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"What we ponder and what we think about sets the course of our life.  Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all . . . The choices are ours to make . . . We created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today."  Jim Rohn, Master Success Teacher and Legend

Jim Rohn - Success Master, Business Coach and Legend. September 17, 1930 - December 5, 2009

It was with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Success Master, teacher, speaker, author, seminar leader and legend Jim Rohn on December 5, 2009.  Jim has been a giant in the field of self improvement, personal achievement and business success for more than forty years.

Jim was one of the most influential thinkers of our time.  His profound business philosophy, creative insight, and inspirational messages have made him a popular speaker, writer and counselor.  Through his seminars over his career, Jim has addressed more than 6,000 audiences and 4 million people worldwide.

Jim courageously battled Pulmonary Fibrosis over the past 18 months, never giving up, never losing Faith - an inspiration right up until his passing.  Jim will be missed by all Students of Success, but his work will no doubt continue.  For more on Jim's passing and what others have expressed in tribute, see the Jim Rohn Memorial page on his web site.  There is also a great video tribute to Jim if you have the time; it is 13 minutes long.

"Success is neither magical nor mysterious.  Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals."  Jim Rohn

For more about Jim, his life and his work, the following are excerpts from the biography page of the Official Jim Rohn website, with a few of my favorite Jim Rohn quotes:

For more than 40 years, Jim Rohn honed his craft like a skilled artist — helping people the world over sculpt life strategies that have expanded their imagination of what is possible. Those who had the privilege of hearing him speak can attest to the elegance and common sense of his material.  It is no coincidence, then, that he is widely regarded as one of the most influential thinkers of our time, and thought of by many as a national treasure.  Jim authored countless books and audio and video programs, and helped motivate and shape an entire generation of personal-development trainers and hundreds of executives from America’s top corporations.

Born to an Idaho farming family in the mid-1900s, Jim was ingrained with a work ethic that has served him well throughout his life.  At 25, he met his mentor Earl Shoaff.  And over the next six years he made his first fortune, yet didn’t get into speaking until he moved to Beverly Hills, California, when a friend at the Rotary Club asked him to tell his success story, which Rohn titled “Idaho Farm Boy Makes It to Beverly Hills.”

"What we ponder and what we think about sets the course of our life.  Any day we wish, we can discipline ourselves to change it all.  Any day we wish, we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge.  Any day we wish, we can start a new activity.  Any day we wish, we can start the process of life change.  We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.

"We can also do nothing.  We can pretend rather than perform.  And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are.  We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence.  The choices are ours to make . . .

"We created our circumstances by our past choices.  We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today."  Jim Rohn

His speech went over so well that he received more invitations to share it, and better yet, they started paying him for it.  In the beginning, he spoke in front of college and high-school classes and at service clubs, before moving on to seminars in 1963, which launched him into the personal-development business.  From then on, Jim Rohn became a trailblazer in the self help and personal development industry, impacting the lives of millions through his life-changing material.

"If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always gotten."  Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn focused on the fundamentals of human behavior that most affect personal and business performance.  His is the standard to which those who seek to teach and inspire others are compared.  He possessed the unique ability to bring extraordinary insights to ordinary principles and events, and the combination of his substance and style captures the imagination of those who hear or read his words.

Jim is known as one of the great wordsmiths of our time.  Here is a sampling from Jim’s Treasury of Quotes that reflect on his philosophy on life and business:

Skills: Don’t wish it were 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.

Growth: Don’t join an easy crowd. You won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform and achieve are high.

Change: We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.

Activity: The few who do are the envy of the many who watch.

Success: Success is what you attract by the person you become.

"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person that you become."  Jim Rohn

In a field of many who imitate, Jim was an original.  He was a true professional and personified the meaning of class.

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