Mike Rashid on Life and Lifting

SEVEN FUNDAMENTALS FOR WEALTH AND HAPPINESS BY JIM ROHN

SEVEN FUNDAMENTALS FOR WEALTH AND HAPPINESS BY JIM ROHN                                                                                  

                                                                          

1) GOALS                                                     

A CONSISTENT PLAN FOR SETTING, REARRANGING, EVALUATING, AND STRENGTHENING THE PURPOSE OF YOUR GOALS.

  

YOU DON'T WIND UP IN GOOD PLACES BY ACCIDENT.

                                                        

THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO FACE THE FUTURE.  WITH APPREHENSION OR WITH ANTICIPATION. 

                                                                           

DESIGNING PURPOSE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS DESIGNING OBJECT. 

              

PURPOSE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OBJECT.  

                         

DID YOU ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF YOUR LAST FIVE YEARS?                    

NOW IS THE TIME TO FIX THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.  THE FIVE YEARS WILL SURELY PASS.

 WHERE WILL YOU BE? 

                                                      

2)  A DETAILED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR YOUR PRESENT RESOURCES.     

           

THE KEY TO WEALTH IS NOT WHAT YOU EARN BUT WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU EARN.

 WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT.  

                                        

 HOW TO BECOME FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT FROM THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON.

 LEARN TO LIVE ON 70% OF YOUR NET INCOME AFTER TAXES.

 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE REMAINING 30%?

TITHE 10%

                                                                     

PAY LAST 20% TO RETIRE DEBT.

 

ONCE DEBTS ARE PAID, INVEST 10%. 

USE 10% AS CAPITAL YOU MANAGE YOURSELF (START A SIDE BUSINESS - DO A LITTLE BUYING AND SELLING).                                                  

                                                                              

3) HAVE A DETAILED PLAN FOR THE USE OF YOUR TIME.     

                        

A GAME PLAN.

MAKE SURE IT’S WRITTEN.

A 90 DAY WRITTEN PLAN. 

                  

OPERATE FROM DOCUMENTS NOT FROM THOUGHT. 

                               

THE DEATH OF A SALESPERSON IS TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TODAY? 

                                                                 

HAVE AN ACTION PLAN.  A GET GOING PLAN. 

                                        

KNOWLEDGE IS NOT THE WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

KNOWLEDGE APPLIED IS THE WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

DON'T BE AN ACCUMULATOR. 

                                         

 WEALTH = 20% SKILL + 80% STRATEGY 

                                            

 YOU'VE GOT TO PLOT AND SCHEME TO GET THE MOST OUT OF LIFE.

                    

 A DETAILED PLAN BRINGS ABOUT DISCIPLINE.

                                     

 4) A CONSISTANT PLAN FOR THE GATHERING OF KNOWLEDGE.

                         

 YOU MUST DELIBERATELY SEARCH FOR IDEAS THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

           

YOUR WRITTEN PLAN MUST CONTAIN A CONSISTANT SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE.

            

GO TO THE BOOKSTORE.

GO TO THE LIBRARY (THE SEATS ARE FREE.)

                 

SUCCESS AND FAILURE IS CONSISTANTLY DEBATING.  "WILL HE GO INTO THE LIBRARY?"

FAILURE "NO, HE'LL DRIVE ON BY."  SUCCESS "YES, HE WILL GO IN."

              

 YOU MUST SEARCH AND LOOK FOR IDEAS.  RARELY DOES A GOOD IDEA INTERRUPT YOU.

YOU HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH, CLASSES, BOOKS, SEMINARS AND LECTURES.

             

 YOU MUST LEARN FROM YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE.  LEARN FROM THE DAY. BE LIKE A SPONGE.

 REFLECT ON IT, WHEN THE DAY IS OVER.

                                          

 EXPERIENCE IS COMMODOTY, VALUE, AND CURRENCY.

                                    

"BOTH SUCCESS AND FAILURE COMES FROM SMALL LIFE EXPERIENCES.  IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM IT AND WHAT YOU DID ABOUT IT."  THINK AND GROW RICH.

