Thursday, July 10, 2014

Fwd: 5 Life Lessons You Never Learned in School by Jim Rohn

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From: "Mark's Morning Motivation" <motivation@chattertonworld.com>
Date: 10 Jul 2014 05:26
Subject: 5 Life Lessons You Never Learned in School by Jim Rohn
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To the untrained ear, the advice given to Jim Rohn by his mentor Earl Schoaff sounds contradictory.

"Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job," the late philosopher says with his unique cadence and tone.

 

But listen to the words from Rohn's mouth and you know that this man's advice is anything but contradictory. He's not saying you shouldn't work hard at a job you love. The hard work comes naturally when you love what you do.

 

What Jim Rohn is saying is that personal development—the building and strengthening of you—is how you become better at everything else. Communication, time management, goal setting, leadership—these all improve when you do.

 

Lesson 1: Communication

"In order to be effective, your communication should be on purpose. Yes, occasionally you may say something off the top of your head and that can hold weight with others, but this is the exception and not the rule. Know what you want to communicate, when you want to communicate and how you want to communicate."

    —from The Jim Rohn Guide to Communication

 

Lesson 2: Personal Development

"The quest for personal development is the solving of problems. Success is simply solving problems. Sure, some things are complicated, but if you take it one piece at a time--solve the problems, put it back together--you can't believe the enterprise you could build. Take it a piece at a time, master it, and then put it back together to solve it."

    —from The Jim Rohn Guide to Personal Development

 

Lesson 3: Goal Setting

"A life best lived is a life by design. Not by accident, and not by just walking through the day careening from wall to wall and managing to survive. That's okay. But if you can start giving your life dimensions and design and color and objectives and purpose, the results can be staggering."

    —from The Jim Rohn Guide to Goal Setting

 

Lesson 4: Leadership

"Be strong but not rude. Be kind but not weak. Be bold but not a bully. Be humble but not timid. Be thoughtful but not lazy. Be proud but not arrogant. Have humor without folly."

    —from The Jim Rohn Guide to Leadership

 

Lesson 5: Time Management

"When you work, work. When you play, play. Don't mix the two."

    —from The Jim Rohn Guide to Time Management

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