All I have to say is that no matter your circumstance, your income, or your current situation, THAT IS NOT YOU! I speak to so many people who are down, mentally and emotionally due to their financial situation. They think that is who they are. They are so far from the truth. Just because you are hatched from an egg does not necessarily mean you will be a bird. Your environment does not govern who you are and what you are capable of.

Many people have the difficulty of changing their circumstance. How do we do that. How does someone go from being behind 3 months on their bills to making more than enough to cover their bills, travel the world, and have the lifestyle of their dreams? I can tell you exactly the thing that can create that….Personal Development. It is all done upstairs, just a few inches from the neck. One must just simply think a little differently to experience a huge shift in results. One degree of temperature brings a 211 degree pan of water to a boil. It makes all the difference.

So just remember this…you create who you are. If you are going to let a low income and some debt stop you from becoming who you deserve and know you should be, you know where that leads, right? Enjoy it as much as you can. Otherwise, make a bold decision to move forward, and experience what life should be and is truly all about!

One day Mr. Shoaff said, “Jim, if you want to be wealthy and happy, learn this lesson well: Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”

Since that time I’ve been working on my own personal development. And I must admit that this has been the most challenging assignment of all. This business of personal development lasts a lifetime.

You see, what you become is far more important than what you get. The important question to ask on the job is not, “What am I getting?” Instead, you should ask, “What am I becoming?” Getting and becoming are like Siamese twins: What you become directly influences what you get. Think of it this way: Most of what you have today you have attracted by becoming the person you are today.

I’ve also found that income rarely exceeds personal development. Sometimes income takes a lucky jump, but unless you learn to handle the responsibilities that come with it, it will usually shrink back to the amount you can handle.

If someone hands you a million dollars, you’d better hurry up and become a millionaire. A very rich man once said, “If you took all the money in the world and divided it equally among everybody, it would soon be back in the same pockets it was before.”

It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.

So here’s the great axiom of life:

–TO HAVE MORE THAN YOU’VE GOT, BECOME MORE THAN YOU ARE–

This is where you should focus most of your attention. Otherwise, you just might have to contend with the axiom of not changing, which is:

–UNLESS YOU CHANGE HOW YOU ARE, YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE WHAT YOU’VE GOT–

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

On a very limited basis do we eat Chinese food, but last night we decided to get some take out. The best parts were the egg rolls and the fortune cookies! Most of the fortunes were more weird than fortune. But I did get one that made some sense, “You must be the change you wish to see in the World.” You must be the change. There are two kinds of people, those who are changed and molded by the world and those who change and mold the world. You must be the change you wish to see in your life! You must be the change you wish to see in your business, in your income, in your children, in your marriage! It all starts with you. How do you change the things you wish to change?

First things first, it all starts with action. You have all heard of the biblical saying of faith without works in dead. Most of the world forgets this part. What? You mean I have actually walk to the fridge to get that coke? Yeah! That is the point. For change to happen, it takes first desire and then action towards that desire. The area that I learned to take action, and focussed action, was in the Personal Development industry. I have learned things about myself and my circumstance that I had no clue about. I have had so many “ahah” moments that they cannont be counted.

Personal Development is where change takes place, in you! So the saying goes, “You must be the change,” meaning, you must change before your World will. I like to thing of Personal Development as more of steeping into you greatest potential rather than changing. That is the bulk part of what happens but you are just realizing what is already within you and taking the necessary changes to become the ultimate you. So, change yourself and you change your World. You change how you see the world, how you operate in world, and how the world operates around you.

I have been in the personal development industry for several years now and have assisted many in changing their world through a business opportunity geared towards this very thing. Personal Development mingled with a million dollar business opportunity. Lives are being transformed. People are changing their worlds and are able to assist others in doing the same. Be the change you are looking for. Make it happen!

You may have heard of the old saying, there is no such thing as standing still, either you are moving forward or you are moving backwards. The fact of the matter is, if you are not moving forward in some way with your life, your business, or your personal growth, others are passing you by. You can’t win a race by just looking good in those new running shoes while standing on the track. Yeah, you’ve made it to the right track but now what? That brings up another good quote by Will Rogers: “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” I like it blunt. You will get smeared all over the train tracks if you are not moving as fast or faster then the train behind you. I Love it!

This is life guys. The same exact thing happens except it is more devastating in our every day lives. The consequences are much greater if we are standing still everyday, or should I say, moving backwards. Yeah, on a railroad track you will just die……..dramatic right? But if you are not progressing in your life, who else is not progressing because of your lack to do so? Your kids? Your income? Your spouse? Think about all of your posterity from now until the end of time, what will they turn out to be like? Your progress in life includes and effects so much more than you can comprehend. It is not enough to just be on the right track. You must be moving in the right direction and with intention. So much is at stake!

Whether you know it or not, but any degree of success you will achieve in your life involves some sort of personal development. It is the key to growth and improvement. It is what gives you the raise, or the increased value in your life. It will make the difference in every situation you are faced with, whether it be trials or good times. Personal Development ranges from loosing weight to obtaining that millionaire mindset. Your bank account grows through personal development and you get into great shape the same way. Improve your mindset and you have taught yourself how to fish instead of expecting a handout for your daily meal. Every successful person will have a library of personal development books and a grateful heart for all they have learned by reading those books.

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Thoughts! What are they and do they effect who you are and who you become? Thoughts are matter. They are energy and are created by your conscious and subconscious mind. They are recollections of past events, people, stories, fiction, fact, you name it and you can think it up. Thoughts are very important however to action. As we all know, any kind of action first must start with a thought. Thoughts lead to actions, actions lead to results. If you look at it that way, that all of our actions are governed by what we think, that makes what we think so much more than just merely a thought. It is a blueprint!

The important thing to realize is that thoughts are not part of you. They are not you nor do they govern you. You still have the free enterprise of choice. You can choose to entertain a thought and force it into action or you can discard it. That is still your option. The trick is to figure that out and realize that you can control what thoughts are you.

For example, in the industry of Direct Sales it is very easy to get discouraged by thinking that you are not having the results you had expected. Now, is that you? Is that who you want to be? Do you want to be a dicouraged person who is not experienciing results in your business, depressed all the time and broke? No! Of course not. So this is where self-disipline comes in. That is just a thought that was followed by a feeling. The longer you allow that feeling to stay, the more it will stick and come back again. Discarding a thought has to be immediate. Do not let it dwell in your mind or your subconscious will start to accept that thought as belief and engrain it into your decision making processes.

Realize now that you are very powerful and in control of your future and who you are. Thoughts are floating amidst the breeze and will come into your mind every second of every day. It is important and vital to your success that you only entertain those thoughts that empower you. That is who you are! Know what thoughts make you…….YOU, and who you want to become.