The Resilient Mind - Why Not You - Jim Rohn

Episode Date: November 15, 2024

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Welcome to the Resilient Mind podcast. In this episode, you will be listening to Why Not You with Jim Rohn. Get access to the Resilient Mind Journal by clicking the link in the show notes. Enjoy. I want you to ponder these four questions. Here's the first one, and that's why. Why pay the price? Why work this hard?

Why go this far? Why try to learn this much? Why try to do it all? Why try to see it all? Why try to have it all? Why do it? Why learn it? Why study?

Why put yourself out? Why try to take on this much responsibility? Why develop yourself to the full? Why try to become all that you can possibly become? Why try to earn as much as you can earn, share as much as you can share, develop every skill you possibly can, see every human you possibly can, go to every class you possibly can, touch everybody you possibly can. Why do that much? Why go that far? Why share that much? Why give that much away? Why try to see everything? Why try to do everything? Why try to become everything?

That's a good question. Why? And you're the only one personally that can answer that question for yourself. you've got to have your own list of whys. Here's what I want you to do when you go home after you've left this extravaganza. Work on your list of whys. One of the big thrust for success is to come up with a strong enough why. In leadership training, here's what we learn.

If the why is powerful, the how is easy. But if the why isn't strong, if your goals aren't powerful, If the vision isn't clear, the old prophet said, without a vision, we die, without a vision, we perish, without a dream, or nothing. From the movie, the professionals. I listened to Bill Heron gave his testimony yesterday. From the movie The Professional, as it said, we joined because we believed. We stayed because we were committed.

we left because we were disillusioned, but we came back because we were lost. Without a dream, we are nothing. I'm asking you to sit down with your family and develop a dream strategy. I'm asking you to make a list of what you want, what kind of health do you want, what kind of skills do you want,

what kind of income do you want, what kind of gifts do you wish to bestow, What kind of power would you like to have? What kind of influence would you like to have? I'm asking you to go home and work on the why. Spend some time as you fly over the clouds and over the ocean back to where you came from. I'm asking you to have a vision by the time you've reached home of why. Why you want this kind of recognition and these kinds of skills.

I'm asking you to develop your own list of why. Here's the time to act. When the idea is hot and the emotion is strong. That's the time to act. You say, Mr. Ron, I'd like to have a library like yours. See, if you feel strong about that, what you've got to do is get the first book and then get the second book. Before the feeling passes and before the idea gets dim, action pronto, action immediate, action as soon as possible. Because if you don't, here's what happens.

We call it the law of diminishing intent. We intend to when the idea strikes us. We intend to when the emotion is high. But now if you don't translate that into action fairly soon, now the intent starts to diminish, diminish, diminish, and a month from now it's cold. Year from now, can't be found. So act, set up a discipline when the emotions are high and the idea is strong and clear and powerful. That's the time to set up the discipline.

Somebody talks about good health and you're stirred. Right. I need to get a book on nutrition. Get the book before the idea passes and before the emotion gets cold. go for the book, start the library, start the process, fall on the floor, do some push-ups. Action. Got to take action. Otherwise, the wisdom is wasted.

Otherwise, the emotion soon passes unless you put it into a disciplined activity. Capture it. Disciplines is called how to capture the emotion and how to capture the wisdom and translate it into equity. Disciplines. Now, here's what's important about disciplines. All disciplines affect each other. In fact, here's a good philosophical phrase. Everything affects everything else.

Nothing stands alone. Don't be naive in saying, well, this doesn't matter. I'm telling you everything matters. There are some things that matter more than others, but there isn't anything that doesn't matter. We all pity the man who says, well, this is the only place I let down. Not true. Key to take home. Every letdown affects the rest of your performance.

