foreign how tall will a tree grow as tall as it possibly can you never heard of a tree grown half as high as it could no no that is impossible A Tree Grows as high as it can drives down every route it can produces every leaf it can extend itself as far as it possibly can every life form extends to the max except human beings now why not human beings because we're not robots we've been given the Dignity of choice and here's a couple of alternatives on the Dignity of choice to be part of or
all of you have the potential to be and you got the choice do a little to make yourself comfortable and forget the rest or do it all do not doubt your own ability don't doubt your ability to change don't doubt your ability to grow don't doubt your ability to take command don't doubt your ability to learn all the skills whatever you want I'm telling you it's all possible make this note none of us lack the capacity we have far more capacity than we have time to take advantage of I do read a record where it
says all that time ago some people live to be 700 years 800 years 900 years old I feel a little shortchanged when I only had the chance maybe to live 70 80 90 100 years when all that time ago the record says some live to be 700 800 900 years it seems like it would take seven or eight or nine hundred years to tap the full extent of our capacity let alone 70 80 90 100 years but here's what I'm asking you to do get busy you've got more brain power than you've used so far
you've got more potential than you've used so far you've got more strength than you possibly used so far no telling how many languages you can learn no telling how far you can go no telling how strong you can get until you get busy working on yourself and see if you can't tap all of your full potential success is not something you pursue Chase run after success is something you've develop something you become you attract success so the whole key to unlock all the treasures whether it's economic Treasures or spiritual Treasures Financial social personal every way
you can possibly think of is by your own personal development then he added one more which is so important and it's probably worth the price of the seminar here it is what you become is much more valuable than what you get what you become is much more valuable than what you get the major question to ask on the job is not what am I getting here the major question to ask on the job is what am I becoming here not what am I getting what am I becoming so it's very important what you become because
what you become attracts if you become cynical you attract cynicism what you become attracts so this whole subject of personal development was so vitally important to me it changed my life you say well what can I do about the upcoming winters of My Life The Challenge is that I know I'm going to face here's what you can do you can get wiser and stronger and better just make a list of that Trio of words wiser stronger and better go home smarter than you came go home with more ideas than you came with get stronger you
can develop the muscle you can develop the courage muscle you can develop the inspiration muscle you can develop the dedication muscle you can get stronger there isn't anybody here that can't get stronger next time we see you may not even recognize you how strong you're going to be able to become in language style and personality the ability to cope the ability to handle with anything that happens no matter what happens and the third one is get better we can all get better I've gotten better first talk I gave I stood up my mind sat back
down but here's the secret to my success I stood up and did it again I stood up I did it again and I did it again and I did it again all those many years ago I did it when I was scared and I did it when I didn't want to and I did it when I was ill and I did it when it didn't work well and I didn't did it when they didn't appreciate it and I didn't a lot of times when I didn't know much what I was doing I just did it
anyway and now all these years later I'm asked to walk on this stage with the greatest introduction I've ever had greatest response and welcome I've ever had the greatest opportunity I've ever had to touch this many lives with a mixture of words and heart and soul I got better I got better day by day and week by week and month by month and I'm asking you to do the same thing until you can develop a long arm and a Long Reach until you can develop influence that won't quit touch people next year you couldn't touch
this year touch people now you couldn't touch before conduct a meeting now you couldn't conduct before heart and soul now mixed in there that wasn't there missing before I'm asking all of you to get better in spite of the winters in spite of the downturn the money downturn the social downturn the personal downturn whatever it is just get stronger get better you know we put some of the valuable things on the high Shelf so you can't get to them until you qualify if you want the things on the higher shelf you got to stand on
the books you read every book you read you get to stand a little higher so you can get the things on a higher shell see I learned those Concepts it was so incredible do something different the next 90 days than you did the last 90 days like picking up the books to read do something different like the new health disciplines relationship with your family whatever it is doesn't matter how small it is if you'll start doing different things with the same circumstances since we cannot change the circumstances but we can change ourselves we can change
