Before we begin, take a moment and ask yourself this.
Why do some people change their lives and others stay stuck?
For years, Jim Rohn taught that success isn't about motivation,
it's about daily discipline. Installed quietly.
Lived consistently. That's exactly why we created
the self-discipline Hacks Playbook.
It's a simple operating system to help you eliminate
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motivation disappears. If you're tired of starting
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Now let's step into Jim Rohn's lesson.
It's how you feel about yourself.
Understanding self worth. That is the.
Real challenge once you begin to understand your own self worth.
I'm telling you. Your life will begin to soar.
You can walk out of the. Darkness.
Into the light you can walk out of heartbreak into confidence,
understanding your own self worth.
Here's a good phrase to take home.
Each of us must understand how valuable all of us are.
But here's the second part. All of us must understand how
valuable each of us are. Is your contribution valuable to
the whole? I'm telling you, without you,
the whole is incomplete. I'm telling you it takes each of
us to make all of us, each of us, with a contribution.
Think how powerful we can be if each of us make a better
contribution. In fact, John Kennedy said it
best. Surely it's the cry of the New
Democratic Party. John Kennedy's ancient words.
And he said what? Ask for everything and see what
you wind up with. No, no, no.
John Kennedy said what? Ask not what your country can do
for you, but ask what what you can do for your country.
I'm asking you to consider yourself valuable enough to make
an important contribution to all of us.
You make an important contribution to all of us.
And then in return, you get to draw from all of us and the
gifts that we bring to each of us.
That is the power. And if you walk away from here
today with that new refined attitude, I'm telling you, you
can have whatever you want. You can have the health you
want. You can have the income you
want. You can have the future you
want. Your relationship with your
family will start to improve immediately.
All you got to do is take it serious and do not neglect like
an apple a day. Do not neglect like a new book
of your new library. Do not neglect an entry in your
journal. Do not neglect.
Don't get lazy and learning. Learning is the beginning of
wealth. Learning is the beginning of
health. Learning is the beginning of
ecstasy and joy and pleasure and lifestyle and all the treasures
that are available for the human family.
I'm asking you, start a whole new process today.
You'll be happy that you did. Your life will change
dramatically. And then what I want back, just
as a favour. From.
You to me, let me know about it. I like to get the letters.
You cannot believe the letters I've got in my files from
teenagers and business, business executives now all over the
world. Some of them have to be
translated from other languages where I go do seminars like this
today. I want that to be part of your
story and your experience. That's why I came by to make
this kind of investment. I don't need to work this hard,
except for that I could be riding my motorcycle on the Jeep
trails today, right? I don't need to work this hard,
but I do need the experience because I want the return.
I want this to affect your bank account today.
I'm asking you not just to take notes.
If you'll go home and work on this stuff, I'm telling you
it'll change your life and your future, and that's why I'm here.
I want it to happen for you like it happened for me.
All right, let's just finish up #2 on attitude.
What shapes? Our attitude.
Let's cover those notes. What shapes?
Our attitude. You can have more than you've
got because you can become more than you are.
And of course, the other side of the coin reads, unless you
change how you are, you'll always have what you got.
Success is something you attract, not something you
pursue. Success is looking for a good
place to stay, so instead of going after it, you work on
yourself. Personal development.
See, the major question to ask on the job is not what are you
getting? The major question to ask on the
job is what are you becoming? The big question is not what am
I getting paid here? The big question is what am I
becoming here? Because true happiness is not
contained in what you get. Happiness is contained in what
you become. Learn.
To work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
For things to change for you, you've got to change.
Otherwise it isn't going to change.
The only way it gets better for you is when you get better.
Life and business is like the changing seasons.
One of the best ways to describe life, it's like the seasons.
You can't change the seasons, but you can change yourself and
see that's how life gets better for you, not by chance, but by
change. Learn how to handle the winters.
They come right after falls with regularity.
Some are long and some are short and some are hard and some are
easy, but they keep coming. You must learn to handle the
nights. They come right after days.
You must learn to handle difficulty.
It comes right after opportunity.
You must learn to handle recessions.
They always follow progressions. For the last 6000.
See, it isn't going to change. The lesson you must learn is how
to handle it. And there's all kinds of
winters, right? The winter when you can't figure
it out. The winter when it all goes
smash. The winter when it turns.
