Steve the Owl's Blog

Don’t wish life were easier; wish that you were better. Jim Rohn

Hi, everyone. Have you ever thought about what it takes to build success in life? It seems like there are definitely some distinct groups of schools of thought in personal development. Because of the recent success of The Secret, there are a lot of people who have been very interested in the Law of Attraction. However, there are a lot of people who insist that the Law of Attraction as stated in The Secret is overstated, and they focus more on specific examples of work that people have to do in order to have success in life.

If you are one of those people, I would like to recommend the works of someone who focused on principles that led to a greater effort: Jim Rohn. What I like so much about the work of Jim Rohn is the fact that he was someone who was a big believer in effort, not hype, and he would be the first person to tell anyone who is waiting for the Law of Attraction to simply allow them to attract success that they must work on improving their skills.

However, Jim Rohn, unlike some people who write about the nature of success in business, also had an expanded vision of success that reminded people that they must always focus on becoming better people. He reminded people to live an ethical life, and never earn money at the cost of your principles, developing relationships with your family and your loved ones, or your personal faith and spiritual growth. In short, Jim Rohn wasn’t just someone who could teach you the principles to become successful in business (although he could certainly do that), but he could teach you how to live a fuller life.

If you’ve never read the works of Jim Rohn, or you want to know where to start when learning from this great teacher, I could offer no better place to start than the Jim Rohn Starter Sampler Pack. In this package, which bundles several of Jim Rohn’s classics that are each worth the total price, you will receive The Four Seasons of Life, Jim Rohn’s first book. This book, with its spare narration and beautiful black-and-white illustrations, demonstrates why it is important to live life in a way that adjusts to life’s natural rhythms, and how each season has its own opportunities and challenges. Also included are The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle, which shows what a full and rich life looks like in a sequential order; Building Your Network Marketing Business, an audio CD that explains what it takes to achieve success in network marketing and tells you some of the basic principles that have guided network marketing philosophy for decades. There are also several excerpts from other excellent works (both books and audio) that you can find by Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, and Denis Waitley on the Jim Rohn website. If you would like more information on how to develop your personal development library, this is the perfect place to start, and I’ve provided a link for you below:

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