Before we start, quick moment with you.
If life feels a little heavy lately, you're not broken,
you're just carrying too much without structure.
Jim Rohn taught that progress doesn't begin with motivation,
it begins with a decision you support daily.
There's a simple system linked below this episode that helps
you follow through, especially on the days you don't feel like
it. No pressure.
Let's get into today's lesson. Let me just quickly give you a
list of four emotions that can change your life in one day.
Emotions are powerful. Sometimes it doesn't take much
to alter your whole life direction.
OK, here they are #1 disgust. Powerful emotion.
Disgust says I have had it. See, that could be the day.
The day you can say I've had it. And whether you've had it with
something small or something major, the day you can say I've
had it may not be the day it ends, but the day it begins.
That's what I said when that little Girl Scout left my door
when I'm 25. I give her the big lie.
She leaves. I say I don't want to live like
this any more. I've had it with Lion and being
broke. Powerful day.
The man's finally had it with mediocrity.
He's had it with being a loser. He's finally had it with those
awful sick feelings inside knowing his wife is at the
grocery store looking at 2 cans of beans, 1 mark, 37 cents, 1
mark $0.39 and the guy sick inside knows his wife's going to
buy the 37 cent can and she doesn't even like the brand.
Do you know why she's going to buy the 37 cent can to save
$0.02? The guy sick inside finally
says. I've had it being on my knees in
the dust looking for pennies. We're not living like this.
Any moment could be the day that turns your life around, the day
you can say I've had it. He walks into his closet and
rips everything in it to shreds and says I've worn this
embarrassing stuff for the last time and not only will I never
wear it again, no one else will ever wear it again.
Commit an act that says I've headed powerful.
Here's the next one. Decision and decision making is
powerful and it's emotional. That's those knots in the pit of
your stomach, right? Waking up in the middle of the
night in a cold sweat trying to decide.
We sometimes call it inner civil war.
What shall I do? Well, for progress you must
decide. The best advice I can give you
came from a wealthy friend of mine who said if it's easy, do
it easy. If it's hard, do it hard.
Just get it done If you went home tonight and in the next few
days cleaned up a whole list of decisions that might furnish
enough inspiration for the next 10 years.
I found this out many times after you've decided, Getting on
with it is easier than deciding. Sometimes decision is the
toughest part. Here's the next emotion.
Desire, wanting. Too bad enough, and I don't know
how to tell you to want to. That's something you've got to
come up with. There's two things I know about
desire #1 it comes from inside, not outside.
You don't send off for it #2 I know desire can be triggered by
something. Who knows what it might be?
Sometimes desire waits and sleeps for something to happen.
Maybe it's a book, maybe it's a song, maybe it's a sermon.
Maybe it's a lecture, A seminar. Maybe it's the conversation of a
friend, a happening, an event. Who knows?
The best I can advice I can give you is what I give my staff.
It goes like this. Welcome every human experience.
You never know which one is going to turn it all on, even
the bad experiences. Sometimes from the bitterest
experience comes the greatest awakening.
So let down the barriers, take down the walls.
The same wall that keeps out disappointment, keeps out
happiness. Let life touch you.
Don't let it kill you, but let it touch you.
Here's the last one. This one's powerful resolve
resolves, as I will, two of the most powerful words in the
language. I will.
Benjamin Disraeli once said. Nothing can resist a human will
that will stake even its existence on the extent of its
purpose. Shortly put I'll do it or die.
See, that's powerful. That could be the day that turns
your life around. The world has a strange way of
stepping aside. When somebody says I'll do it or
die. The man says I will climb the
mountain. They've told me it's too high,
it's too far, it's too rocky, it's too difficult.
It's never been done before. But it's my mount and I will
climb it. Pretty soon you'll see me waving
from the top or dead on the side 'cause I ain't coming back.
The best definition I ever got from the word resolve came from
a little junior high girl in Foster City, CA up north.
I'm talking to the junior high kids one day.
I love to ask kids definitions. They come up with beauties.
I got to the word resolve and I asked who can tell me what
resolve means? And I got several hands and they
were all pretty good. But the last one was the best
little girl about 3 rows back, held up her hand.
She said, Mr. Owen, Mr. Owen, I think I know what resolve means.
I said, darling, what do you think it means?
She said, I think it means promising yourself you will
never give up. I said that's it, Webster, stand
aside. That is the definition.
Promise yourself you will never give up.
I asked the kids, how long should a baby try to learn how
to walk? How long?
How long would you give your average baby before you shut him
off? How long?
See, any mother in the world would say you're crazy.
My baby's going to keep trying until it learns how to walk.
What a magic formula. Now let me show you what
triggers all emotions into activity that brings results,
and results is the name of the game.
Here it is action. Finally, you must do something
about how you feel. Jesus, the master teacher, said
don't just be listeners, be doers.
The world admires the doers. Another Bible phrase says faith
without action is useless. Some people these days are big
on affirmations. You've got to be very careful of
affirmations. There's a thin line between
faith and folly. The best clue I can give you on
affirmations is this. Affirmation without discipline
is the beginning of delusion. And there's nothing worse than
delusion. The guy keeps walking W looking
for the sunrise. I mean, delusion is bad.
