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Issue 340 - December 5, 2007
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"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the life-long attempt to acquire it." Albert Einstein
Today's issue includes:
1. Your Achievement Article - Keeping a Journal- One of the Three Treasures to Leave Behind by Jim Rohn
2. Your Achievement Quotes - Personal Development, Personal Philosophy and Personal Responsibility
3. Your Achievement Tips - The Modern Day (Real Life) Indiana Jones by Vic Johnson
4. 10 Great Gift-Giving Ideas (plus one more!)
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1. Your Achievement Article
Keeping a Journal- One of the Three Treasure to Leave Behind (excerpts from "How to Keep a Journal" audio series by Jim Rohn)
If you're serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don't trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across something important, write it down.
I used to take notes on pieces of paper and torn-off corners and backs of old envelopes. I wrote ideas on restaurant placemats. On long sheets, narrow sheets and little sheets and pieces of paper thrown in a drawer. Then I found out that the best way to organize those ideas is to keep a journal. I've been keeping these journals since the age of twenty-five. The discipline makes up a valuable part of my learning, and the journals are a valuable part of my library.
I am a buyer of blank books. Kids find it interesting that I would buy a blank book. They say, "Twenty-six dollars for a blank book! Why would you pay that?" The reason I pay twenty-six dollars is to challenge myself to find something worth twenty-six dollars to put in there. All my journals are private, but if you ever got a hold of one of them, you wouldn't have to look very far to discover it is worth more than twenty-six dollars.
I must admit, if you got a glimpse of my journals, you'd have to say that I am a serious student. I'm not just committed to my craft; I'm committed to life, committed to learning new concepts and skills. I want to see what I can do with seed, soil, sunshine and rain to turn them into the building blocks of a productive life.
Keeping a journal is so important. I call it one of the three treasures to leave behind for the next generation. In fact, future generations will find these three treasures far more valuable than your furniture.
The first treasure is your pictures. Take a lot of pictures. Don't be lazy in capturing the event. How long does it take to capture the event? A fraction of a second. How long does it take to miss the event? A fraction of a second. So don't miss the pictures. When you're gone, they'll keep the memories alive.
The second treasure is your library. This is the library that taught you, that instructed you, that helped you defend your ideals. It helped you develop a philosophy. It helped you become wealthy, powerful, healthy, sophisticated, and unique. It may have helped you conquer some disease. It may have helped you conquer poverty. It may have caused you to walk away from the ghetto. Your library -- the books that instructed you, fed your mind and fed your soul -- is one of the greatest gifts you can leave behind.
The third treasure is your journals: the ideas that you picked up, the information that you meticulously gathered. But of the three, journal writing is one of the greatest indications that you're a serious student. Taking pictures, that is pretty easy. Buying a book at a book store, that's pretty easy. It is a little more challenging to be a student of your own life, your own future, your own destiny. Take the time to keep notes and to keep a journal. You'll be so glad you did. What a treasure to leave behind when you go. What a treasure to enjoy today!
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
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"Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next." Herbert Hoover
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"A loving heart is the truest wisdom."
Charles Dickens
2. Your Achievement Quotes
PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY
"Always sit as far up front as you can." -- Denis Waitley
"Don't borrow someone else's plan. Develop your own philosophy and it will lead you to unique places." -- Jim Rohn
"Take your job seriously, BUT don't take their complaints personally. If you take it personally you'll get upset and lose your edge. If you take it too personally, you'll lose your edge and your job. If you take it seriously -- it's you with them. If you take it personally, it's you against them. What steps can you take to ensure keeping your cool?" -- Jeffrey Gitomer
"A character is a completely fashioned will." -- Novalis
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
"Practice doesn't make perfect; practice makes permanent!" -- Denis Waitley
"The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, ‘If you will take care of me, I will take care of you.´ Now I say, ‘I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me.´" -- Jim Rohn
"Dedicate yourself to continuous personal improvement -- you are your most precious resource." -- Brian Tracy
"Make education a continuing, never-ending process." -- Nido Qubein
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
"Refuse to make excuses or blame anyone for anything." -- Brian Tracy
"I now realize there are millions of self-made millionaires who started with nothing. They dug inside themselves to find the answers and they succeeded. There is nothing anyone else can do that I can't do." -- Dean Graziosi
"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands." -- Robert M. Pirsig
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first." -- Mark Twain
"The most important thing I have learned
over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and
taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second
disastrous." Margaret Fontey
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3. Your Achievement Tips
The Modern Day (Real Life) Indiana Jones by Vic Johnson (This article was excerpted from the 2004 Jim Rohn Weekend Event CD/DVD package.)
