Over the years as I've sought out ideas, principles and strategies tolife's challenges, I've come across four simple words that can make livingworthwhile.
First, life is worthwhile if you Learn. What you don't know Will hurt you.You have to have learning to exist, let alone succeed. Life is worthwhile ifyou learn from your own experiences - negative or positive. We learn to doit right by first sometimes doing it wrong. We call that a positivenegative. We also learn from other people's experiences, both positive and negative. I've always said that it is too bad failures don't give seminars.Obviously, we don't want to pay them so they aren't usually touring aroundgiving seminars. But that information would be very valuable - we wouldlearn how someone who had it all then messed it up. Learning from otherpeople's experiences and mistakes is valuable information because we canlearn what not to do without the pain of having tried and failed ourselves.
We learn by what we see so pay attention. We learn by what we hear so be a good listener. Now I do suggest that you should be a selective listener,don't just let anybody dump into your mental factory. We learn from what weread so learn from every source; learn from lectures; learn from songs;learn from sermons; learn from conversations with people who care. Always keep learning.
Second, life is worthwhile if you Try. You can't just learn; now you haveto try something to see if you can do it. Try to make a difference, try tomake some progress, try to learn a new skill, try to learn a new sport. Itdoesn't mean you can do everything, but there are a lot of things you cando, if you just try. Try your best. Give it every effort. Why not go allout?
Third, life is worthwhile if you Stay. You have to stay from spring untilharvest. If you have signed up for the day or for the game or for theproject - see it through. Sometimes calamity comes and then it is worthwrapping it up. And that's the end, but just don't end in the middle. May be on the next project you pass, but on this one, if you signed up, see it through.
And lastly, life is worthwhile if you Care. If you care at all you will getsome results, if you care enough you can get incredible results. Care enoughto make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough tostart a new enterprise. Care enough to change it all. Care enough to be thehighest producer. Care enough to set some records. Care enough to win.
Four powerful little words: learn, try, stay and care. What difference canyou make in your life today by putting these words to work?
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
First, life is worthwhile if you Learn. What you don't know Will hurt you.You have to have learning to exist, let alone succeed. Life is worthwhile ifyou learn from your own experiences - negative or positive. We learn to doit right by first sometimes doing it wrong. We call that a positivenegative. We also learn from other people's experiences, both positive and negative. I've always said that it is too bad failures don't give seminars.Obviously, we don't want to pay them so they aren't usually touring aroundgiving seminars. But that information would be very valuable - we wouldlearn how someone who had it all then messed it up. Learning from otherpeople's experiences and mistakes is valuable information because we canlearn what not to do without the pain of having tried and failed ourselves.
We learn by what we see so pay attention. We learn by what we hear so be a good listener. Now I do suggest that you should be a selective listener,don't just let anybody dump into your mental factory. We learn from what weread so learn from every source; learn from lectures; learn from songs;learn from sermons; learn from conversations with people who care. Always keep learning.
Second, life is worthwhile if you Try. You can't just learn; now you haveto try something to see if you can do it. Try to make a difference, try tomake some progress, try to learn a new skill, try to learn a new sport. Itdoesn't mean you can do everything, but there are a lot of things you cando, if you just try. Try your best. Give it every effort. Why not go allout?
Third, life is worthwhile if you Stay. You have to stay from spring untilharvest. If you have signed up for the day or for the game or for theproject - see it through. Sometimes calamity comes and then it is worthwrapping it up. And that's the end, but just don't end in the middle. May be on the next project you pass, but on this one, if you signed up, see it through.
And lastly, life is worthwhile if you Care. If you care at all you will getsome results, if you care enough you can get incredible results. Care enoughto make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough tostart a new enterprise. Care enough to change it all. Care enough to be thehighest producer. Care enough to set some records. Care enough to win.
Four powerful little words: learn, try, stay and care. What difference canyou make in your life today by putting these words to work?
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
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