Jim Rohn-Change Starts Within

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Come on. I threw all that old excuse stuff away. Some people found it though, and they're using it these days. [audience laughing] My old list, I used to blame the traffic, the weather, used to blame circumstances, right? People say I'm too, too tall, I'm too short, I'm too old. I was raised in obscurity, raised on a farm, parents of modest means, all the stuff. If you were to ask me, how come you find yourself here, Mr. Rohn, age 25, living in America, land of abundance and opportunity, pennies, zero in the bank, not doing well, creditors calling? It would not have occurred to me to blame my philosophy. I found it easier to blame the company, company policy. I used to say, "If this is all they pay, how do they expect you to do well?" So I figured that, you know, my future was gonna be tied to what everybody else was arranging, the economy and, right, interest rates. I used to say things cost too much. That was my whole explanation, not my philosophy, until my teacher taught me better that this is where the problem was, my own personal philosophy. Here's what's exciting about each person's personal philosophy. That's what makes us different than dogs and animals and birds and cats and spiders and alligators. That's what makes us different than all other life forms, the ability to think, the ability to use your mind, the ability to process ideas and not just operate by instinct.