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1 " Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them. "
― Jim Rohn , My Philosophy for Successful Living
2 " if you work hard on your job, you make a living. If you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune. What is the reason for this truth? Success is not something you pursue. Success is something that you attract by becoming an attractive person. The way that you become rich is not by wishing your life were easier, but instead by focusing on making yourself better. "
3 " You can have all you want out of life if you endeavor to help others. If you want to be a powerful and influential leader, then you simply must recognize this absolute fact. "
4 " I understood a powerful fact: formal education gets you a job, but self-education is what makes you rich! The "
5 " Taking the time to sit down and write out your goals for the present, the near future and the more remote future is a necessary part of transforming your life. My "
6 " Those without numerous skills lacked the flexibility to compete. "
7 " If you help enough people get what they want, you can have everything you want. "
8 " Seeing what you can become and what you can help others become is the major challenge in life. "
9 " Money isn’t made from working; money’s made from providing service, which doesn’t mean you’re working at all. I’m providing a service and earning money in Australia, but I’m not in Australia. "
10 " As Abraham Lincoln said, “We listen to the better angels of our nature so our life will have more order and success.” Vic: "
11 " formal education gets you a job, but self-education is what makes you rich! "
12 " What works is the fourth philosophy, which I like to call the philosophy of performance and productivity. With this philosophy, you do what is necessary to improve yourself and your capabilities. You learn to do more and be more. "
13 " Achieving wealth and greatness can be distilled down to helping others. Find a way to serve many people. Simply stated, this is what leads to great wealth, great power and great influence. "
14 " It is important to remember that companies, with the exception of monopolies, will usually continue to improve their products. In a similar fashion, you need to remember that you are your own product. Realising this fact and embracing it is the essence of personal development "
15 " When we share knowledge in the written or verbal form, amazing things can happen. When one person conveys knowledge to another person, two things happen. The first is a transformation of the person who listens to a presentation or reads a book or article, but another transformation takes place as well, namely in the speaker or author. "
16 " All humans have the ability to transform like a caterpillar emerging from its cocoon and taking to the sky. This is the essence of personal development; taking information in, becoming inspired by it and allowing yourself to be transformed and in turn, inspire others as well. Seeing what you can become and what you can help others become is the major challenge in life "
17 " Invest in yourself, invest in your own self-education and then take that knowledge and use it to help others get what they want and need out of life. In the process, you will acquire power and financial freedom. "
18 " The first will be your skills. These skills will enable you to help people improve their lives. Secondly, you will have found your customers and have a quality product to sell them. Finally, if you have taken the time to seek out quality people, you will have a pool of good people to help you with your endeavor. Now you are ready to make money and change lives; your life and the lives of those around you! "
19 " Remember being able to distinguish between danger and opportunity is one of the core elements that we are exploring in this book. "
20 " So the key is “enlightened self-interest,” which means in order to have what I want to achieve in the fullness of my life, I must find ways to serve. "