Every letdown affects the rest of your performance. rest. This is part of the educational process on personal development. If you don't take the walk around the block, you probably won't do the apple a day. If you don't do the apple a day, you probably won't consist, you know, start building your library. If you don't build your library, you probably won't keep a journal and you won't take pictures, and then you won't do this, you won't do wise things with your money, won't do wise things with your time, won't do wise things with your possibilities and relationships. And the first thing you know, six years of that accumulated, and we say you have messed up. So the whole key to

reversing that process now is to start picking up these disciplines now here's the positive side every new discipline affects the rest of your disciplines every new one affects the rest that's why action is so important the least action the smallest action take it because when you start accomplishing and the value starts to return from that one accident it'll inspire you to do the next one and the next one and the next one you start walking around the block it'll inspire you to get an apple get an apple it'll inspire you to get a book get a book it'll inspire you to get a journal get a journal it'll inspire you to grow develop some

skills all disciplines affect each other every lack affects the rest every new affects the rest the key is to diminish the lack and set up the new and you've started a whole new life process key also one more thought on discipline here's the greatest value of discipline self-worth self-esteem people are teaching self-esteem these days but they don't connect it to disciplines. The least lack of discipline and it starts to erode our psyche. One of the greatest temptations is to just ease up a little bit. The slightest lack of doing your best starts to erode the psyche. Instead of doing your best, doing just a little less than your best. Sure enough. You say, well, it's just going to affect my sales. No, it's going to affect your consciousness.

It's going to affect your philosophy. Now you've begun. begun in the slightest way to affect your own philosophy. Here's the problem with the least neglect. Neglect starts as an infection. And if you don't take care of it, it becomes a disease. And the worst of all, when neglect starts, it diminishes our self-worth, our self-confidence, our self-value.

You say, well, how can I get back my self-respect? I'm telling you, you don't have to go to 29 classes. All you have to do is start the smallest discipline that now corresponds to your own philosophy, like I'm I should and I could and I will. No longer will I let neglect stack up on me so that I will have the sorry scenario six years from now giving some excuse instead of celebrating my progress.

That's the key to discipline. Okay? Let's get kids involved in the least of disciplines. One more and then one more and then another one and then another one and then some more. And the first thing you know, you're starting to weave the tapestry of a disciplined life into which you can pour more wisdom and more attitude and more strong feeling more faith and more courage.

Now you've got something a vessel in which to put it and now the equities start to flow and the early return. I'm telling you if you'll start this process the early return will have you so excited you'll commit yourself to this strategy for the rest of your life You'll never go back to the old ways Join a new crowd join a new group the disciplines to do it take action I recommended the last time I was here, the little book, Richest Man in Babylon, and I said, I've lectured now to over 3 million people in the last 33 years, and I've recommended this little book to almost all of them, I think. Guess how many have actually gone and got this little book?

Answer, very few. My best guess is 10%. Such an easy thing to do. In that last seminar, right, I suggested this little book, number one, is easy to find. Number two, it's easy to buy. The most you can pay for it, $6, $7, $8. You can borrow that from your kids. And number three, it's easy to read.

It's in story form. That's why I use it for teenagers, teaching them how to be rich by 40, 35 if you're extra bright, much sooner if you find a unique opportunity. But if it's easy to find and easy to buy, and if it's easy to read, why wouldn't everybody go get it? We don't know. What do you know?

You don't know, I don't know. Nobody knows. Here's how profound it is. Some do, and... Some don't. Now here's the numbers. About 10% do. 90% don't or won't. We don't know the mystery of that. And I'm telling you 10 years from now those numbers will still be the same. 10% will 90% won't. The numbers don't change. Only the faces change. You're looking at one of the faces. I used to belong to the 90% who couldn't be bothered even if it was easy. Guess how many people have a lot? library card. Wisdom of the world available. Transform your life in any value amount you want. By the way, how much is a library card in Texas? Free, here's what free is. Easy. I mean, it can't be any easier than free. Somebody says, well, would you bring it by? Well, no, at least

you got to go get it. No. Wisdom of the world available. Transform your life, spiritually, socially, personally, economically, and every other way. Teach you how to be rich and powerful and sophisticated and healthy influential. How many people have a library card? Answer, 3%. 95, 97% couldn't be bothered. Guy specializes in happy hour, but it doesn't have a card. And now readily and quickly blames the government and blames his company and blames policy and blames the pay scale. When if he only knew, if he joined the 3%, here's my advice to you today, walk away from the 97%. Don't talk like they talk. Don't act like they act. Don't go where they go. don't specialize in what they specialize in.