However, affirmation with discipline can bring the most
spectacular results. When the Jewish people surveyed
the Holocaust at the end of World War 2 and for them it was
a Holocaust, 39 million people lost their lives.
World War 219 million were Russian, but compared to the
population, it was not quite the Holocaust visited on the Jewish
people. 6 1/2 million Jews perished World War 26 and one
half million. That was a Holocaust after
Hitler's Final Solution and the Nazi Jack Boots and Eichmann and
Borman had done their evil task. 6 1/2 million.
When the Jewish people counted the dead, surveyed the Holocaust
and mourned the loss, those that survived together said never
again. That was the affirmation.
Never again will we take our families silently, walk through
the box cars and let them ship us through the night to
Auschwitz. Never.
Well, that's good to make an affirmation.
But the next question is, what are you going to do to back up
the affirmation? They said, well, number one,
we'll build a nation. Then they said we'll build an
army, Wow. And a Navy mine and an Air
Force. And we'll buy some bombs, mine
and some bullets, wow. We'll spend a big portion of the
national treasure. We'll even spend some of
Israel's finest lives. We mean it.
Never again. That's called backing up
affirmation with discipline. Does it work?
Well, yes. They've been tested four times
in war on their affirmation in the last 25 years.
Four times, Major. The next to the last war was
called the Six Day War. As if to say, didn't we tell you
never make sure you always have a game plan to match your wishes
otherwise they will always be wishes.
The day that turns your life around.
Let me give you 4 questions to take home when we're finished.
These are called questions to ponder and this wraps it up.
Gosh, you've been a great audience tonight.
How fantastic for so many people here.
It's been unbelievable. I really enjoyed it.
I could talk all night, but I'm staying here, right?
So I got a maid, right? And you've got some ways to go.
OK, here's the questions I want you to take home.
In closing, first question is one of the major questions of
the world. Why?
Why should you try? Why read that many books?
Why go that far? Why earn that much?
Why share that much? Why learn all that?
Why get up that early? Why put yourself through that
much? Why try for all that?
Good question, why? One of the best answers to why
is the second question. Why not?
What else are you going to do with your life?
Why not see how many books you can read, how far you can go,
how much you can earn, how many friends you can make, how much
personality you can develop, influence you can have, how many
things you can accomplish, how far you can go and what you can
see? Why not you got to stay here
till you go? Why not?
The third question is why not you?
Why not you? Some people have done the most
incredible things with limited start.
Why not you? Some people have done so well
they get to go, they get to see it all, they get to do it.
They get to be there. They get to have it, they get to
enjoy it. Why not you?
Watching the morning mist rise
over the mountains of Scotland, Exploring the mysteries of
Spain, Soaking up history in London.
Why not you? You got to take a stroll through
the Palace of Versailles. Why not you?
You got to have lunch in one of those neat little sidewalk cafes
in Paris. I mean, Denny's is OK.
You got to try Paras someday. You got to gaze directly at the
Mona Lisa. I can show you where to find the
most exquisite seashells in Miami and the Bahamas.
I know where they are. Why not you?
You got to shop on 5th Ave. in New York.
You got to stay at the Waldorf Astoria, have dinner at Luchao's
sliced roast goose on a bed of apple strudel.
Why not you? You got to drink in an Arizona
sunset. You got to see the world.
You got to read the books. You've got to do the
enterprises. You've got to be involved in
commerce and love and travel and experiences.
You've got to do it all. Why not you?
You've got to know the results that come from splendid
discipline. There's nothing like a view from
the top. And the last question is, why
not now? Don't postpone your better
future any longer. Get at it tomorrow with new
vigor. Get you some new books, ask some
new questions, Set some new goals.
Get you a new journal. Start your projects book.
Get a game plan going. Do some more reading.
Start to make changes, have conversations, make contact and
do it now. And if you will, I have a
feeling one of these days we'll be hearing your story.
You'll make us a phone call, write us a letter, get in touch
with us and let us know what's happening to you.
I want to thank you for being here.
My final comment would be ask for God's help, which may sound
a little strange coming from a strictly commercial company.
We are not a religious order, but if you would allow me a
personal word, that would be it. I think humans are unique, but
we could all use a little help. But of course you've got to do
your part. That's what we've talked about
mainly tonight. Do your part and I think God
will do His part. It's a two way St. and we do
play a part. There's a story about the man
who took a rock pile in two years, turned it into a fabulous
garden. People came from everywhere to
see it. One day a guy came by, saw the
garden, thought it was fabulous, but he wanted to make sure the
gardener didn't take all the credit.
So to get his point across, he meets the gardener, shakes his
hand and says, Mr. Gardner, remember, you and the good Lord
together have this beautiful garden here.
And the gardener said, hey, I understand that, I know what you
mean. He said if it wasn't for the
sunshine and the rain and the miracle of the seed and the soil
and the seasons, there would be no garden for sure.
But he said, you know, you should have seen this place
couple of years ago when God had it all by himself.
And I think that's true. We do play a part.
I'm glad I was not an Angel. I think humans have a lot more
fun. You've made it a splendid
evening and I want to wish you the very best.
Look forward to seeing you on the weekend.
Make sure we get the little white slip of paper and let's be
in touch. I wish you the best.
Goodnight. God bless.
Thank you. Thank you.
Appreciate it. Thank you.