    

DON'T HAVE CASUAL CONVERSATIONS. DON'T BE CASUAL ABOUT THE DAY.

CASUALNESS BRINGS CASUALTIES.

                                                  

ECONOMICALLY, SOCIALLY AND PERSONALLY.  YOU MUST BE INTENSE ABOUT THE DAY.

ABOUT BOTH THE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES.

                                             

KEEP A JOURNAL. ESTABLISH A LIBRARY.                                          

                                                                                 

5) A CONSTANT ASSOCIATION WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE A COMMON INTEREST IN PROGRESS SUCCESS, IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHY.                                                

                                                                                 

 KEY PHRASE FOR THE DAY:  NEVER MISTAKE THE POWER OF INFLUENCE.                

                                                                                

IF YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU'VE GOT TO GET AROUND THE RIGHT PEOPLE.      

                                                                                 

WHERE DO YOU GO WEEKLY FOR YOUR INTELLECTUAL FEAST?                           

                                                                                

WHERE YOU LIVE AND WHO YOU'RE AROUND DOES MATTER.                             

                                                                                

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN IDEAS AND PROGRESS AND PHILOSOPHY AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND POSITIVE THINKING AND ALL OF THE SPIRITUAL APPLICATIONS OF OUR LIFE.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT TYPE OF INFLUENCE. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL WIND UP WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE, WEARING WHAT DON'T WANT TO WEAR, DRIVING WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DRIVE AND MAYBE DOING WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO. 

                                             

                                                                             

6) A CONSISTANT PLAN FOR DEVELOPING ALL YOUR SKILLS.                          

                                                                              

NEVER CEASE DEVELOPING SKILLS - NO MATTER WHAT AGE.                          

                                                                              

THE KEY TO THE GOOD LIFE IS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.                             

                                                                               

WHAT YOU BECOME IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU GET.                         

                                                                               

THE MAJOR QUESTION IN LIFE IS NOT WHAT ARE YOU GETTING BUT WHAT ARE YOU BECOMING.                                                                    

                                                                               

WHEN TAKING A JOB DON'T ASK WHAT YOU WILL GET BUT WHAT WILL YOU BECOME.      

                                                                              

THE KEY TO THE GOOD LIFE IS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.                             

                                                                              

DEVELOP ALL OF YOUR SKILLS.  (LEADERSHIP, LANGUAGE, COURTEOUSY, DIPLOMACY)   

                                                                              

7) A CONSISTANT PLAN FOR FIGURING WAYS TO LIVE UNIQUELY.  LIFESTYLE           

CHALLENGE:  HOW TO HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT WHILE YOU PURSUE WHAT YOU WANT.

                                                                              

FIGURE WAYS TO LIVE UNIQUELY WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.                      

                                                                              

TIP = TO INSURE PROMPTNESS, GIVE IT UP FRONT.  DON'T TAKE A CHANCE ON POOR SERVICE.      

How to Become Financially Independent

How to Become Financially Independent

Presented by Jim Rohn

Mr. Shoate (Rohn’s mentor) told him when he was 25, “Mr. Rohn in my own opinion financial independence is a worthy goal.”

The reason he said this is because some people have an internal moral struggle with making a lot of money.

Once you get money out of the way, you can’t believe the other dimensions of your life you can work on.

If you could do better, should you?  Some use the moral question as an excuse.

Challenge yourself to see what you can become.  It’s not the amount that counts….its the extent of the reach that counts.  You should employ the full extent of your reach. If you make $50,000 per year and you are capable of $500,000; you are a loser. You must extend your mental personal capacity to its limit.

Mr. Shoate had a simple philosophy on this.

            How far should you go?                     
As far as you can.

            How much should you learn?             
As much as you can.

            How many books should you read?   
As many as you can.

            How much should you earn?              
As much as you can.

            How much should you share?             
As much as you can.

            What should you accomplish?            
As much as you can.

What could I do in comparison to what I am doing?

What could I do to extend my reach?