Throw away the blame lists they cling to. Start you a new life. You say, well, is it as simple? It's getting a library card and join the 3% and the answer is? Of course. Of course. That's how easy this stuff is.

This is so easy. It's so simple. It's not complex. You don't need a 2,000-year-old guru. You don't need multi-track affirmations. I'm telling you don't. Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Key. Don't let somebody sweep you into some contrary way to nature itself, says, unless you labor the miracle of the seed and the soil and the seasons and God and all the other stuff that's available, sunshine and rain, that's not available to you by affirmation. It is only available to you by labor. So labor well. Okay.

Learn well. Discipline yourself well. And you can have all the trains. You want this stuff's easy and simple. It's not ocean waves and seagulls. You don't have to move to Sedona where all the force fields comes together in Arizona Let's teach our kids the simple ways to transform their health number one Their economics number two their ability to communicate number three their life and treasure and lifestyle number four spirituality number five and the list goes on and on Let's not leave out any of the least of disciplines that encourage us to do the next one to do the next one to do the next one to do the next one to do the next one

The first thing you know, this whole scenario for you is spinning up instead of out of control on the negative side. This is all you got to do. It's as simple as this. It's as simple as a start committing yourself to life change. And once you start down this road, I promise you, you'll join the 10% and the 3%. Now here's number two. The first question to ponder when you go home is why. Here's another good answer to why.

It's the second question. Why not? Why not see how much you can earn? Why not see how much you can learn? Why not see how many skills you can develop? Why not see what kind of person you can become? Why not see what kind of influence you can have? Why not see how many people you can rescue from oblivion?

Why not see how many people you can reach? I shared one of my goals with a group just last night. Here it is. One of my goals to reach the peak of my skills by the year 2000. So I've got some work to do by the year 2000, turn of the century. turn of the millennium. I want to reach the peak of my skills by the year 2000, and then come the next century,

I want to utilize those skills in touching every human I can possibly touch for the rest of my life. Those are some of my goals. I want you to establish some of your goals. I want you to give thoughtful consideration to your goals. And why not? If a farm boy can wander out of Idaho and finally arrive at this,

extravaganza, why not you? If Mark Hughes can walk away from the tough side of town and find a few people and make a dream come true, why not you? If we've got good health for many, why not the rest? If it's happened for you, why not others? And why not you? I want you to take that personal. Why not? Why not? You've got to stay here till you go. I mean, what else are you going to do? Why not see how much you can do, how far you can go? Now, here's the way. number three, why not you? I wish I could say that to each of you individually, but it would take a couple of lifetimes to sit down and talk with each of you individually. But I would rather do that. I'd rather sit down and talk with you and your family with the fire burning and the living

room than to be standing on this platform. That's my true desire. I'd love to talk to you and your children face-to-face. That's what I'd really like to do. I'd love to spend a couple of days, with each of you personally and pour out my heart, my soul, what's going on in my head? What's going on with me? See if we couldn't connect and find something valuable. But time doesn't permit for us to have those intimate conversations and get to know each other that well. So I've got to do it from up here.

But I want you to take it personal. And my personal question to you is, why not you? You've got the brains. You can make decisions. you can study the plan, you can change your life, you can grow immensely in the next few years, you can make your dreams come true, you can build a financial wall around your family,

nothing can get through, you can become healthy, you can become powerful, why not you? And now here's my last question. My very last question on the questions to ponder is, why not now? There never was a better time. And what a time now for us to take this dream and not let it die.

Take this dream and give it life. Take this dream and breathe into it your own personal spirit. Until finally, it becomes a flame that burns around the whole world. Let's go do it now. Thank you for tuning in. Continue strengthening your mind by listening to our other episodes.