(excerpted from Jim Rohn’s One Year Success Plan – Week Two)

Hi Jim Rohn here and welcome to week two. Again, what an exciting opportunity to be able to take this next step together on our year-long journey.

1. The Invitation – We discussed the possibilities and I challenged you to accept the invitation to join me on this unique journey of self-development and discovery where you will set and achieve higher goals, chase your dreams, change some unpleasant things. about yourself and make a significant difference in the lives of others.

2. The Plan – This week we will talk about the plan. All good things in life go against the grain, but the natural flow of life is that negative downward pull. To combat that downward pull, you need a plan, a map to help you get to your desired destination. We’ll talk about the plan and break down the keys to creating and following a successful plan.

3. Association and Influence: Everything around us affects us, including what we read, what we watch, who we talk to, and who we spend time with. Everything plays out in the way we see our world, our relationships, our opportunities, but most of all ourselves. Next week we will talk about the importance of our associations and the influence they have.

4. Learning and Education: The 12 Pillars of Success that we will study over the next year will include Personal Development, Becoming a Learner, and Learning. This is the base, one of the basic or fundamental elements to be more, have more and do more, and we will cover this key aspect in two weeks.

Bonus point: personal development is all about having a celebration; creating your own unique, one-of-a-kind, only-you-deserve-it-because-you-did-it celebration!

We will cover each of these 4 points in depth this month. Last week we discussed the invitation, and now this week I congratulate you on accepting this invitation to be, do, and have more in your life. The Bible says that if you seek you will find, and that is what you and I are in the process of doing. We have accepted the invitation to be seekers so that we can now be seekers of the better things that life offers so openly to those who choose to participate in the process. Next year, let’s see what we can do with the soil, the seeds, the sunlight, the rain, and the miracle of the possibilities of turning what we have into a life filled with treasury stocks, family relationships, business, gifts galore. and everything you want.

Now let’s move on to this week’s topic: The Plan.

As we all know, our results are only as good as our plan. Mr. Schoaff taught me that it’s not what happens that determines most of our future, because what happens happens to all of us. Instead, he taught me that the key is what we do about it. If we begin the change process by developing a plan, doing something different this coming year than we did last year, it won’t matter how small those efforts are at first. Start doing different things with the same set of circumstances, the ones we’ve always had and can’t change, and see what miracles happen.

If we start the miracle process and change ourselves, then everything changes. And this is the interesting thing, the difference between success and failure is very subtle. Let me explain by giving you my definitions of failure and success. Here it is: Failure is a few mistakes in judgment repeated every day. The man says, “Well, I didn’t walk around the block today and it didn’t kill me, so it must be okay.” No, no, it’s that kind of misjudgment, t

Now here is my definition of success: A few simple Disciplines practiced every day. do you see the distinction? Some disciplines… Here’s a little phrase we’ve all heard: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” And my question to you is, “What if that’s true?” How simple and easy is that plan?

The fact is, when you look at successful people, you will almost always discover a plan behind their success. They know what they want, they make a plan that will get them where they want to go, and they work on their plan. It is the foundation for success. We as humans have the unique ability to affect change in our lives; it is through our own conscious choice when we engage in the miraculous process of personal development that we are able to transform our nature and our lives.

We want this first year in our program to be a success for you, a resounding success, and we know that means you’ll need to have a plan and then work methodically on that plan. It’s the combination of the materials and your open attitude toward learning, fueled by diligently following a plan that’s right for you, that will make this year the kind of success we know you want it to be. So let me challenge you to be no less sincere, no less committed to advancing your philosophy, the course of your sail, your plan.

So what are some good ideas for developing a plan that works well and gets you to the finish line with strength and style? Here are some important points to keep in mind (Chris will give you the steps to follow at the end):

Develop the plan for you.

Some people are very detail oriented and will be able to follow an intricate plan closely. Others are a bit more “free” and not really “throughout” people. That’s fine too. In all the years that I have spoken to audiences around the world, people have asked me the question: “What is the right plan?” And my answer, the plan that fits you. Your plan, the one that you develop that is unique for you and for you. You see, each of us is unique and motivated by different factors and you have to develop one that is right for you and that suits you.

