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Issue 355 - March 18, 2008

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"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."  Eleanor Roosevelt

Today's issue includes:

1. Your Achievement Article - The Importance of Leaving a Legacy by Jim Rohn
2. Your Achievement Quotes - Time Management, Trust and Truth/Universal Truth
3. Your Achievement Tips - The Twin Actions of Accomplishment by Chris Widener
4. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail
5. More Information

1. Your Achievement Article

The Importance of Leaving a Legacy by Jim Rohn

There are four areas concerning Leaving a Legacy that I consider to be fundamental; a Life Well-Lived, Principles to Live By, The Importance of a Spiritual Legacy and an Impact Legacy and a Financial Legacy. Today I would like to share on a Life Well-Lived.

You know, I have had an amazing life. I have traveled the world. I have shared my heart with so many wonderful people. I have been fortunate enough to make a great living and enjoy the fruit of my work. I have met thousands of people who are dedicated to personal development and self growth. I have made it my life's pursuit to teach others the philosophies and actions that would help them achieve greatness and personal fulfillment in their own lives. Forty years ago, it felt like it would never end. Today, I still imagine I have many years left, but I also am more aware than ever that there is much less time left than before.

Being aware of this has made me even more clear on my goal of living well and teaching others to do the same. Our One-Year Plan of Success is designed to help others achieve all of their dreams and is part of one of the legacies I want to leave behind.

Leaving a legacy for others to follow is part of what drives me. I followed others who had gone before me; they left a legacy for me. Now I am making sure that those who come after me will have a trail to follow as well. You see, leaving a legacy is important.

Think about those who left a legacy for us to follow and for you specifically:

Your parents
Your grandparents
Your aunts and uncles
Your schoolteachers
Your coaches
Your neighbors where you grew up

For those of us in America (For our international readers, take a moment to reflect on those leaders who helped form the foundations of your country):

The founding fathers of the U.S., who had a dream of a place of self-determination

Abraham Lincoln, who freed the slaves

FDR, who saw us through the great depression

The many men and woman who defended our liberties through the wars of the 20th century so we could live in freedom

JFK, who called us to space exploration and set us on course to have a man walk on the moon

Martin Luther King Jr. who left us a legacy to pursue the dream of racial equality

There are literally thousands of men and women who lived in a way that affects our lives today.

And yes, the list goes on from there as well. These are the people who we knew, who we lived with, and who shaped us deeply, for good and for bad in some cases.

You see, a legacy can be anywhere on the continuum, from very bad to very good. It all depends on how we live our lives.

How we live our lives is critically important. I want to challenge you to take a look at how you live. We want to challenge you to think deeply about the major areas of your life where you can and should leave a lasting legacy.

Why is leaving a legacy important? Here are a few reasons:

The legacy we leave is part of the ongoing foundations of life. Those who came before leave us the world we live in. Those who will come after will have only what we leave them. We are stewards of this world, and we have a calling on our lives to leave it better than how we found it, even if it seems like such a small part.

Legacies have raw power for good and for bad. There are people who have changed the world for good, people who have opened up new worlds for millions of others, people who have spurred others onto new heights. And there are people who have caused massive destruction for countless millions, people who left a wake of pain behind them wherever they went.

There are parents who have blessed their children with greatness and other parents who have ruined their children's fragile minds and hearts. What we do affects others. Our lives have the power to create good or purvey evil. It is important that we choose to do good.

It is an act of responsibility to leave a legacy. Because of the power of our lives and the legacies we leave, it is a great responsibility to choose to leave a positive legacy. All good men and women must take responsibility to create legacies that will take the next generation to a level we could only imagine. I truly believe that part of what makes us good and honorable people is to have a foundational part of our lives based on the goal of leaving a legacy.

Purposefully leaving a legacy for others breaks the downward pull of selfishness that can be inherent in us. When we strive to leave a legacy, we are acting with a selflessness that can only be good for us. Yes, I suppose someone could work hard to earn money so that when he or she dies, a building is named after them, but that is not the kind of legacy we are talking about. We are talking about legacies that make life better for those who come after us, not about our own fame or recognition, but about helping others. After all, we won't be around to watch our legacy. To build that which will last beyond us is selfless, and living with that in mind breaks the power of selfishness that tries so desperately to engrain itself in our lives.

