Success
is Easy, But so is Neglect
by Jim Rohn People
often ask me how I became successful in that six-year period
of time while many of the people I knew did not. The answer
is simple: 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
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