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7 Strategies from Millionaire Mentor Jim Rohn to Help You Reach Financial Goals
If you’re looking to kick off your journey to success, take advice from someone who has firsthand experience: a self-made millionaire.
Jim Rohn is living proof that following the right set of strategies can help you get there.
He fell into his job as a human resource manager and ended up getting stuck in the same role after six years of hard work, with seemingly no progress being made.
It wasn’t until he met his mentor that he was able to make a successful transition – by following his specific recommendations, Jim Rohn became a millionaire at only 31 years old.
Now, Jim Rohn’s book “7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness” offers these same principles for anyone hoping for wealth and success in their life.
It introduces 7 strategies to consider – from recommending treating yourself to expensive dinners and considering taxes as opportunities rather than enemies of success; all the way leading up to adopting a two-quarter mindset – implementing these strategies into your life will propel you forward on your financial goals.
Achieving Goals Is Essential For Creating Purpose and Direction In Life
Having clear, defined goals is important for discipline and structure in life.
Think about the astronauts training for space missions – they must have clear goals, processes and timelines in order to conquer such a daunting task.
At Natures Nutrition, we encourage you to take the time to set meaningful goals that help you visualize your long-term vision and provide guidance on how to make it reality.
A great place to start is with a journaling exercise – write down around 50 of your most ambitious goals and break them down into time frames (1 year, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years).
Then refine the list by selecting four most important items from each category.
Once that’s done, add details and motivations into each goal so that you better understand why you want to accomplish it.
This will also help filter out any extraneous activities that aren’t worth your time.
By following these steps and staying disciplined, you will be able to stay focused on the important tasks at hand and work towards creating structure in your life!
You Don’t Need an Education to Get Rich: Self-Led Learning is the Key to Success
Self-led learning is the key to achieving wealth and personal development.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have expensive degrees or intensive training; anyone can learn and develop skills just by investing some time in self-led learning.
One of the best ways to tap into the power of self-led learning is to take lessons from your daily experiences through regular reflection.
Make time every day to reflect on what worked, what didn’t, and how it could be improved for next time.
Another fantastic way to get started with self-led learning is by picking up books, videos, and audio recordings about successful people as well as how-to books like Napoleon Hill’s classic Think and Grow Rich.
Read these materials thoroughly to gain knowledge and insights on how you can become successful too.
Additionally, if you really want to make the most out of your self-led learning pursuits and take it one step further, try gaining knowledge in-person by finding a person whom you consider wealthy or successful, extending them an invitation out for dinner (you’re paying) and ask questions about their strategies that enable them to become wealthy.
Last but not least, it’s very helpful to observe successful people in action at talks or seminars so you can observe their habits that contributed towards their success – taking note of small gestures such as the way they shake hands could make all the difference!
All in all, with commitment and dedication towards self-learning initiatives combined with consistent investment of both time and money each month – you are sure pave your own path towards personal success!
It’s Possible to Change Yourself and Increase Your Value: Eliminating Barriers To Personal Development
If you want to increase your value in the workplace, at home with your family and friends, or even find greater financial success, one way to do it is by eliminating barriers that prevent personal development.
We often put off difficult tasks and goals because it takes too much time and effort.
This is what we refer to as procrastination; avoiding the hard work until later on which can become a bottleneck in getting ahead.
It’s important to get over this challenge so you can focus on improving yourself without distraction.
Making excuses for our shortcomings is another major barrier to self-improvement.
If you’re not willing to take responsibility for your failures, then there’s little chance of rising above them.
To make things easier, start taking on small challenges when it comes to making changes to yourself.
For example, if you have trouble being punctual, start setting your alarm five minutes earlier each day until you master the art of being prompt!
Eliminating these two common issues will free up energy and resources which can be used towards better yourself and increasing your own worth.
How to Embrace Being a Happy Taxpayer and Invest Wisely
It’s possible to become both happier and wealthier by changing your attitude towards taxes and adopting the 70/30 rule.
The key is to look at taxes as more than just money you have to give away, but as a way of contributing to society and helping the government improve life for everyone in exchange for some of your income.
