October 16, 2013 Walking a New Road by Jim Rohn Here is a good question to ask yourself. Ten years from now you will surely arrive. The question is, where? We dont want to kid ourselves about where; we dont want to kid ourselves about the road were walking. At age 25, I had a day shortly after I met my mentor Mr. Earl Shoaff called do not kid myself anymore day. I didnt want to be disillusioned anymore. Up until then, I had been using the crossed-finger theory. But after meeting Mr. Shoaff, I finally decided that the crossed-finger theory was not going to get me what I wanted. That it wasnt where the treasure lies. That I was going to have to make sure which way I was headed. Then, with the help of Mr. Shoaff, I found with a few reading disciplines, and a few disciplines of mind, and a few disciplines of activity, that when exercised, can begin making all the difference in the world as to where you will arrive. Just a few changes. Sometimes we get the idea that were doing about 10% and theres about 90% more that we need in order to make the difference for our fortune but probably the opposite is true. Were doing enough things to have bought and shared in the good life so far. And maybe all we need is that extra 5% or 10% of intellectual change. Activity change. A refinement of discipline. A refinement of thought. And all we need is the ideas to make those simple changes and the equity starts gathering in one year, three years, five years, ten years. I have a good comment for you: Nows the time to fix the next ten years. Now, you may have to come to grips with reality and with truth. Thats what was good for me when I met Mr. Shoaff. I was 25 years old; he was 44 years old. He brought me a wealth of experience and he started asking me the tough questions. Big question, he said, Are you reading the books that are going to take you where you want to go in the next five years? Excellent question. I would assume for all of you, to get to where you want to be in the next five years, you are either reading the right books or youre not. Youre either engaged in the disciplines or youre not. But, heres what we dont want to engage in: disillusion. Hoping without acting. Wishing without doing. The key is to take a look and say, Where am I? What could I do to make the changes to make sure that I can take more certain daily steps toward the treasure I want, the mental treasure, the personal treasure, the spiritual treasure, the financial treasure? I dont want to make any more errors, nows the time to adjust my daily program to take me where I want to go. In lecturing the last 40+ years, Ive gotten letters and personal testimonies of people that have done such remarkable things with just a few suggestions. And that is why seminars, tapes and books can be so valuable. Heres a key idea for us all to remember: We could all use a little coaching. When youre playing the game, its sometimes hard to see it all.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:43:02 +0000
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