Jim Rohn’s 21 Rules for Life
A wealthy mentor, Earl Shoaf, gave Jim Rohn 21 rules for life. With these rules, Jim went from being a broke farmhand to a millionaire. These were not just motivational quotes, they were operating principles. They were rules that when followed consistently, change the entire direction of ones’ personal life. Jim learned to live every one of them. He taught them to Tony Robbins, Mark Hughes, and millions of others around the world. Jim taught these in all of his speeches throughout the world.
1. Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
Your job will make you a living but learning to work on yourself will make you a fortune. Self-development is the highest return investment.
2. Take full responsibility for your life.
Stop blaming the economy, your family, your boss. The moment you own everything happening in your life, is the moment everything can change for you.
3. Learn from every experience – the painful and the good.
Life will teach you if you allow it to. The cost of the lesson is paid, Make sure you collect the wisdom.
4. Set goals for yourself for if you do not someone else will set them for you.
A life without goals is a ship without a destination. You will end up somewhere – just not where you wanted.
5. Read every day without exception.
Not the news or social media. Read real books. The person who doesn’t read has no advantage over the person who can’t.
6. Protect your time like it is your most precious and valuable asset.
Money lost can be recovered. Time lost is gone forever. Every hour spent on nothing of long term value is an hour stolen from your future.
7. Association is key to success. Learn not to associate with those that pull you down, but with those that pull you up.
You are the average of the five people you hang out with the most. This is not a suggestion. It is a law of human nature.
8. Be grateful every single day.
Gratitude is not a feeling – it is a discipline. The person who counts their blessings daily attracts more for which to be grateful.
9. Give generously before you feel ready.
It is best to give 10% of everything earned from your first day of earning. What you give always returns and will be multiplied.
10. Keep a daily journal.
A life worth living is a life worth documenting. Writing your thoughts daily forces clarity that thinking alone never can.
11. Never wish life were easier – wish you were better.
Difficulty is not the enemy. It is the teacher. The person who grows through every challenge becomes unstoppable.
12. Master the art of communication.
Your ability to communicate will determine how far your ideas travel and how many people your life touches.
13 . Health is your greatest wealth.
A sick man would trade everything for health. Take care of your body. It is the only place your truly live.
14. Discipline is the bridge between goals and achievement.
Motivation gets you started. Discipline keeps you going. Without discipline, every dream remains exactly that – a dream.
15. Never let a problem become an excuse.
Everyone has problems. The difference is that some people use them as fuel while others use them as shelter. Choose fuel.
16. Serve others and success will follow.
Your income is always in proportion to the number of people you serve and how well you serve them. Make helping your strategy.
17. Learn the difference between activity and productivity.
Busy is not the same as effective. One fills your day. The other builds your life. Always know which one you are doing.
18. Don’t just earn more – become more.
Chasing money is the slow road. Becoming the person who deserves money is the fastest path to everything you want.
19. Treat every person with dignity and respect.
How you treat the janitor reveals more about your character than how you treat the CEO. Character is consistent – not selective.
20. Start your day before the world wakes up.
The morning hours belong to whoever claims them. The first hour of your day sets the tone for every hour that follows.
21. Live life with urgency – life is shorter than you think.
The greatest tragedy is not death – it is a life that never fully lived. Don’t let that be your story.
Best of LUCK as you
Labor Under Correct Knowledge…
Respectfully,
Rick Cox