Personal Philosophy

"Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out." Jim Rohn

What is your "personal philosophy"? What propels you forward to toward success, and winning in life?

The storms of life will come to us all, and we will experience the winds of failure, hurt, heartache, pain, and disappointment. These are seas you and I each will surely have to sail on, but we all don't reach the same destinations. Why do we arrive at different places, some at harbors filled with success and others at the harbor of failure.

The major difference isn't the sea we have sailed on, for we know we each face the same circumstances; it's the way we think, our personal philosophy. It seems there are times, that no matter how hard we try, things just seem to fall apart. Our lives are filled with challenges we must face, and we find them in all areas of our life. It isn't what happens to us that determines the quality of our lives, but it is how we think about what happened. It is our personal philosophy. The way we think and respond has a greater ability to destroy our lives than any of the challenges we may face. How quickly we respond to adversity is far more important than the adversity itself. The great challenge of life is to control our own thinking.

A great way to build a new and powerful philosophy is to take a look at the conclusions you already have about life. "If it isn't working for you, it's probably working against you". If it isn't working, change things, you have that ability.

There are people from every walk of life, who have experienced incredible experiences, that have written about those experiences. The contributions of these people allow us to develop our thinking, and refine our philosophy. Books are a gift that are filled with treasures that can change our lives, economics, health and careers for the better. If we will only read them.

As we refine our philosophy, we should be committed to paying attention during our day, observing what's going on and becoming a good listener. The people we have around us, should be people we respect and admire. We should be able to learn and grow from them, being inspired and stimulated by them.

Every day that we live, will be filled with dozens of choices, moments that we will be called upon to make a decision. Each of these decisions will chart a path to where we are headed in our future. We need to make wise choices. If we have a sound philosophy, we will be better prepared to make these decisions.

Build and refine your philosophy. Commit yourself to it, and say "I'm going to change my life". Tomorrow, I will be better, for today I will have learned more, listened better and made better choices.


Jim Rohn's 10 Steps to Success

1. If you will change, everything will change for you.
2. Spend time and money on things that count.
3. Don't spend too much time or money on things that don't count.
4. Instead of getting through the day, get from the day.
5. Take charge of your own life.
6. Repetition is the labor of skill.
7. Put yourself through an activity plan.
8. Clean up your neglect.
9. Spend more money on the inside of your head, than on the outside.
10. Remember, that time is more valuable than money and if you find something of
value, try it.