The Secret to Success

by Jim Rohn

Do you want to achieve your most important goals? In my opinion it gets down to two simple words, "easy" and "neglect". People often ask me how I became successful at the early age of 31, while many of the people I knew did not. The answer is simple: During that 6-year period of time (age 25 to 31), the things I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. I found it easy to set the goals that could change my life. They found it easy not to. I found it easy to read the books that could affect my thinking and my ideas. They found that easy not to. I found it easy to attend the classes and the seminars, and to get around other successful people. They said it probably really wouldn't matter. If I had to sum it up, I would say what I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. Six years later, I'm a millionaire and they are all still blaming the economy, the government, and company policies, yet they neglected to do the basic, easy things.

In fact, the primary reason most people are not doing as well as they could and should, can be summed up in a single word: neglect.

It is not the lack of money - banks are full of money. It is not the lack of opportunity - America, and much of the free World, continues to offer the most unprecedented and abundant opportunities in the last six thousand years of recorded history. It is not the lack of books – libraries are full of books - and they are free! It is not the schools - the classrooms are full of good teachers. We have plenty of ministers, leaders, counselors and advisors.

Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply neglect.

Neglect is like an infection. Left unchecked it will spread throughout our entire system of disciplines and eventually lead to a complete breakdown of a potentially joy-filled and prosperous human life.

Not doing the things we know we should do causes us to feel guilty and guilt leads to an erosion of self-confidence. As our self-confidence diminishes, so does the level of our activity. And as our activity diminishes, our results inevitably decline. And as our results suffer, our attitude begins to weaken. And as our attitude begins the slow shift from positive to negative, our self-confidence diminishes even more... and on and on it goes.

So my suggestion is that when giving the choice of "easy to" and "easy not to" that you do not neglect to do the simple, basic, "easy"; but potentially life-changing activities and disciplines.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

Special Note: Be part of the 1% that makes a decision to achieve all their goals! Enroll today in the Jim Rohn One Year Success Plan. For details visit http://www.JimRohn.com.

---

This article was submitted by Jim Rohn, America's Foremost Business Philosopher. To subscribe to the Free Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine go to http://www.JimRohn.com. Copyright © 2005 Jim Rohn International. All rights reserved worldwide.

---

Free Spiritual Tools Ebook

Now you can quickly download this free spiritual tools ebook. It is filled with links and resources to a variety of the newest tools you can use to grow spiritually. Enliven your spiritual journey with some amazing tools that will keep you positive and motivated and accomplishing what you want in life.

Within this free spiritual ebook you'll also find links to free downloads of powerful software and ebooks.

Download your free copy of the Spiritual Tools Ebook by clicking here.

For the latest in spiritual tools you can use visit our page of spiritual resources for spiritual renewal.

How Many of the 50 Spiritual Movies in this Free Ebook Have You Seen?

Download it Now for FREE

The 50 Spiritual Movies ebook is free for you to enjoy and distribute. It comes with a list of 50 spiritual movies with reviews. It is in PDF format so can be enjoyed by both PC and Mac users.

The 50 Spiritual Movies ebook features some interesting spiritual cinema. Extend your circle of impact by sharing this free ebook that also includes a number of links to some of the best charities around.

By reading it and passing it on you'll be exposing yourself and others to some positive movies and some very worthy charities. These charities help others all over the world.

Download your free copy of 50 Spiritual Movies by right clicking here (it is in pdf format).

For a faster loading copy (same ebook just fewer graphics) just right click here to download.

Now You Can Make Money and Help Others with Your Own Branded Copy of 50 Spiritual Movies - and it's Free!

Click here to get it now.

A Thousand or More Minds Sending You the Energy of Abundance and Success? Tap into the Power of Wealth Vibes - it's Free.

Yahoo! News Search Results for success Yahoo! News Search Results for success Ducks marks 14 years of success (Philstar.com via Yahoo! Philippines News) Ducks Unlimited celebrates 14 years of success with a grand anniversary sale in all its boutiques. Tasting Success (The Hindu) In its second edition of its initiative called Taste the Success ? Become Indra?s Advisors, PepsiCo is presenting the winning team an opportunity to present their case studies to Ms Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO, PepsiCo, along with a pre-placement offer in the company. Officials say people participation key to success in running local government... PEOPLE?S participation in governance is the key to success for any local government unit (LGU), top officials said yesterday. Bob Marshall fundraiser a success (Whitefish Pilot) The staff and board of directors of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation would like to thank the many volunteers, local businesses, and artists for making our second annual fundraising event a great success. 'Heartfelt' thanks to those who made National Night Out a success (The Warren... To The Editor: We would like to extend a belated but heartfelt thank you to all those who made Washington Township's National Night Out a huge success. Thanks to our tireless volunteers and the generosity of our local businesses, we... Wallabies' keys to success (Mandurah Mail) Deep in Enid Blyton territory, the Wallabies are working diligently on the secret seven formula to ensure success at Twickenham early tomorrow morning. Greg Growden outlines the formula. Gregory Sica: Schelotto's MLS success closely watched in Argentina (Sports Il... When Guillermo Barros Schelotto made the unconventional switch from Boca Juniors to the Columbus Crew in 2007, most American soccer fans knew little, if anything, about him, nor did they know what kind of impact he would have on Major League Soccer. Newsfeed display by CaRP