Jim Rohn
Businessman
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It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.
The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
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.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
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