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The Best OfWisdom for a New Generation of Business Leaderswww.TheIncomeMentor.com

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The Best OfWisdom for a New Generation of Business LeadersThis e-Book is a compilation of some of the best articles to appearin the weekly Jim Rohn e-Zine. All articles are authored byJim Rohn himself. Future articles came be obtained througha FREE subscription to this publication.Complete links and information on this and other Jim Rohn resourcesare provided on the last page of this book and through your customeraccess page at www.TheIncomeMentor.comwww.TheIncomeMentor.com

Thinking Like A FarmerOne of the difficulties we face in our industrialized age is the factwe've lost our sense of seasons. Unlike the farmer whose prioritieschange with the seasons, we have become impervious to thenatural rhythm of life. As a result, we have our priorities out ofbalance. Let me illustrate what I mean:For a farmer, springtime is his most active time. It's then when hemust work around the clock, up before the sun and still toiling atthe stroke of midnight. He must keep his equipment running at fullcapacity because he has but a small window of time for theplanting of his crop. Eventually winter comes when there is less forhim to do to keep him busy.There is a lesson here. Learn to use the seasons of life. Decidewhen to pour it on and when to ease back, when to take advantageand when to let things ride. It's easy to keep going fro m nine tofive year in and year out and lose a natural sense of priorities andcycles. Don't let one year blend into another in a seemingly endlessparade of tasks and responsibilities. Keep your eye on your ownseasons, lest you lose sight of value and substance.To Your Success,Jim RohnThis article was submitted by Jim Rohn, America's ForemostBusiness Philosopher.To subscribe to the Free Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine, CLICK HEREor lo g into www.TheIncomeMentor.comCopyright 2006 Jim Rohn International. All rights reservedworldwide.

The Great Challenge of LifeHere's the great challenge of life - You can have more than you'vegot because you can become more than you are.I have found that income seldom will exceed your own personaldevelopment. Once in a while income takes a lucky jump, butunless you grow out to where it is it will go back to where you are.Somebody once said if you took all the money in the world anddivided it among everyone equally, it would soon be back in thesame pockets. However, you can have more because you canbecome more. You see, here is how the other side of the coin reads- unless you change how you are, you will always have whatyou've got. The marketing plan won't do it. It's a good plan but itwon't work without you. You've got to work it. It is the humaneffort that counts. If you could send a sales manual out to recruit wouldn't that be lovely? The major thing that makes the differenceis what YOU do.In order to have more, you need to become more. The guy says "IfI had a good job I would really pour it on, but I have this lousy jobso I just goof off." If that is your philosophy you are destined tostay there. Some people say if I had a lot of money I would bereally generous, but I don't have much so I'm not generous. See,you've got to change that philosophy or you will never have "thelots of money". Unless YOU change, IT won't change. Amazingly,however, when we throw out our blame list and start becomingmore ourselves - the difference is everything else will begin tochange around us.To Your Success,Jim RohnThis article was submitted by Jim Rohn, America's ForemostBusiness Philosopher.To subscribe to the Free Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine, CLICK HEREor log into www.TheIncomeMentor.comCopyright 2006 Jim Rohn International. All rights reservedworldwide.

The Time to ActEngaging in genuine discipline requires that you develop the abilityto take action. You don't need to be hasty if it isn't required, butyou don't want to lose much time either. Here's the time to act:when the idea is hot and the emotion is strong.Let's say you would like to build your library. If that is a strongdesire for you, what you've got to do is get the first book. Then getthe second book. Take action as soon as possible, before thefeeling passes and before the idea dims. If you don't, here's whathappens - You Fall Prey to the Law of Diminishing Intent We intend to take action when the idea strikes us. We intend to dosomething when the emotion is high. But if we don't translate thatintention into action fairly soon, the urgency starts to diminish. Amonth from now the passion is cold. A year from now it can't befound.So take action. Set up a discipline when the emotions are high andthe idea is strong, clear, and powerful. If somebody talks aboutgood health and you're motivated by it, you need to get a book onnutrition. Get the book before the idea passes, before the emotiongets cold. Begin the process. Fall on the floor and do some pushups. You've got to take action; otherwise the wisdom is wasted.The emotion soon passes unless you apply it to a disciplinedactivity. Discipline enables you to capture the emotion and thewisdom and translate them into action. The key is to increase yourmotivation by quickly setting up the disciplines. By doing so,you've started a whole new life process.Here is the greatest value of discipline: self-worth, also known asself-esteem. Many people who are teaching self-esteem these daysdon't connect it to discipline. But once we sense the least lack ofdiscipline within ourselves, it starts to erode our psyche. One of thegreatest temptations is to just ease up a little bit. Instead of doingyour best, you allow yourself to do just a little less than your best.Sure enough, you've started in the slightest way to decrease yoursense of self-worth.There is a problem with even a little bit of neglect. Neglect startsas an infection. If you don't take care of it, it becomes a disease.And one neglect leads to another. Worst of all, when neglect starts,