what we do and then he gave me another secret to success when he said what you have at the moment Mr own you've attracted by the person you've become what you have at the moment you've attracted by the person you've become few little simple principles here once you understand these it starts to explain so much now sometimes it's a little tough to take blaming yourself instead of the marketplace taking responsibility instead of putting it off on someone else those that transition sometimes is a challenging mission and this one was a little tough for me she'll
say here's the secret Mr Owen learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job once I got that it turned my life around learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job foreign if you work hard on your job you'll make a living if you work hard on yourself you can make a fortune if you would have known me at age 25 you would have said Jim rohn's a hard worker you'd have known me you'd have said that I'm the guy I don't mind coming a little bit early staying
a little bit late I don't mind that you'd have said well Jim rohn's a hard worker you say well how come he's got pennies in his pocket and nothing in the bank and behind all these promises well I was a hard worker but I was working hard on my job not on my cell I'm telling you if you'll learn that simple little principle and start the process today latest tomorrow I'll give you tonight to think and start this whole process of personal development work on yourself make yourself more valuable to the marketplace I'm telling you
you can so dynamically change your income and economics is the least of the values that you can start earning in terms of equity if you'll start working harder on yourself than you do on your job work hard on yourself and develop The Graces all of the stuff necessary to become more valuable to the marketplace I'm telling you your whole life can explode into change promotions no problem becoming more valuable to the company I'm telling you no problem money no problem economics no problem future no problem if you just go to work on the right thing
not get things out there to change don't try to change the seed don't change the soil don't change the sunshine don't change the rain don't change the mix of Seasons let the miracle of everything that's available work for you and start working on the inside work on your philosophy work on your attitude work on your personality work on your language work on the gift of communication work on all of your abilities and if you'll start making those personal changes I'm telling you everything will change for you don't doubt the future don't doubt the possibilities don't
doubt the extraordinary gifts that your Distributors bring to your organization don't doubt that and here's the most important one of all don't doubt yourself if I've got Miracle working power to change my life so do you if I've got the ability to change so do you if I've got the ability to read so do you if I can discover so can you if I can grow you can grow if I can develop you can develop if I can get an invitation like I got six years ago help take something around the world so can you
if I can stand on this platform Idaho Farm Boy raising of security so can you if the millionaire team can do it President's team can do it walk off with the Diamonds the trophies so can you I'm asking you don't sell yourself short forget the thief in the alley that's after your purse what about the thief in your mind that's after your promise the thief in your mind that says you're too short the thief in your mind that says you're too tall the thief in your mind that says well yes it'll happen to people out
in California but it can't happen way over here on this side of the world I'm asking you to conquer that Thief even though you find him in your own Consciousness I want to reassure you that you can do it I want you to reassure you that you can make the decisions I want to reassure you that no matter what the night no matter what the storm no matter what the difficulty there isn't anybody here that can't figure it out find some things to do step at a time yes minute at a time yes day at
a time yes week at a time yes but there isn't anything you can't walk away from there isn't any challenge you can't overcome I want you to have that kind of belief in your self a person who has purpose in their life they have something to go for some meaning one writer described it for some people it becomes a Magnificent Obsession and for you and I maybe it doesn't need to be that dramatic as a Magnificent Obsession but it has to be something that does something to us something that pulls us especially into the future
you know there are many influences on this one is the influence of the past some people are always pulled back back back by the past some people are always pulled aside by the distractions the distractions but here's what's powerful if you have a list of high purpose in your life it pulls you toward the future and the more powerful the purpose is the stronger it pulls and here's the other great Advantage if you have purpose for the future it pulls you through all kinds of challenges and all kinds of difficulties if you don't have these
strong purposes for the future it's easy to get swallowed by a bad day it's easy to be almost annihilated by a poor month and it's easy sometimes to almost disappear beneath the waves of a a year that goes backwards if you don't have something to pull you beyond that year so if you want something to pull you through all kinds of challenges all kinds of difficulties and things that come at you you got to have something on out there Beyond Today Beyond next week Beyond next month Beyond this year that pulls you into the future
