Jim Rohn: Short Biography & Success Lessons

I personally admire Jim Rohn so much. His teaching on personal development is timeless – still applicable today.

Jim Rohn was an entrepreneur, self-made millionaire, author, and motivational speaker. He was born in 1930, and was raised in a farm in Idaho, USA. He left college after one year, and went completely bankrupt and heavily indebted by the age of 25. He started to change since he met a mentor, Earl Shoaff, in a seminar. Shoaff coached Jim Rohn with the fundamental principles of life – constant self improvement. He started off as a mere clerk at a departmental store, and became a millionaire by the age of 31. He had more than 25 books and video programs. He received various awards. He changed the lives of millions of people, including Mark Victor Hansen, Sanborn, Anthony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield, T. Harv Eker, Tony Robbins, etc.

In this video, you will learn a short biography and 29 success lessons from Jim Rohn.

Short Biography

• Born in 1930 in USA.
• Raised in a farm in Idaho, USA.
• Left college after one year.
• Completely bankrupt and heavily indebted by the age of 25.
• Started to change since he met a mentor, Earl Shoaff, in a seminar.
• Shoaff coached Rohn with the fundamental principles of life.
• Adapted to his new way of life – constant self improvement.
• Started off as a mere clerk at a departmental store.
• Became a millionaire by the age of 31.
• Had more than 25 books and video programs.
• Received various awards.
• Changed the lives of millions of people, including Mark Victor Hansen, Sanborn, Anthony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield, T. Harv Eker, Tony Robbins, etc.
• Jim Rohn was an entrepreneur, self-made millionaire, author, motivational speaker.

Success Lessons

1. Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job, you’ll make a living, if you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune.
2. If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
3. Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills.
4. Work on you philosophy, work on your attitude, work on your personality, work on your language, work on the gift of communication, work on all your abilities and if you’ll start making those personal changes, I’m telling you, everything will change for you.
5. What you become is far more important than what you get. The important question to ask on the job is not, What am I getting? Instead, you should ask, What am I becoming?
6. To have more than you’ve got, become more than you are.
7. Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning are where the miracle process all begins.
8. Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.
9. Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
10. Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
11. Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
12. If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
13. You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
14. 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.
15. To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?
16. Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.
17. You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
18. The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
19. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
20. When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it.
21. Start from wherever you are and with whatever you’ve got.
22. You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
23. We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
24. The more you care, the stronger you can be.
25. Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs.
26. Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
27. If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.
28. Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.
29. Success is what you attract by the person you become.

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