One of the most remarkable rags-to-riches stories is that of Jim Rohn. Throughout his adult life, Jim Rohn dedicated himself to teaching and lecturing on achieving success in sales. He believed that anyone could become whatever they aspired to be. Born an only child on a small farm in southwest Idaho, U.S.A., Jim Rohn rose to prominence as America’s foremost business philosopher.
How Jim Rohn started
Jim Rohn began his career as a stock clerk for Sears. However, after attending a lecture by entrepreneur John Earl Shoaff, he decided to pursue a different path. He sought mentorship from Shoaff, diligently following every piece of advice he received. Jim Rohn became a direct marketing distributor, and within six years, he earned his first fortune. Despite losing his millions, Rohn famously noted, “Whether you win or whether you earn a million dollars, best you quickly learn how to be a millionaire, or you will lose it.“
Jim Rohn quickly regained his wealth, remarking, “The second time I made a fortune was much easier than the first time because I knew how to.” In 1963, he delivered his first public speech and began traveling across the country, sharing his philosophy on personal development. Those fortunate enough to hear Jim Rohn speak in person were truly lucky. Many of his speeches are available on YouTube and are invaluable resources worth listening to repeatedly.
For over 40 years, Jim Rohn was a leading motivational speaker and author, guiding countless individuals in their personal development journeys. Business professionals, in particular, can gain valuable insights from Jim Rohn’s teachings. His lessons are especially beneficial for leaders navigating the ever-changing trends and challenges of running a business.
35 Inspiring quotes
- “Life was not designed to give us what we need. Life was designed to give us what we deserve.”
- “Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”
- “When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it.”
- “If you wish to reap, you must plant. Reaping is reserved for the planters. The reason they reap is because they deserve it.”
- “If you keep knocking, you’ll find open doors. Doors of opportunity are open to those who continually knock.”
- “We don’t find opportunities because we deserve them but because we knock. Only those who knock deserve to find them.”
- “Finding is reserved for the searchers. Because they deserve it. Those who search, they will find answers, they will find plans.”
- “If you search to find a good idea, you must go looking and searching. You got to go to church. You got to go to class. You got to go to the seminar. You got to go to the library. You got to go to the books.”
- “If you ask, someone has an answer. You keep asking – the answer belongs to you.”
- “Ask yourself: What process should I begin engaging in to deserve good health, to deserve a good relationship, to deserve prosperity, to deserve an enterprise? What must I do to begin the process to deserve?”
- “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”
- “The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing.”
- “Take your seed to the marketplace, not your need.”
- “The market is not interested in your need. It is interested in your seed, in your willingness to work, in your discipline, in your vitality, in your work ethic.”
- “If you wish to receive, you must give. Receiving is reserved for those who give.”
- “Giving starts the receiving process.”
- “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
- “Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.”
- “Find a way to serve the many. Service to many leads to greatness.”
- “You have to be disciplined when the amounts are small. Some people are impressed with the many people listening to me at a seminar. But this is not where I started. I started with just a few. It started with my passion for just a few.”
- “You never know who is in the audience. You gotta be faithful when there are just a few. You have to be passionate. That begins to qualify you to one day speak to many.”
- “Give yourself a chance to change. Refine your philosophy. Refine your direction.”
- “Give yourself time to learn. Give yourself time to understand good ideas. Give yourself time to make changes and then grow into those changes. Have patience with yourself.”
- “We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”
- “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”
- “Have patience with the seasons. It takes time to develop the crop. You can’t plant a seed and start digging around in a few days saying ‘Where is it? Where is it?’ – Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer.”
- “Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”
- “One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention.”
- “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
- “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
- “Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.”
- “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.”
- “If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.”
- “The book you don’t read can’t help.”
- “Become a millionaire not for the million dollars, but for what it will make of you to achieve it.”
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