and the clearer it is the stronger it pulls the board the more Dynamic it is the more it affects your life your spirit your heart your soul it also creates imagination it gets your mind working on how to achieve that purpose and if your mind will work and if your heart works and if your spirit works and if you have good input like good ideas I'm telling you there isn't anything you can't accomplish so that's one of the great powers that'll make a variable of you and that is purpose I want you to ponder these
four questions here's the first one and that's why why pay the price why work this hard why go this far why try to learn this much why try to do it all Why Try To See It All why try to have it all why do it why learn it why study why put yourself out why try to take on this much responsibility why develop yourself to the full Why Try to become all that you can possibly become Why Try to earn as much as you can earn share as much as you can share develop every
skill you possibly can see every human you possibly can go to every class you possibly can touch everybody you possibly can why do that much why go that far why share that much why give that much away Why Try to see everything why try to do everything Why Try to become everything that's a good question why and you're the only one personally that can answer that question for yourself you've got to have your own list of whys work on your list of whys one of the big thrusts for success is to come up with a
strong enough why if the why is powerful the how is easy but if the why isn't strong if your goals aren't powerful if the vision isn't clear the old Prophet said without a vision we die without a vision we perish without a dream we're nothing I'm asking you to sit down with your family and develop a dream strategy I'm asking you to make a list of what what you want what kind of Health do you want what kind of skills do you want what kind of income do you want what kind of gifts do you
wish to bestow what kind of power would you like to have what kind of influence would you like to have I'm asking you to go home and work on the why spend some time as you fly over the clouds and over the ocean back to where you came from I'm asking you to have a vision by the time you've reached home of why why you want this kind of income why you want this kind of recognition and these kinds of skills I'm asking you to develop your own list of why now here's number two the
first question to ponder when you go home is why here's another good answer to why it's the second question why not why not see how much you can earn why not see how much you can learn why not see how many skills you can develop why not see what kind of person you can become why not see what kind of influence you can have why not see how many people you can rescue from Oblivion why not see how many people you can reach I want you to establish some of your goals I want you to
give thoughtful consideration to your goals and why not if we've got good health for many why not the rest if it's happened for you why not others and why not you I want you to take that personal why not why not you've got to stay here till you go I mean what else are you gonna do why not see how much you can do how far you can go now here's number three why not you I wish I could say that to each of you individually but it would take a couple of lifetimes to sit
down and talk with each of you individually but I would rather do that I'd love to spend a couple of days with each of you personally and pour out my heart my soul what's going on in my head what's going on with me see if we couldn't connect and find something valuable but time doesn't permit for us to have those intimate conversations and get to know each other that well so I've got to do it from up here but I want you to take it personal and my personal question to you is why not you
you've got the brains you can make decisions you can study the plan you can change your life you can grow immensely in the next few years you can make your dreams come true you can build a financial wall around your family nothing can get through you can become healthy you can become powerful why not you and now here's my last question my very last question on the questions to ponder is why not now this is a good time as the 20th century starts to wind down a few more years as we get ready for Century
21 what a good time to set your goals work on yourself work on your skills what a good time to get it together what a good time to start this process personal development growing changing developing having a good plan for your money and for your life and for your future why not now and I hope I have a chance to see you one of these days and share with you the experience the reaction response you might have had from my message today and until I get a chance to see you on this side of the
world or the other side of the world in some school or some seminar or maybe I'll come and speak for a company that you work for someday I hope I get a chance to meet you until then I wish you the best I want all that I've gotten to be yours and much much more God bless goodbye everything you are or ever will be is up to you you are the master of your own fate the architect of your own destiny you are self-made completely responsible for the quality of your life and for your results
the principle of self-development is one of the vital keys to the psychology of success self-development requires self-discipline hard work and persistence it builds character ability and self-esteem the more you work on yourself the more you like and respect and believe in yourself the more self-confidence you have the greater the feeling of personal fulfillment you experience men and women who accomplish great things with their lives are not necessarily better or smarter or more gifted than others they are usually just individuals who have made the efforts necessary to develop their potentials to a greater degree than the
