Here we are in the second quarter of the year and we are all saying, “Where did the time go?” The time went right by us if we didn't make a plan on how to use all the time available for making sure our priorities are straight and that our plans are on track.
One of my favorite reads is the book The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn, one of the nation's foremost business philosophers. Here are a few thoughts from his book that will afford you a reminder on getting and keeping your plan on target personally as well as professionally.
Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.
• Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, “Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.”
• You must take responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the season, or the wind, but you can change yourself. You don't have charge of the constellations, but you do have charge of whether you read, develop new skills, or take new classes.
• Your paycheck is not your employer's responsibility. It's your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.
• I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.
• If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much.
• One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.
• At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.
• Life asks us to make measurable progress in reasonable time. That's why they make those fourth-grade chairs so small — so you won't fit in them at age 25.
• Don't wish it was easier; wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom.
Lastly, let's look at success. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are. Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.
My advice is don't wait for opportunity to knock on your door. Instead remember that we must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve, not need. Do you deserve to succeed?
One of my favorite reads is the book The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn, one of the nation's foremost business philosophers. Here are a few thoughts from his book that will afford you a reminder on getting and keeping your plan on target personally as well as professionally.
Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.
• Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, “Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.”
• You must take responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the season, or the wind, but you can change yourself. You don't have charge of the constellations, but you do have charge of whether you read, develop new skills, or take new classes.
• Your paycheck is not your employer's responsibility. It's your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.
• I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.
• If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much.
• One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.
• At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.
• Life asks us to make measurable progress in reasonable time. That's why they make those fourth-grade chairs so small — so you won't fit in them at age 25.
• Don't wish it was easier; wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom.
Lastly, let's look at success. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are. Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.
My advice is don't wait for opportunity to knock on your door. Instead remember that we must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve, not need. Do you deserve to succeed?