The Book in Three Sentences
- Jim Rohn had influenced more than 5 million people in all corners of the world.
- He’s famous for mentoring countless motivational speakers including Tony Robbins, Les Brown, Harvey Mackay, Mark Victor Hansen and others.
- InMy Philosophy for Successful Living by Jim Rohn, Rohn shares his best teachings on living a successful life.
My Philosophy for Successful Living Summary
You will be paid for what you bring to the marketplace and what you become.
Formal education gets you a job, but self-education is what makes you rich.
The answer to solving your problems isn’t to be found by listing out the obstacles both real and perceived in the outside world, but instead by noticing the obstacles in your own thinking and approach.
Your personal income is determined primarily by your philosophy.
If you work hard on your job, you make a living. If you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune.
Success is not something you pursue. Success is something that you attract by becoming an attractive person.
The way that you become rich is not by wishing your life were easier, but instead by focusing on making yourself better.
Achieving wealth and greatness can be distilled down to helping others.
If you search you can find good people, but you have to be committed to searching.
Rewarding people for small steps of progress is a key part in your ultimate success.
Be so busy giving others recognition that you don’t really need it for yourself.
Becoming a skilled communicator is one of the single best investments you can make in yourself.
One of the best ways of building a financial wall around your family is to have more than one skill and more than one language.
Profits are better than wages.
No matter what you are doing in life, it’s important that you learn the fundamentals or the foundation of a given job or task.
Taking the time to sit down and write out your goals for the present, the near future and the more remote future is a necessary part of transforming your life.
You can have all you want out of life if you endeavor to help others.
Those who do not contribute to society often find that they pay a price in the form of solitude.
Recommended Reading
If you likeMy Philosophy for Successful Living, you may also enjoy the following books:
- Awaken the Giant Withinby Anthony Robbins
- How to Win Friends and Influence Peopleby Dale Carnegie
- Think and Grow Richby Napoleon Hill
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