ordinary the wonderful thing about our free Society is that you can become just about anything you really want if you are willing to pay the price in terms of hard work on yourself there's no limit to how far you can go except for the limits you place on yourself I once read a quote from Abraham Lincoln that had a profound effect on my life It Was Written in his diary as a young man in Springfield it said I will study and prepare myself and Someday my chance will come I will study and prepare myself and
Someday my chance will come if you study and prepare yourself your chance will come too you will meet people unexpectedly who will enable you to utilize your knowledge you will get phone calls and letters in the mail you will come across articles and advertisements that lead you to use your skills and abilities one of the most important of the mental laws is the law of Correspondence which says as within so without your outer circumstances in every area will correspond with your inner World your material Financial world will reflect the quality and quantity of preparation you
have engaged in every effort small or large a accumulates and grows like a snowball rolling down a hill Every Act of delayed gratification discipline and self-development counts for something every extraordinary accomplishment is preceded by thousands of hours of ordinary preparation just as a spring becomes a trickle a trickle becomes a brook Brooks creates dreams and finally many streams create an enormous river that flows inexorably unstoppably carrying everything before it to the Sea so it is with self-development every achievement that is recognized and applauded is preceded by countless small efforts failures disappointments and setbacks that no
one ever sees you can learn whatever you need to be successful there is more information available today to help you to be more effective than is ever before existed the smartest and most successful men and women who ever lived have poured the best of everything they know into books tapes seminars and video cassettes some of the most valuable information on succeeding in any field is available to you in exchange for a few dollars and some hard hard work would you like to double your income how about increasing your income 10 times a thousand percent would
you like that if I can show you a simple formula that is virtually guaranteed to work to double triple quadruple your income would you try it most people will say yes but only about 1 in 20 according to my experience will actually do it here it is simple formula but first a simple question do you believe it is possible for you to increase your Effectiveness and improve your productivity by two percent over the next month the next 30 days let me put it this way could you do it if your life depended on it of
course you could one or two small changes in your daily routine a little bit better time management a little bit more Effectiveness in your key result areas could give you a two percent Improvement now having done it the first month could you do it again the second month two percent more how about the third month could you by working steadily on yourself a little bit each day managing your time a little better improving your overall productivity could you increase your performance and your Effectiveness by two percent in the third month of course you could almost
anyone could if they cared enough to apply themselves you get onto a learning curve well two percent per month compounded translates into 26 percent per year 26 per year productivity Improvement through personal development skill enhancement and additional training is a reasonable believable even modest but surely attainable goal 26 per year compounded will equal 100 Improvement in three years one thousand percent Improvement in 10 years this simple two percent formula can be the most important success formula you ever learn now here's how it works you first of all determine your aim do you really want to
achieve great financial success in your work do you want it badly enough to pay the price in terms of preparation assuming the answer is yes here's what you do first of all you stop or dramatically cut back on all those activities that do not contribute anything to your life then become an Avid Reader Readiness to the mind as exercise is to the body reading is vital to your success not only does it require total concentration but you learn things by reading that you cannot learn any other way there is no substitute for it in fact
if you read just one book per month to develop or improve yourself in some way it will put you in the top one percent in terms of personal development if you read one book per week which you can do if you read one hour per day that will translate into 52 books per year 520 books over 10 years if you read 520 books to improve yourself and enhance your effectiveness at work in a world where the average person reads less than one book per year do you think it might give you the edge the critical
Winning Edge that makes all the difference between success and failure you bet it would one book per week with the so change the course of your life in a positive way that you would be astonished and it won't take 10 years you will begin to see significant changes in the quality of your life and your results within months sometimes within weeks sometimes within days well you begin by getting up each morning two hours before your first appointment or before you have to be at work earlier if necessary then before you leave the house rewrite your
