by Jim Rohn
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.
All disciplines affect each other. Mistakenly the man says, “This is the only area where I let down.” Not true. Every let down affects the rest. Not to think so is naive.
Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.
Discipline has within it the potential for creating future miracles.
The best time to set up a new discipline is when the idea is strong.
One discipline always leads to another discipline.
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
You don’t have to change that much for it to make a great deal of difference. A few simple disciplines can have a major impact on how your life works out in the next 90 days, let alone in the next 12 months or the next 3 years.
The least lack of discipline starts to erode our self-esteem.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
"Rattle Some Cages Today!"
"Rattle Some Cages Today!"
Proverbs 29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish..."Bill Purvis
If your vision isn't big enough to irritate your enemies it probably isn't big enough to motivate your friends.
Whatever happened to thinking the sky's the limit? We tell our children they can be whoever they want to be or do whatever they want to do if they put their mind to it. Yet for some reason that advice is only good for so long. Once we reach a certain age or stage in life those words of wisdom aren't applicable anymore.
We're forced to settle for fourth or fifth tier and become comfortable. We let the world around us convince us that we've reached our full potential. That vision we had once upon a time has now taken a back seat. I don't know what's worse not having a vision at all or having a small one. Both might as well be deemed equal.
Our thought process is what has changed. Maybe between meeting too many naysayers along the path, associating with negative people, or incurring a few obstacles, we've pulled back and slowed our pursuit.
Don't let your mind, your fears or those around you stop your spirit from dreaming and pursuing them. God created you for a higher purpose and bigger impact than you realize. He gets glory in taking those with little potential and countless disadvantages to places that show His power. There's a difference between those who never achieve their dreams and those who do. The achievers haven't let their own minds or the world around them convince them that they cannot obtain their dreams.
It's time to rattle some cages! Start dreaming again! Start believing in a bigger vision for your life today.
Proverbs 29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish..."Bill Purvis
If your vision isn't big enough to irritate your enemies it probably isn't big enough to motivate your friends.
Whatever happened to thinking the sky's the limit? We tell our children they can be whoever they want to be or do whatever they want to do if they put their mind to it. Yet for some reason that advice is only good for so long. Once we reach a certain age or stage in life those words of wisdom aren't applicable anymore.
We're forced to settle for fourth or fifth tier and become comfortable. We let the world around us convince us that we've reached our full potential. That vision we had once upon a time has now taken a back seat. I don't know what's worse not having a vision at all or having a small one. Both might as well be deemed equal.
Our thought process is what has changed. Maybe between meeting too many naysayers along the path, associating with negative people, or incurring a few obstacles, we've pulled back and slowed our pursuit.
Don't let your mind, your fears or those around you stop your spirit from dreaming and pursuing them. God created you for a higher purpose and bigger impact than you realize. He gets glory in taking those with little potential and countless disadvantages to places that show His power. There's a difference between those who never achieve their dreams and those who do. The achievers haven't let their own minds or the world around them convince them that they cannot obtain their dreams.
It's time to rattle some cages! Start dreaming again! Start believing in a bigger vision for your life today.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Success Is Easy
Maybe this will encourage you in your success journey :)
Success Is Easy, But So Is Neglect by Jim Rohn
People often ask me how I became successful in that six-year period of time while many of the people I knew did not. The answer is simple: The things I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. I found it easy to set the goals that could change my life. They found it easy not to do. I found it easy to read the books that could affect my thinking and my ideas. They found that easy not to do. I found it easy to attend the classes and the seminars, and to get around other successful people. They said it probably really wouldn’t matter. If I had to sum it up, I would say what I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. Six years later, I’m a millionaire and they are all still blaming the economy, the government, and company policies, yet they neglected to do the basic, easy things.
In fact, the primary reason most people are not doing as well as they could and should, can be summed up in a single word: neglect.
It is not the lack of money—banks are full of money. It is not the lack of opportunity—America, and much of the Free World, continues to offer the most unprecedented and abundant opportunities in the last six thousand years of recorded history. It is not the lack of books—libraries are full of books and they are free! It is not the schools—the classrooms are full of good teachers. We have plenty of ministers, leaders, counselors and advisors.
Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply neglect.
Neglect is like an infection. Left unchecked it will spread throughout our entire system of disciplines and eventually lead to a complete breakdown of a potentially joy-filled and prosperous human life.
Not doing the things we know we should do causes us to feel guilty and guilt leads to an erosion of self-confidence. As our self-confidence diminishes, so does the level of our activity. And as our activity diminishes, our results inevitably decline. And as our results suffer, our attitude begins to weaken. And as our attitude begins the slow shift from positive to negative, our self-confidence diminishes even more... and on and on it goes.
So my suggestion is that when giving the choice of “easy to” and “easy not to” that you do not neglect to do the simple, basic, “easy,” but potentially life-changing activities and disciplines.
Success Is Easy, But So Is Neglect by Jim Rohn
People often ask me how I became successful in that six-year period of time while many of the people I knew did not. The answer is simple: The things I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. I found it easy to set the goals that could change my life. They found it easy not to do. I found it easy to read the books that could affect my thinking and my ideas. They found that easy not to do. I found it easy to attend the classes and the seminars, and to get around other successful people. They said it probably really wouldn’t matter. If I had to sum it up, I would say what I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. Six years later, I’m a millionaire and they are all still blaming the economy, the government, and company policies, yet they neglected to do the basic, easy things.