Some plans won’t be as complicated as others, but we all need to have a plan, along with the goals in that plan, to move forward in the program. If you’re a free-spirited type, don’t tell yourself you’re going to spend 2 hours a day with a book, tapes, and journal. It probably won’t happen and you will get discouraged! Whatever your personality, your strengths and your weaknesses, build the plan around you! This is not a one-size-fits-all proposition.

Set times to work on the material.

It can be every Sunday night. It can be 20 minutes every morning. It can be in the car listening to the CD’s every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Whatever it is, set the times and do it. On your step-by-step plan, write down the points you can achieve each week. They must be specific and achievable. Develop the discipline and take those steps every day that will get you closer to your goals and where you want to be.

Keep a journal.

Take note. It can be on paper, it can be on a microrecorder. Mr. Schoaff taught me not to trust my memory, but to write it down, to find a place to collect the information that affects change. And that advice has served me well all these years. Record the ideas and inspiration that will take you from where you are to where you want to be. Take note of the ideas that impact you the most. Write down your thoughts and ideas. Brainstorm with yourself about where you are going and what you want to do.

Record your dreams and ambitions.

Your journals are a gathering place for all the valuable information you will find. If you are serious about becoming rich, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured, unique, if you come across something important, write it down. Two people will listen to the same material and each will come up with different ideas. Use the information you collect and record it for further reflection, for future discussion, and to weigh its value to you.

Reflect.

Create time for reflection, a time to go back, to study again the things you have learned and the things you have done each day. I call it “playing the tapes again” so that the day is firmly etched in your memory to serve as a tool. As you review the material in this plan, you’ll want to take time to reflect on its importance to you. Set aside time regularly: Here are some good guidelines for reflective moments: At the end of the day. Take a few minutes at the end of each day and review the day: who you talked to, who you saw, what they said, what happened and how you felt, what happened. One day it is the piece of the mosaic of your life. Then take a few hours at the end of the week to reflect on the week’s activities; I would suggest at least half an hour. Also during this weekly time, take a few minutes to reflect on how this material should apply to your life and circumstances. Take a half day at the end of the month and a weekend at the end of the year so you can

Set goals.

While we’re going to cover this soon enough in the coming weeks, let’s remember that your plan is the roadmap for how you’re going to reach your goals, so you need to have them. Of all the things that changed my life for the better (and faster), it was learning to set goals. Mastering this unique process can also have a powerful effect on your life. I remember shortly after meeting Mr. Schoaff, he asked me if he had a list of my goals, and of course he didn’t. He suggested that because he lacked a clearly defined set of goals, he could guess my bank balance to within a few hundred dollars…and he did!

Well, Mr. Schoaff immediately started helping me define my vision of the future, my dreams. He taught me to set goals because it is the biggest influence on a person’s future and the biggest force that will push a person in the direction they want to go. But the future must be planned, well designed to exert a force that pushes you towards the promise of what can be.

Act.

Act according to your plan. What separates the successful from the unsuccessful so many times is that the successful just do it. They take action, they are not necessarily smarter than others; they just work the plan. And the time to act is when the emotion is strong. Because if you don’t, this is what happens: it’s called the law of diminishing intention. We intend to act when the idea hits us, when the emotion is high, but if we delay and don’t translate that into action soon enough, the intention starts to wane, wane and a month from now it’s cold and a year from now. now it can’t be found.

So establish the discipline when the idea is strong, clear and powerful: that’s the time to work on the plan. Otherwise, emotion is wasted unless you capture emotion and put it into disciplined activities and translate it into equity. And this is the interesting thing: all the disciplines affect each other; everything affects everything. That’s why the smallest action matters, because the value and benefits you

As we said last week, we are at the beginning of a fantastic journey that will help us become everything we want to be, so go ahead!

Until next week, let’s do something extraordinary!

jim rohn