One of my life's most valuable possessions is my journal. Why? Because my journal contains my dreams! And my dreams are my future!
I learned this principle from a story about a 15 year old boy by the name of John Goddard. John, one day, happened to hear his parents and another adult talking, and the other adult had been telling John's parents about how miserable his life was and how much he had failed. He wished he was John's age again and could live his life over and do some things differently.
Well, John heard the anguish in his voice, I suppose, and he made a vow that he was going to do something at 15 years old. So at 15 years old he took out a legal pad and began to write the things he wanted to do in his life, what he wanted to accomplish. Before he was finished he had 127 things on his list. He called it, "My Life List".
Today John is in his mid 70's. Of his original 127 goals, John over the last 55-60 years has accomplished 111 of them, plus 400 other ones that he set along the way. And just so you know these weren't some small goals, here are some of the goals that John Goddard has accomplished that were on his list:
- He's climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, he's climbed Mount Ararat, in fact, he's climbed every major peak in the world.
Now just that, how many people just doing that, would be one great life experience? But that's just one of 500+ for John Goddard.
- He took Marco Polo's route through all of Asia and China.
- He ran a mile in five minutes, he broad jumped 15 feet, high jumped five feet, and so on...
- He was the first person to explore the entire 4,200 mile length of the Nile River (that was his number one goal!). When he was 15 years old, no person had ever done it, but that fifteen year old boy didn't know that, it didn't matter to him. He put it on his list and when he did it, USA Today named him the modern day Indiana Jones. He's been down not just the Nile River. He's been down the Amazon, down the Congo, etc.
- He's been to 122 countries and lived with 260 different tribes.
- He's explored the Reefs of Florida, the Great Barrier Reefs and so on...
- He's flown 40 different types of aircrafts. Still holds civilian air speed records. Just that alone would be a great life experience; that was just one of John Goddard's goals.
- He's read the Bible cover to cover.
- He's taught himself French, Spanish, Arabic (who reading this could not learn a foreign language in the next couple of years?).
And that is just a portion of over 500 dreams that John Goddard has accomplished.
I hope we all learn from John Goddard! Here are two major points that were impressed upon me:
1) John Goddard's goals (dreams) were written down. How many of you have heard that before, to write your goals and dreams down? Because for 20 years I heard it and I had never written mine down, until just three years ago. Brian Tracy says if you'll write your goals down you have a 100 times greater chance of success, just by writing them down. Now I look at that mathematically and then by an inverse way, from an opposite way. What it says to me that if I don't write my goals down, I only have a 1 in 100 chance of succeeding. Write your goals and dreams down.
2) His dreams were BIG! I've found that a small dream will not give you the bullet proofing you are going to need. A small dream won't protect you when bad times come. A small dream does not have any power at all - it has to be BIG!
So get started today! Go get a journal (or wipe the dust off the one you have) and write down your BIG goals! And then get started on your life story!
And that's worth taking action on!
Vic Johnson
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"Follow your instincts. That's where true
wisdom manifests itself." Oprah Winfrey
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"It is important to remember that the real
joy of achievement is in the challenge, not in the accomplishment. In an
ever-changing world, the eternal wisdom of the ages never changes: The road
to heaven is heaven."
Denis Waitley
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