In fact, the primary reason most people are not doing as well as they could and should, can be summed up in a single word: neglect.
It is not the lack of money—banks are full of money. It is not the lack of opportunity—America, and much of the Free World, continues to offer the most unprecedented and abundant opportunities in the last six thousand years of recorded history. It is not the lack of books—libraries are full of books and they are free! It is not the schools—the classrooms are full of good teachers. We have plenty of ministers, leaders, counselors and advisors.
Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply neglect.
Neglect is like an infection. Left unchecked it will spread throughout our entire system of disciplines and eventually lead to a complete breakdown of a potentially joy-filled and prosperous human life.
Not doing the things we know we should do causes us to feel guilty and guilt leads to an erosion of self-confidence. As our self-confidence diminishes, so does the level of our activity. And as our activity diminishes, our results inevitably decline. And as our results suffer, our attitude begins to weaken. And as our attitude begins the slow shift from positive to negative, our self-confidence diminishes even more... and on and on it goes.
So my suggestion is that when giving the choice of “easy to” and “easy not to” that you do not neglect to do the simple, basic, “easy,” but potentially life-changing activities and disciplines.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Happy Birthday America!
I hope you are planning some good times with your family and friends for the July 4th Celebration! Listed below are the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. I want to spend the next few weeks sharing with you some insights to their lives.
1. Josiah Bartlett 2. William Whipple
3. Matthew Thornton 4. John Hancock
5. John Adams 6. Sam Adams
7. Robert Treat Paine 8. Elbridge Gerry
9. Stephen Hopkins 10. William Ellery
11. Roger Sherman 12. Samuel Huntington
13. William Williams 14. Oliver Wolcott
15. William Floyd 16. Philip Livingston
17. Francis Lewis 18. Lewis Morris
19. Richard Stockton 20. John Witherspoon
21. Francis Hopkinson 22. John Hart
23. Abraham Clark 24. Robert Morris
25. Doctor Benjamin Rush 26. Benjamin Franklin
27. John Morton 28. George Clymer
29. James Smith 30. George Taylor
31. James Wilson 32. George Ross
33. Caesar Rodney 34. George Read
35. Thomas M’Kean 36. Samuel Chase
37. Thomas Stone 38. William Paca
39. Charles Carroll of Carrollton
40. Georgy Wythe 41. Richard Henry Lee
42. Thomas Jefferson 43. Benjamin Harrison
44. Thomas Nelson, Jr. 45. Francis Lightfoot Lee
46. Carter Braxton 47. William Hooper
48. Joseph Hewes 49. John Penn
50. Edward Rutledge 51. Thomas Hayward
52. Thomas Lynch, Jr. 53. Author Middleton
54. Button Gwinnett 55. Lyman Hall
56. George Walton
Within 1 year (1782) battle of Yorktown, English Bible printed – funds provided by Congress
1st public school law – 320 years the Bible was in public schools. Established w/10 articles – Treaty
Of the 56 men who signed Declaration…29 of them had seminary degrees!
John Witherspoon – Published 1st American Family Bible
Benjamin Rush – signer of Constitution started the Sunday School movement in America
For some good insight into American history from the Christian perspective check out David Barton with Wall Builders online - www.wallbuilders.com
I hope you are planning some good times with your family and friends for the July 4th Celebration! Listed below are the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. I want to spend the next few weeks sharing with you some insights to their lives.
1. Josiah Bartlett 2. William Whipple
3. Matthew Thornton 4. John Hancock
5. John Adams 6. Sam Adams
7. Robert Treat Paine 8. Elbridge Gerry
9. Stephen Hopkins 10. William Ellery
11. Roger Sherman 12. Samuel Huntington
13. William Williams 14. Oliver Wolcott
15. William Floyd 16. Philip Livingston
17. Francis Lewis 18. Lewis Morris
19. Richard Stockton 20. John Witherspoon
21. Francis Hopkinson 22. John Hart
23. Abraham Clark 24. Robert Morris
25. Doctor Benjamin Rush 26. Benjamin Franklin
27. John Morton 28. George Clymer
29. James Smith 30. George Taylor
31. James Wilson 32. George Ross
33. Caesar Rodney 34. George Read
35. Thomas M’Kean 36. Samuel Chase
37. Thomas Stone 38. William Paca
39. Charles Carroll of Carrollton
40. Georgy Wythe 41. Richard Henry Lee
42. Thomas Jefferson 43. Benjamin Harrison
44. Thomas Nelson, Jr. 45. Francis Lightfoot Lee
46. Carter Braxton 47. William Hooper
48. Joseph Hewes 49. John Penn
50. Edward Rutledge 51. Thomas Hayward
52. Thomas Lynch, Jr. 53. Author Middleton
54. Button Gwinnett 55. Lyman Hall
56. George Walton
Within 1 year (1782) battle of Yorktown, English Bible printed – funds provided by Congress
1st public school law – 320 years the Bible was in public schools. Established w/10 articles – Treaty
Of the 56 men who signed Declaration…29 of them had seminary degrees!
John Witherspoon – Published 1st American Family Bible
Benjamin Rush – signer of Constitution started the Sunday School movement in America
For some good insight into American history from the Christian perspective check out David Barton with Wall Builders online - www.wallbuilders.com
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