You can also make taxes less daunting by looking at them in a positive light: think of all the ways spending money puts your money into circulation and contributes to the economy or how paying bills reduces debt.
The 70/30 rule divides your monthly income in a smart way – allocate 70 percent of it for needs and wants like rent and entertainment, 10 percent for charity donation, 10 percent for savings so you can accumulate wealth over time, and lastly another 10 percent on investments so you can create wealth.
The best part? You can monetize one of your hobbies as an investment too!
The combination of these two strategies—shifting perspectives on taxes and employing the 70/30 rule—will help you manage your finances better while having a more positive outlook towards money management.
How to Balance Work and Life with Organized Time Management
Achieving wealth and happiness requires a balanced approach to your work and life.
You don’t want to be a drifter with no restrictions on time, or you may end up too overwhelmed by work to enjoy it – or worse, burning out completely.
But you also don’t just want to take on small projects and clock in nine-to-five everyday without taking on bigger commitments.
The key is careful and thoughtful planning.
Allocating your time wisely means setting clear boundaries between work and leisure time, so that you have enough of both.
To make sure you do this effectively, get organized – set up a project book where you can store important data all in one place.
This will help you save time when looking back at documents in future.
Secondly, create a calendar dedicated entirely for personal schedules; this will help ensure that your days are properly balanced between working hard and enjoying yourself – not forgetting me-time!
Organizing your schedule this way will help ensure that every aspect of your life benefits from the attention it deserves – whether it’s professional success, quality family time or even downtime for relaxation and recharging energy levels.
Careful planning is the key to achieving balance, which ultimately leads to true wealth and happiness!
How Our Friends Influence Us and How to Make Sure It Is Positive
It’s important to be mindful of who you spend the majority of your time with.
You can be heavily influenced by the people around you, in good ways and bad.
That’s why it’s important to make sure that you’re surrounding yourself with the right people.
The first thing to do is take a look at your current relationships and ask yourself whether or not they are beneficial for you.
If there are some relationships that aren’t helping you on any level, then it may be best to distance yourself from those people.
This could mean completely disassociating from them or taking more limited action by actively spending less time together.
Then, focus on spending more time with those whose mindset will benefit you.
For example, if someone has a disciplined approach to their life and successful track-record, their attitude might rub off on you in positive ways.
Consider getting involved in your local community as well – joining a committee or volunteering at an organization may bring new opportunities that open-up networking possibilities.
A Two-Quarter Mindset: How to Find Fulfillment Without Being Rich
It’s all too common for people to assume that having more money will make them feel better about themselves, but unfortunately, this isn’t true.
Sometimes, even the ultra-rich can be deeply dissatisfied with their lives despite their wealth.
How can this be? Despite having so much money, these people likely never learned how to be satisfied with what they have – a valuable lesson that everyone should learn.
Fortunately, we don’t need endless amounts of cash to be fulfilled in life.
In fact, it’s possible to learn how to be satisfied no matter the size of our bank accounts.
This is where the two-quarter mentality comes in.
To illustrate this way of thinking, imagine getting your shoes shined and having to decide whether you should tip one quarter or two quarters for the excellent job done by the person who shined them.
If you opt for one quarter, you’ll save some cash but will likely end up feeling like a Scrooge after!
But if you go for two quarters you’ll definitely feel prosperous and confident.
One man took this concept and applied it generosity between himself and his daughters; proven it has tremendous rewards!
Whenever they asked him for money he stuck firmly in a one-quarter mindset and said no or begrudgingly offer something small – not anymore!
He realized that being generous brings immense satisfaction and delight – which not only benefits those around us but also ourselves.
Wrap Up
The final summary of the 7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness book is clear: obtaining wealth and happiness is a process that requires discipline and planning, but if you put in the effort required to move towards your goals, you’ll reap substantial rewards.
To ensure effective use of your time and reach your goals quickly, it’s essential to develop a game plan with specific goals and deadlines – on a sheet of graph paper, create vertical columns with the days over which you want to work, then make a heading on the left called “activities” and list out each task you need to accomplish.
Once you’ve determined how long each task should take, calculate how many days it will take in total and block those out on the game plan.
Follow this system each week to make sure that you’re consistently progressing towards your goals.
