will soon overwhelm the values.
The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.
For every promise, there is a price to pay
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Your failure may prove to be an asset, provided you know why you failed. | Napoleon Hill Foundation
Wow a powerful quote from Napoleon on failures being a asset to people that we need to see the lesson to be learned from
such and to then move on. Rather than not learning anything at all.
Your failure may prove to be an asset, provided you know why you failed. | Napoleon Hill Foundation.
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Stop putting things off
Friday’s inspiring story from Insight of the day. Wow what a story with a very powerful point on putting your family first before anything else.
As stated by Linda that someday never really comes. Something always happens and then suddenly opps there we go we are out of time.
We have to allow ourselves to do those things we want to and to stop putting things off, yet to also put our family before anything else.
Someday Bread
Irene was already well known amongst her family and friends for her amazing home baked bread. Cousin Orville in particular constantly prodded her, “Auntie Irene you need to enter your bread into the town fair! I know you’ll win!” Orville was right. Once Irene made the decision to enter her bread into the town fair, it ended up a winner almost every year. And much to Orville’s joy, Auntie Irene always gave him the winning loaf!
Orville and the rest of the family, including Irene’s daughter, were so proud of her. Watching her mom take such pride in baking the bread and entering it into the fair year after year, she vowed to follow in her footsteps one day. She wanted to learn to make bread the same way and someday, when she had children of her own, share that special experience with them.
Someday, thought Irene’s daughter, she would find the time to do this. In the meantime life kept her pretty busy. She was young, ambitious, working on building her career, raising a family and juggling a social life. All the while, she believed in her heart thatsomeday she would have time to go back and learn from her mom how to make the award winning bread, beloved by the whole community.
She thought that when she was home with her newborn baby it would be the perfect opportunity to relax and spend time with her mom. Mother and daughter could also share in the experience of the new baby. After all her mom had raised six kids, she certainly could pick up some great child rearing tips! She was excited and looked forward to the wonderful cherished moments they would share together. But those moments she thought she would have with her mom, never came.
When the ambulance brought her mom to the hospital, Irene’s daughter kept thinking - this can’t be real, mom will be released and will hold her new baby granddaughter. Everything will be okay; she will get better. This was not to be the case. The cancer had returned and, nine days later, Irene passed away. Her daughter was devastated.
In the blink of an eye, “someday” had faded away.
The story you’ve just read is my story. I am Irene’s daughter Linda. It is me who stood in that hospital holding my baby girl Brittany in my arms, feeling sheer disbelief that my Mom would never hold my daughter in her arms or buy her favorite cereal like she had for all her other grandchildren. My world had been turned upside down; only 26 days earlier our entire family had celebrated the birth of my wonderful first-born and we were all filled with such joy. Now, we faced the reality that the Mom, the grandmother, the Auntie Irene to so many had passed.
In life, with all its joys and sadness we learn and then we take those lessons into our future. On the day my beloved mom passed, I promised myself that my family would always come first.
Today, all these years later, I am proud to say that I am very purposeful in prioritizing activities in my life so that meeting the needs of my family comes FIRST!
Recently when my daughter Paige moved to San Diego, I was incredibly busy. And on top of that, I told myself she’s a big girl now and can move on her own without mom’s help. But after sitting back and thinking about this move, I quickly realized it would make a positive difference for Paige if I were there to support her in getting settled. The time spent helping her get organized (and of course there was some shopping to be done, which my husband says I’m an expert at!) was worth every ounce of energy!
Sure we’re all busy and we certainly can’t be everywhere at all times. But it’s a matter of identifying the times we can be there, to spend purposeful time with our family and loved ones. The way in which we organize our time and schedule our priorities, will ultimately determine how we live our lives. What decision can you make right now to make your “SOMEDAY” happen today?
Linda McLean
Linda McLean is an internationally respected, Certified Business and Life Coach, Speaker, CEO and Founder of McLean International, and the author of the #1 International bestselling book Next Level Living – Today’s Guide for Tomorrow’s Abundant Life, My Gratitude Journal and Mind, Millions & Memories. She offers the tools and knowledge gained from over 25 years of business, leadership and team development coaching/consulting to help individuals and businesses reach their next level of success in all areas of life. Visit her newly revitalized website: www.McleanInternational.com
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