Am I fully employed?

The only way you can get money out of the way is to have plenty.

The time you’ve already set aside for labor is enough time to become wealthy.  If you are working 8 or 10 hours a day that’s about it, you can’t put in more.  But, if you better utilize that 8 or 10 and double or triple your income that would be o.k.

Working more and putting aside health, family, friends is short changing your self.

Financial independence is dependent upon the plan you have.

KEY:  It’s so much as what you earn, it’s what you do with what you earn.

The average person in the United States in their lifetime makes a half million dollars.  The question after that lifetime is where is it?  Some keep it, others don’t.

A good book to start with on financial independence is George Clason’s The Richest Man in Babylon.

The them of  The Richest Man in Babylon is “learn to live on 70% of your net income (after-tax income)”. 

The Richest Man in Babylon suggests the following for the other 30% of your net income.

Next the book suggests that you learn to be enterprising.  Profits are better than wages.  Be a capitalist.  Turn your income into capital.  Teach your kids how to have two bicycles.  One to ride and one to rent.  Teach your kids how to sell.  Once they make the sale, teach them how to set aside money for capital and money for   

            10% should go to charity or tithing.

10% should go to the increase of capital.

            10% for paying off your debts, then once they are paid, use it for investing.

           

A few more tips on financial independence.

1.                Put together a financial statement.  Assets – Liabilities = Net Worth

                                                              i.      To get to where you want to go, you have to know where you are.

                                                            ii.      You don’t need to share this with anyone, it is for you.  Your first one may not be pretty.

                                                          iii.      Use it like a game.  Get excited about reducing your liabilities and increasing your assets.

                                                          iv.      It’s not the amount that counts but the attitude and the plan.

2.              Keep strict accounts.

                                                              i.      You’ve got to know where it all goes.  The Rockefeller’s grandfather made them keep track of every penny they got and where it went. 

                                                            ii.      If your outgo exceeds your income your upkeep becomes your downfall.

3.              Participate in capitalism.  Buy and sell something and invest the profits.

4.              Get your family involved and excited about your plan.

Happiness is not contained in what you get but in what you become.

Make financial independence a game.

Notes from Goals by Zig Zigler

Goals by Zig Ziglar

Write down a dream sheet.

Everything in detail: travel, vacation, education, family, health, religion, reading, house, car and all the options, everything, promotions, etc.

When finished, set aside 24 – 48 hours, come back to it later and beside each item write down why you want to have or do it.  If you can’t do this in one sentence, remove the item from the list.

Fear is the reason 97% of all people never set goals.  Fear is:  False Evidence Appears Real.

The Steps.

          Write down the goal.

          Put a Date on it.

          List the obstacles you have to overcome.

          Identify the people, organizations and groups you need to work with.

          Spell out a plan of action.

          Set a time limit.

          Identify all the benefits of achieving your goal.

Yale 1953 study of the graduating class:

          3% took all seven steps to goal setting

          10% took part of the steps

          87% took none or very few of the steps

In 1973, in a follow up study of their career and finances, the 3% who took all seven goal setting steps accomplished more than the 97% combined.

Quote:         J.C. Penney  “Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history.  But give me a man without a goal and I'll give you a stock clerk.”

The Seven Steps to Goal Setting:

Identify the goal.

Set a deadline for achievement.

List the obstacles to overcome.

Identify the people and groups to work with.

List the skills and knowledge required for reaching the goal.

Develop a plan of action.

List the benefits.  What’s in it for me.

 In addition to the seven steps of goal setting, there are seven types of goals.

          Social

          Mental

          Physical

          Family

          Career

          Spiritual

          Financial

Evaluate yourself from 1 to 5 in each of these seven types of goals (with 5 being excellent).

Mike Mahler Recovery Oil

My Notes from the Book "All You Can Do is All You Can Do"

ALL YOU CAN DO IS ALL YOU CAN DO

A.L. WILLIAMS

A.L. WILLIAMS POWER PRINCIPLES

1. You Demand for Yourself Happiness and Success.
2. Start to Dream Again. (2/3 of the battle is in your mind.)
3. You’ve got to Compete.
4. You Can Change!

