If You Want to Be Rich and Happy, Don't Follow Jim Rohn's Philosophy

Be a student of life, don't just follow what people say. You have to use your wisdom to not only make sense of what they say, but to apply what they say. For knowing without applying is just useless knowledge, not smart knowledge.

You have to take advise from people, but don't take orders. Even if the order is from your boss or customer, you don't just take the order. You have to make sense of the order and make it work for yourself too. Otherwise you are just a slave and not an independent human being. If you want to take orders, take orders from yourself.

Success is not doing extraordinary things, it is to do ordinary things well. It is to learn a skill with a high degree of precision. Like we all can speak, but only those who can speak well will earn a fortune as a speaker. (For list of our topics, click here)

According to the late Jim Rohn (America's foremost guru), the most important thing that separates successful people from those that are struggling is their philosophy.

Philosophy is simply your way of thinking in life. Like you need to weigh everything before making a decision. Know what is important, which usually make up just 10% to 20% of the rest.

After weighing, you need to come to conclusions, not just based on the merits of the case, but based on your values. Values are what you considered important. If you don't base your thinking on values, it is very easy to make errors in your judgement. Look at those people that get ran foul of the law due to greed and you'll know what I'm talking about.

You see your thinking does not just stay in your thoughts. It will ultimately be translated into action, and the action can be conscious and unconscious. Like if I am thinking of serving clients all the time, my service attitude will be better than those who are thinking of food all the time.

Bear in mind that just like your actions, your thinking is also cumulative in nature. The key is to correct those wrong thinking as soon as possible. Like if you want to change a company's culture, start early when those culture are not too entrenched yet. For those that want to know how Eric Schmidt changed the culture at Google Inc, read this article.

So my friend, the starting point of your success is your philosophy. Be a student, not a blind follower of philosophy. Related articles:

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