It also keeps us focused on the big picture. Legacy building is "big picture." It keeps us focused on the long-term and gives us values that we can judge our actions by. When we are acting based on selfishness, personal expediency and the like, we are "small picture"--whatever is pragmatic right now. When we are building a life that will give for many years, we are "big picture." Ask yourself: How does this action affect my overall goals? How will this affect people in the years to come?

Yes, your legacy is very important. Take some time this month to reflect on how you are going to use your information and skills to build a life that leaves a tremendous legacy!

Until next time, let's do something remarkable!
Jim Rohn

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"View change as the one constant in you life. Welcome it. Expect it. Anticipate it."  Denis Waitley

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2. Your Achievement Quotes

TIME MANAGEMENT

"Priorities are not written in granite. They need to be flexible and change as we do…It takes peace of mind and clarity to recognize and reorder meaningful, personal priorities. Maybe that is why so many of us procrastinate." -- Sarah Ban Breathnach

"It is not time which needs to be managed; it is ourselves." -- Gillian Butler, PhD and Tony Hope M.D.

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." -- Benjamin Franklin

"Time only seems to matter when it's running out." -- Peter Strup

TRUST

"Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You can't shake hands with a clenched fist." -– Indira Gandhi

"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him." -- Booker T. Washington

"One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life." -- E. M. Forster

TRUTH/UNIVERSAL TRUTH

"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it's not going to go away." -- Elvis Presley

"If the truth isn't enough, then you must become stronger at presenting it." -- Jim Rohn

"We seem to seek the truth when it in fact seeks you." -- Rick Beneteau

"Truth is what stands the test of experience." -- Albert Einstein

"In a time of rapid change, standing still is the most dangerous course of action." Brian Tracy

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3. Your Achievement Tips

The Twin Actions of Accomplishment by Chris Widener

When it comes to achieving accomplishments there are two foundational actions that must take place. When these two actions take place, and take place in the right order, you will become unstoppable. You will also enter into an elite group of people who actually do both.

You see, most people are given to only one or the other, and in doing so negate their opportunity to accomplish what it is that they want to accomplish. What are these two actions?

Intake and output.

Think about it. Do you want to have a healthy body? You must take in proper food and output vigorous exercise. Do you want to be financially fit? You must intake income and output investments.

The same is true in our personal and professional lives. But what specifically do we intake and output?

We intake information and we out put effort through the exercise of our will.

The twin actions of accomplishment then are the intake of information and the exercising of our will.

As I said, most people do one or the other. They are simply information addicts or they are action addicts. You have some who go to every seminar in the world and then never exercise their will to put it into practice. Others are simply a flurry of action but going in no specific direction.

When you only intake information you become fat! Not physically fat but personally fat. You become lethargic. You become frustrated because all of this information was supposed to change your life!

When you only exercise your will and become a tornado of activity you become spent. You become tired because you aren't achieving anything but a busy schedule!

But when you put these two together - WOW! Look out because you will turn the world upside down! So let's look at these two a little closer.

How can you intake information?
1. Choose as close friends, people who will challenge and stimulate you intellectually and personally.
2. Go back to school.
3. Buy success products and listen to them.
4. Read books.
5. Go to a seminar.
6. Get involved in an ongoing discussion group with people who want to grow.

How can you exercise the will? This is a bit simpler but not so easy.
1. You simply must act on the information.
2. Eat better foods - put down the ice cream.
3. Save more money - stop spending on superfluous items.
4. Lose weight - start walking every day.
5. Manage your time - shut off the TV.

All of these things we know what to do, but we must simply do it.

Are you a person who has all the info? Then act.

Are you a person who acts but doesn't get anywhere? Then learn.

Intake information, exercise the will. The twin actions of accomplishment.

You are Made for Success,
Chris Widener

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail... About a year ago, Jim Rohn and Chris Widener collaborated on a new project that is designed to help you have more, do more and become more!

Did you know that most people are sabotaging their chances for achievement? The reason is because they don't have a plan. You know the saying, "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail". Please use this link to learn more: http://twelvepillars.jimrohn.com

"The time is always right to do what is right."  Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail

About a year ago, Jim Rohn and Chris Widener collaborated on a new project that is designed to help you have more, do more and become more!

Did you know that most people are sabotaging their chances for achievement?

The reason is because they don't have a plan. You know the saying, "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail".

Please use this link to learn more: http://twelvepillars.jimrohn.com

"Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships."  Stephen Covey

5. More Information

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