Jim Rohn Motivational Speech | Time To Act

here's the time to act when the idea is hot and the emotion is strong that's the time to act you say Mr R I'd like to have a library like yours see if you feel strong about that what you got to do is get the first book and then get the second book before the feeling passes and before the idea gets dim action promto action immediate action as soon as possible cuz if you don't here's what happens we call it the law diminishing intent we intend to when the idea strikes us we intend to when

the emotion is high but now if you don't translate that into action fairly soon now the intent starts to diminish diminish diminish and a month from now it's cold year from now can't be found so act set up a discipline when the emotions are high and the idea is strong and clear and Powerful that's the time to set up the discipline somebody talks about good health and you're stirred says right I need to get a book on nutrition get the book before the idea passes and before before the emotion gets cold go for the book

start the library start the process fall on the floor do some push-ups action got to take action otherwise the wisdom is wasted otherwise the emotion soon passes unless you put it into a disciplined activity capture it disciplines is called how to capture the emotion and how to capture the wisdom and translate it into equity [Music] disciplines now here's what's important about disciplines all disciplines affect each other in fact here's a good philosophical phrase everything affects everything else nothing stands alone don't be naive and saying well this doesn't matter I'm telling you everything matters there are

some things that matter more than others but there isn't anything that doesn't matter [Music] okay we all pity the man who says well this is the only place I let down not true key to take home every let down affects the rest of your performance every let down affects the rest this is part of the educational process on personal development if you don't take the walk around the block you probably won't do the apple a day if you don't do the apple a day you probably won't consist you know start building your library if you

don't build your library you probably won't keep a journal and you won't take pictures and you won't do this you won't do wise things with your money won't do wise things with your time won't do wise things with your possibilities and relationships and the first thing you know six years of that accumulated and we say you have messed up so the whole key to reversing that process now is to start picking up these disciplines now here's the positive side every new discipline affects the rest of your disciplines every new one affects the rest [Applause] that's

why action is so important the least action the smallest action take it because when you start accomplishing and the value starts to return from that one action it'll inspire you to do the next one and the next one and the next one you start walking around the block it'll inspire you to get an Apple get an Apple it'll inspire you to get a book get a book it'll inspire you to get a journal get a journal it'll inspire you to grow develop some skills all disciplines affect each other every lack affects the rest every new

affects the rest the key is to diminish the lack and set up the new and you've started a whole new life process key also one more thought on discipline here's the greatest value of discipline self-worth self-esteem people are teaching self-esteem these days but they don't connect it to disciplines the least lack of discipline and it starts to erode our psyche one of the greatest Temptations is to just ease up a little bit right the the the slightest lack of doing your best starts to erode the psy instead of doing your best doing just a little

less than your best sure enough you say well it's just going to affect my sales no it's going to affect your Consciousness it's going to affect your philosophy now you've begun in the slightest way to affect your own philosophy here's the problem with with the least neglect neglect starts as an infection and if you don't take care of it it becomes a disease and the worst of all when neglect starts it diminishes our self-worth our self-confidence our self value you say well how can I get back my self-respect I'm telling you you don't have to

go to 29 classes all you have to do is start the smallest discipline that now corresponds to your own philosophy like I should and I could and I will no longer will I let neglect stack up on me so that I will have the sorry scenario 6 years from now giving some excuse instead of celebrating my progress that's the key to discipline okay let's get kids involved in the least of disciplines one more and then one more and then another one and then another one and then some more and the first thing you know you're

starting to weave the tapestry of a disciplined life into which you can pour more wisdom and more attitude and more strong feeling more faith and more courage now you've got something a vessel in which to put it and now the equity start to flow and the early return I'm telling you if you'll start this process the early return will have you so excited you'll commit yourself to this strategy for the rest of your life you'll never go back to the old ways join a new crowd join a new group The disciplines to do it take

action I recommended the last time I was here the little book richest man in Babylon and I said I've lectured now to over 3 million people in the last 33 years and I've recommended this little book to almost all of them I think guess how many have actually gone and got this little book answer very few my best guess is 10% such an easy thing to do in that last seminar right I suggested this little book number one is easy to find number two it's easy to buy the most you can pay for it$ 678

you can borrow that from your kids and number three is it's easy to read it's in story form that's why I use it for teenager teaching them how to be rich by 40 35 if you're extra bright much sooner if you find a unique opportunity but if it's easy to find and easy to buy and if it's easy to read why wouldn't everybody go get it we don't know what do you know you don't know I don't know nobody knows here's how profound it is some do and some don't now here's the numbers about 10%

do 90% don't or won't and we don't know the mystery of that and I'm telling you 10 years from now those numbers will still be the same 10% will 90% won't the numbers don't change only the faces change you're looking at one of the faces I used to belong to the 90% who couldn't be bothered even if it was easy guess how many people have a library card wisdom of the world available transform your life in any value amount you want by the way how much is a library card in Texas free here's what free

is easy I mean it can't be any easier than free somebody says well would you bring it by well no at least you got to go get it no wisdom of the world available transform your life spiritually socially personally economically in every other way teach you how to be rich and Powerful sophisticated and healthy influential how many people have a library card answer 3% 95 97% couldn't be bothered guy specializes in happy hour but he doesn't have a card and now readily and quickly blames the government and blames his company and blames policy and blames

the pay scale when if he only knew if he joined the 3% here's my advice to you today walk away from the 97% don't talk like they talk don't act like they act don't go where they go don't specialize in what they specialize in throw away the blame list they cling to start You a New Life you say well is it as simple as getting the library card and join the 3% and the answer is of course of course that's how easy this stuff is this is so easy it's so simple it's not complex you

don't need a 2,000 year old Guru you don't need multi-track affirmations I'm telling you don't affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion key don't let somebody sweep you into some contrary way to Nature itself says unless you labor the miracle of the seed and the soil and the seasons and God and all the other stuff that's available sunshine and rain that's not available to you by affirmation it is only available to you by labor so labor well okay learn well dis yourself well and you can have all the treasures you want this stuff's easy

and simple it's not ocean waves and seagulls you don't have to move to Sedona where all the force fields come together in Arizona Let's teach our kids the simple ways to transform their health number one their economics number two their ability to communicate number three their life and treasure and lifestyle number four spirituality number five and the list goes on and on let's not leave out any of the least disciplines that encourage us to do the next one to do the next one to do the next one first thing you know this whole scenario for

you is spinning up instead of out of control on the negative side this is all you got to do it's as simple as this it's as simple as a start committing yourself to life change and once you start down this road I promise you you'll join the 10% and the 3% [Music] [Applause] [Music]