Random thoughts from the late Jim Rohn

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Success is something you attract, not something you pursue. 

 Success is looking for a nice place to say. 

 True happiness is not contained in what you get. True happiness is contained in what you become. 

 For things to change for you, you have to change you.

 Life and business is like the changing seasons.
You cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself.

 Learn how to handle the winters (problems)
Learn how to take advantage of the spring (opportunity)
Learn how to take care of your crops all summer

  1. All gardens will be attacked
  2. All values must be defended

Learn how to reap in the fall without complaint or apology. Take full responsibility for what happens to you.

 It's not what happens, it's what you do.

 You don't have to be the same after tonight, only by choice.

 Major step to success: discipline and self-motivation.

 Find out how things work. Put the information in your journal, not your head. Study. Be childishly curious. Read. Learn the set up.

 Set goals. Success is doing what the failures won't do.

 Many people work hard on their job, but they don't work hard on their future. 

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