it diminishes our self-worth.Once this has happened, how can you regain your self-respect? Allyou have to do is act now! Start with the smallest discipline thatcorresponds to your own philosophy. Make the commitment: "I willdiscipline myself to achieve my goals so that in the years ahead Ican celebrate my successes."To Your Success,Jim RohnThis article was submitted by Jim Rohn, America's ForemostBusiness Philosopher.To subscribe to the Free Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine, CLICK HEREor log into www.TheIncomeMentor.comCopyright 2006 Jim Rohn International. All rights reservedworldwide.

Being Fruitful by Jim Rohn(excerpted from the New Jim Rohn Weekend Event DVD/CD series)Over the years I've learned to challenge my audiences to turn theirresponse to the ideas and information they receive into results.According to the Biblical story, the first couple, Adam and Eve, wasinstructed to be fruitful - produce some results. Fruitful is kind ofan interesting word; it denotes abundance. Here's what I thinkfruitful, abundance and productivity mean - to go to work onproducing more than you need for yourself. I think we fulfill thatcommand given to us so long ago to be productive, to produce farmore than we need for ourselves, by blessing others, blessing ournation and blessing our enterprise.Challenge yourself to produce more ideas than you need foryourself so you can share and give your ideas away. Produce morein terms of substance and money and treasure and all thingsvaluable to human beings, far more than you need for yourself. Iam reminded of R.G. LeTourneau's story, the man who built the bigearth moving machines; it was his goal to someday give away 90%of his income. Giving away far more than anyone could possiblyimagine. 90% is an awful lot to give away, but you should haveseen the 10% that was left. Once abundance starts to come, oncesomeone becomes incredibly productive, it's amazing what thenumbers turn out to be. It's amazing what it finally totals. So makesure when you are given the opportunity, that you turn yourresponse into results, thus the chance to be more fruitful and moregiving.To Your Success,Jim RohnThis article was submitted by Jim Rohn, America's ForemostBusiness Philosopher.To subscribe to the Free Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine, CLICK HEREor log into www.TheIncomeMentor.comCopyright 2006 Jim Rohn International. All rights reservedworldwide.

Creating OpportunityAn enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrapmetal and sees the ma king of a wonderful sculpture. Anenterprising person is one who drives through an old decrepit partof town and sees a new housing development. An enterprisingperson is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life.To be enterprising is to keep your eyes open and your mind active.It's to be skilled enough, confident enough, creative enough anddisciplined enough to seize opportunities that presentthemselves.regardless of the economy.A person with an enterprising attitude says, "Find out what you canbefore action is taken." Do your homework. Do the research. Beprepared. Be resourceful. Do all you can in preparation of what's tocome.Enterprising people always see the future in the present.Enterprising people always find a way to take advantage of asituation, not be burdened by it. And enterprising people aren'tlazy. They don't wait for opportunities to come to them, they goafter the opportunities. Enterprise means always finding a way tokeep yourself actively working toward your ambition.Enterprise is two things. The first is creativity. You need creativityto see what's out there and to shape it to your advantage. Youneed creativity to look at the world a little differently. You needcreativity to take a different approach, to be different.What goes hand-in-hand with the creativity of enterprise is thesecond requirement: the courage to be creative. You need courageto see things differently, courage to go against the crowd, courageto take a different approach, courage to stand alone if you have to,courage to choose activity over inactivity.And lastly, being enterprising doesn't just relate to the ability tomake money. Being enterprising also means feeling good enoughabout yourself, having enough self worth to want to seekadvantages and opportunities that will make a difference in yourfuture. And by doing so you will increase your confidence, yourcourage, your creativity and your self-worth – your enterprisingnature.