DESIRE is the secret to winning.  You must also have a specific goal and a plan.

6 Steps to Success (by Napoleon Hill from Think and Grow.

1. You Must Have a Specific Goal
2. You Must Have a Specific Time to Achieve Your Goal
3. You Must Write Down Your Goal
4. You Must Develop a Plan to Achieve Your Goal
5. You Must Decide the Price that You are Willing to Pay
6. You Must Think About Reaching Your Goal Everyday

PRINCIPLE 1

            Desire has strength when it has concrete form.

PRINCIPLE 2

            Desire becomes an Obsession.

PRINCIPLE 3

            Desire becomes a Commitment.

            3 Stages to Commitment

                                             i.      Lying (you really don’t believe it) but tell no one you can’t really do it.

                                            ii.      Quitting

                                            iii.      Commitment

PRINCIPLE 4

            Desire becomes endurance

            It takes 3 to 5 years to get a business off the ground.

You will beat 90% of the people in this country by showing up, working hard, having integrity and doing what’s right.  But the last 10% is a dog fight.

MAGIC FORMULA – Beat 50% by working hard.  Beat another 40% by having honesty and integrity.  Most people are fence sitters and mealy mouths.

1. BECOME A DREAMER AGAIN
2. HAVE A CRUSADE
3. DREAM BIG BUT KEEP IT SIMPLE
4. ALWAYS BE POSITIVE
5. TREAT PEOPLE GOOD
6. NEVER GIVE UP
   

Do not compare yourself to anyone else, especially those who have already made it. 

Go inch by inch.

Work with what you have.

Dreams are the fuels that fire desire.

STEPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS

1. Manage Activity – take action
2. Create Little Successes
3. Don’t get bogged down in paperwork
4. Have a positive winning attitude

4 FUNDAMENTALS FOR A POSITIVE WINNING ATTITUDE

1. Always be excited
2. Stop making excuses.  Life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it.
3. Always be up
4. Make a total commitment.  Burn all your bridges.

3 RULES FOR SUCCESSFUL LIFE

1. Always be positive
2. Always be positive
3. Always be positive
   

HOW TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE WITH PRAISE

1.      Praise people for everything.  (Attitudes, ideas, successes. Nothing is too little to praise.

2.      Know individuals first name and use it.

3.      Make sure everyone hears your praise.

4.      Have fun with praise.  Be creative with your recognition.

5.      Use praise not criticism to get results.

6.      Praise people when they are down and hurting.

7.      Praise must be sincere.

8.      Praise at home.  Start with spouse and children.

9.      Don’t ever stop praising.

BUSINESS GUIDELINES

1. Others don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
2. Live with your people through their good times and bad times.
3. Don’t be afraid to show emotion.
4. Make an unconditional commitment to your people.          

 WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE QUITTING

1. Use the magic of 30 days.  Set a stiff goal and achieve it in 30 days or do it regularly for 30 days.

2. Give your efforts time to compound.

TOUGH FACTS

1. You never get used to rejection.
2. Things are never as good as they seem or as bad as they seem.
3. Before you can be good, you can be bad.

Don’t compare yourself to others.

Don’t get discouraged.

Don’t almost do enough.

Talk is cheap, act!

KEEP IN MIND ON YOUR JOURNEY

1. Do the “little bit more principle.”
1. Winners work hard and a little bit more
2. Winners pay the price and a little bit more
3. Winners are committed and a little bit more
4. Winners are good people and a little bit more
2. Do pick ONE thing to go for.  You can’t do everything.
3. Do learn to be flexible
4. Do find yourself a hero
5. Always play scared.  Work like it’s your last chance.
6. Don’t sit around waiting.

WARNINGS

1. Don’t compromise your integrity.
2. Handle your money wisely.  Be a good steward.
3. You can’t be selfish or self centered.
4. Have the right priorities.  Live a balanced life.

LIFE GIVES YOU WHAT YOU ACCEPT.