Ambitiously Pursuing Your Own
Self-Direction by Jim Rohn
What is the origin of true ambition? There exists really only one place to find true ambition and that is within you in every thought, in every movement, in every motivation. Your ambition is an expression of who you truly are, your own self-expression.
Isn’t self-expression really self-direction? How you think, how you move, how you motivate yourself. Ambition is a result of self-direction, and self-direction is one of the six key principles necessary for building ambition. Positive self-direction says, “I know who I am and I know where I want to go. I’m accumulating knowledge and experiences and feelings and philosophies that will help prepare me for opportunities that I know will show up without notice or any help on my part.” Because you know where you…
Vitamins for the Mind
by Jim Rohn
Desire/Motivation
Humans have the remarkable ability to get exactly what they must have. But there is a difference between a “must” and a “want.”
The best motivation is self-motivation. The guy says, “I wish someone would come by and turn me on.” What if they don’t show up? You’ve got to have a better plan for your life.
When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.
Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.
Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
“Vitamins for the Mind” is a weekly sampling of original quotes on a specific topic taken from The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn. The burgundy hardbound book with gold-foil lettering is a collection of more than 365 quotes on 60 topics gathered from Jim’s personal journals, seminars and books and spanning more than 40 years. Click here to order The Treasury of Quotes.
“Treat your body like a temple, not a woodshed. The mind and body work together. Your body needs to be a good support system for the mind and spirit. If you take good care of it, your body can take you wherever you want to go, with the power and strength and energy and vitality you will need to get there.” Jim Rohn
Practicing the Right Stuff
by Denis Waitley
Olympians train up to 1,200 days for a few moments of competition. Astronauts simulate until the profoundly unknown is perfectly known, the strangely unfamiliar becomes intimately familiar. I remember my own combat training as a naval aviator. My throat tightened as two enemy interceptors appeared on my radar screen. Knowing that a heat-seeking missile would be locked onto my tailpipe in seconds, I executed an aerobatic maneuver into heavy cloud cover. But I pulled too many Gs and lost control of…
“Some people take better care of their pets than they do themselves. Their animals can run like the wind and they can barely make it up a flight of stairs.” Jim Rohn