major goals and a brief description of your goals for the day just a few lines take you a couple of minutes to rewrite those goals and impress them into your mind this exercise activates your subconscious and gives you a sense of purpose and focus for the hours ahead next and this is very important listen to educational audio cassettes during traveling time in your cards and if you use public transportation or if you're flying the average car owner drives 12 000 to 25 000 miles per year this is as many as five hundred to one thousand
hours per year in the car this translates into 12 and a half to 25 40 hour weeks sitting in the car behind the wheel enjoying Prime learning time this is the equivalent of one to two University semesters you can become one of the best educated most highly motivated well-informed people of our society simply by listening to audio cassettes in your car if you're not listening to audio cassettes in your car continually you're missing hundreds of hours of prime learning time and every hour you miss is going to cost you in Lost earnings and diminished potential
the Third Leg of the triangle of self-development the first two are reading and listening to audio cassettes is courses and seminars put on by people who have achieved success in the subjects they are talking about and this is important attend at least four seminars or courses per year one every three months take all the training you can get and never stop learning if your company supplies you with training opportunities take every single one of them and if your company does not remember you are totally 100 responsible for your ongoing education the whole purpose of an
education even up to University level is simply to teach you how to learn from then on it's up to you to apply the lessons I think that the major difference between winners and losers is their attitude towards spending money on improving themselves winners recognize that they are their most precious asset winners are always investing in improving the quality of their thinking and the quality of their knowledge they recognize that the functioning of their mind more than anything else is going to determine everything that happens to them and they're always working on achieving a higher level
of mental Fitness and mental preparedness remember they say that luck is when preparedness meets opportunity winners in almost every field are characterized by the fact that they know more that they have more practical knowledge acquired through study and experience than do The Underachievers it's as simple as that losers always make excuses for not investing in themselves you've probably all heard the things they say they say things like I can't afford it which means of course that I won't afford it they usually have money for clothes and money for socializing and money for liquor and money
for travel but they don't have money to invest in their own minds they say I don't have the time which means of course that they won't make the time to invest in themselves and the worst of all they say I don't need that because I know all that stuff already most losers fall into the category of what they call the unconscious incompetent this is the person who does not know and does not know that he does not know the truly hopeless case people with limited education are aware of how little they know relative to how
much there is to learn so they're continually seeking new information but University graduates often think they've learned everything there is to know and they stop reading when they leave campus the bottom line of the losing mentality is that the loser does not believe in himself or herself the loser doesn't believe that any efforts in self-development would change anything so they don't even try remember a person who does not read is no better than a person who cannot read a person who does not work on himself or herself is no better than a person who cannot
ignorance is one of the greatest enemies of mankind and today in our wide open Society ignorance is self-inflicted and inexcusable here are seven final thoughts on personal development number one begin right now today to become a Perpetual learning machine read study listen to tapes take courses continually one hour per day study in any subject will make you an authority in three years a national expert in five and international Authority in seven number two remain teachable remain open interested curious in all your life you will never learn all there is to know about even one subject
even about yourself for instance number three if you want to be successful study success become an expert on success learn proven success methods from others so you don't have to reinvent the wheel number four get around other successful people fly with eagles don't scratch with turkeys learn from them ask their advice on what to do what to read what courses to take what tapes to listen to and be willing to help others with advice on success as you learn it number five the human being is an organism and if you're not growing with the input
of new information and ideas you're stagnating most people are stuck in a rut because they stopped growing don't let this happen to you when you stop taking in new information your mind and your brain begin to atrophy and you tend to fall into a state of lethargy and depression it is new information that gets you out of it number six as Jim Rohn says in the audio cassette program seven secrets of wealth and happiness work at least as hard on yourself as you do on your job work at least as hard on yourself as you
do in your job remember you are your most valuable asset and finally number seven the self-respect and self-confidence that comes as a result of learning and growing toward the Fulfillment of your potential is the root source of self-esteem and self-worth [Music] foreign
