Quotes On Personal Development

To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract.

We can have more than we’ve got because we can become more than we are.

The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.

Pity the man who inherits a million dollars and who isn’t a millionaire. Here’s what would be pitiful: If your income grew and you didn’t.

The most important question to ask on the job is not, “What am I getting?”” The most important question to ask on the job is, “What am I becoming?””

It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.

After you become a millionaire, you can give all of your money away because what’s important is not the million dollars; what’s important is the person you have become in the process of becoming a millionaire.

Income seldom exceeds personal development.

What you become directly influences what you get.

Quotes by Jim Rohn

The Best Gift to Give Others

A question that I often ask myself is, “How can I best help my children, spouse, family member, staff member, friend, etc., improve/change?” “How can I help change someone else?”

The answer comes back to me in a reverberating mandate, “Help yourself first…help yourself first…help yourself first.” Sounds a little selfish at first glance, but the best contribution I can make to someone else is my own personal development. If I become 10 times wiser, 10 times stronger, think of what that will do for my adventure as a father... as a grandfather... as a business colleague.

The best gift I can give to others, really, is my ongoing personal development. Getting better, getting stronger, becoming wiser. I think parents should pick this valuable philosophy up. If the parents are okay, the kids have an excellent chance of being okay. Working on my own personal development as a parent, that’s one of the best gifts I can give to my children.

If you have ever ridden in an airplane, then you might have noticed the oxygen compartment located above every seat. There are explicit instructions that say, “In case of an emergency, first secure your own oxygen mask and then if you have children with you secure their masks.” Take care of yourself first... then assist your children. If we use that same philosophy throughout our whole parental life, it would be so valuable.

Over 3 years ago my wife and I made a commitment to consistent, regular exercise. I lost 40 pounds the first year and as an additional benefit I felt much better too. It’s been interesting to see how our children have progressed as well in this area. One of them lost 25 pounds, another lost 80 pounds and a third has been more consistent in exercise over the past 12 months.

If I learn to create happiness for myself, my children now have an excellent chance to be happy. If I create a unique lifestyle for myself and my spouse, that will be a great example to serve my children.
Self-development enables me to serve, to be more valuable to those around me; for my child... my business... my colleague... my community... my church.

“The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. That is why I wish to pay a fair price for every value. If I have to pay for it or earn it, that makes something of me. If I get it for free, that makes nothing of me.” Jim Rohn