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7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness is Jim Rohn’s ultimate guide to improving your wealth through self-discipline, action, and a positive attitude toward work, money, and the people around you.
7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness is Jim Rohn’s ultimate guide to improving your wealth through self-discipline, action, and a positive attitude toward work, money, and the people around you.
Let’s say you wanted to become a doctor. You wouldn’t try a triple bypass surgery without years of experience studying the heart and surgical procedures, right? Well then why would you expect to become successful and wealthy without studying financial principles?
The good news is that you don’t have to take out huge loans and spend years getting degrees for the kind of knowledge you need. To get ahead financially, you need to practice self-led learning.
One way to do this is through your experiences. Everything you go through has a lesson, but you need to reflect each day to discover these. Noticing what goes well and what doesn’t will help you decide what to keep doing and actions to stop.
Another great option for self-led learning is to study books, videos, and online courses. Look for the autobiographies of successful people or how-to books for the best life-improving content.
My favorite way that Rohn suggests we seek learning is by spending time with wealthy people. Offer to take someone to lunch who is where you want to be someday and spend that time asking them questions. You might know the habits of successful people by heart, but hearing them from wealthy people themselves is a whole different experience that will change the way you see the world. Investing the time and money this and these other techniques requires will have long-lasting effects for good in your life.
If you’re like most people, the idea of taxes makes you cringe. “There’s only two things that are certain in life, death and taxes” you might say. It’s not fair that the government takes your money away, right? This isn’t how Rohn thinks on the subject. He used to have this same mentality toward taxes when his mentor taught him to have a better attitude. After all, he said, the better attitude you have about money the less frustrated and more in control you feel. Start by looking at all the good that taxes do. Your contribution helps make society better for everyone by paying for things like defense, roads, and public transportation. In return, you get to enjoy freedom, safety, and opportunities. Not only should you see your taxes in a positive light, but all your expenditures also. Be grateful that you get to put money into circulation and improve the economy when you make purchases. Also look at what you get to have for what you spend on bills to have water and keep your house warm or cool. To…
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Having a good attitude about taxes can help you attract wealth, and using the 70/30 rule allows you to keep your riches.
The people you spend the most time will determine the kind of person you are, so choose wisely and intentionally!
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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 pro…
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