Belly up. The winter when it won't work,
when you've run out of money and you've got a broken heart.
See, those are winter times. There's all kinds.
Economic winters, Social winters, personal winters.
When your heart is smashed in 1000 pieces and the nights are
unusually long, your prayers seem to go no higher than your
head. It's winter time.
But see, the disappointments come.
Those are normal. That's part of life.
But the question is, how do you handle it?
How do you handle the coming winters and the disappointments
and the down times? Well, you can't get rid of
January by tearing it off the calendar.
But here's what you can do. You can get stronger, you can
get wiser, and you can get better.
The winters won't change, but you can, and that's how life
changes for you. Don't wish it was easier?
Wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems.
Wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge,
Wish for more wisdom. That's the key.
Learn how to take advantage of the spring.
Spring is called opportunity and spring follows winter.
What a great place for it. If you were going to put it
somewhere, that'd be the place to put it right after winter.
And pray tell, how often does spring follow winter?
Every year with regularity 6000, you can almost count on it.
See, opportunity always comes days follow nights.
Isn't that terrific? Opportunity follows difficulty.
But here's what you must learn to do.
Take advantage. You must learn to take advantage
of the spring. See, just because spring rolls
around is no sign you're going to look good come fall.
You got to do something with it. In fact, you have to get good at
one of two things in life. Planting in the spring or
begging in the fall. Or get somebody to do it for
you. See, those are about the only
alternatives. Now here's what else you must
do. Take advantage of the springs
quickly because there's only a few.
Just a handful of springs have been handed to each of us.
They don't come forever. Life is fairly brief, so you got
to read every book you can get your hands on and what to do
with your springs while they're here and take advantage.
They soon run out. So whatever you're going to do
with your life, you got to get at it.
Don't just let the springs pass, pass, pass.
Learn how to protect your crops all summer.
You got to take care of what you start.
Sure enough, as soon as you've planted your garden in the
spring, the busy bugs and the noxious weeds are out to take
it. And here's the next bit of
truth. They will take it unless you
prevent it. And that's the third major skill
to learn. You've got to learn to prevent
the intruder from taking all the good you start.
It's one of the challenges. All goodwill be attacked on this
planet. Maybe not the next one we get
to, but on this one all goodwill be attacked.
Every garden will be invaded. Not to think so is naive.
All values must be defended. Political values.
Social values. Community values, Family values,
Marriage values, Friendship values, Business values.
Every garden must be tended all summer.
Learn how to reap in the fall without complaint.
Learn to reap come harvest time without complaint.
Take full responsibility for what happens to you.
It's one of the highest forms of human maturity.
Accepting full responsibility. It's the day you know you've
passed from childhood to adulthood.
The day you accept full responsibility.
Learn to reap in the fall, without apology, without apology
if you do well, and without complaint if you don't.
That's maturity. It's not what happens, it's what
you do. What happens is about the same.
You might put that in princesses here.
Same what people do. That's what's different.
Anything can happen, right? Everything can happen.
I've heard all the stories. I've been one of the stories.
Hey, we could all tell stories all night long.
Right happenings. Anything can happen, everything
can happen, anything can happen, but it's not the happenings,
it's what you do about it. Somebody says yeah, but you
don't understand the disappointments I've had.
Come on, everybody's had their share.
Disappointments are not special gifts reserved for the poor.
Everybody has them. The difference is what you do
about it. Starting tomorrow, what are you
going to do that'll make a change in your life's direction?
Good question. What are you going to do
starting tomorrow that'll make a difference?
Now see if you don't do something starting tomorrow
that'll make a difference. Guess what?
It's going to be the same and see.
That way you can guess what the next five years are going to be
like. Look at the last five because
the next 5 are going to be like the last five.
Unless you major key tomorrow. Change it all or change a little
or change something or don't change.
It's choice time. You can do whatever you want,
but it's nice to know any day you wish you can change your
whole life. What can you do starting
tomorrow that'll make a difference?
And reach down inside of you and come up with some more of those
remarkable human gifts. They're there waiting to be
utilized. And then change anything for
you. You want to change.
And I challenge you to do that because you can change.
If you don't like how it is for you, change it.
If it doesn't suit you, change it.
If it doesn't please you, change it.
If it isn't enough, change it. And I challenge you to do that
because you can change. See, you don't ever have to be
the same again after tonight. Only by choice.