The Most Valuable Lesson I Learned from Jim Rohn

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Jim Rohn was one of the most significant people in the history of personal development.  He had a major impact on many people including me.

The most valuable lesson I learned from Jim Rohn was journaling.

On July 13, 1999 I was invited to a Jim Rohn seminar from my friend Courtland (I know the exact date because it was written in my journal).  Courtland was one of Jim’s relatives so he knew Jim very well.  The seminar started at noon.  I arrived at Courtland office around 11 am.  On the way over to the seminar Courtland handed me a present.  I opened it up.  It was a beautiful hardbound journal.  Courtland said “You can’t attend a Jim Rohn seminar without a journal!”  Courtland had purchased the same journal for Jim.  Courtland told me Jim had taught him to do things in pairs.  So when Courtland purchased the journal for Jim he picked up a second one for me.

Courtland and I sat in the front row that day.  I took 13 pages of notes that day.  Because I took the notes in a journal it helped me remember the key ideas Jim shared.  In fact I was reviewing the notes from that day just recently.  My favorite quote from Jim that day was:

“Service to many leads to greatness.” Jim Rohn

At the end of the day Courtland asked Jim if he would have coffee with us.  When the seminar ended we had coffee with Jim Rohn at the Disneyland Hotel.  That was then only meeting I ever had face to face with Jim.  At that time I was just getting started in sales training.  Jim was so kind to me.  He treated me as a peer even though I was just getting started.

I had such a great experience journaling that day that I made it a habit.  I have now been journaling for the last 10 years.  Journaling has had such a big impact on my life that I have been encouraging my students to journal for many years.  Thousands of my students now journal!

This all happened because Jim taught Courtland to journal who taught me to journal.

Here is a specific way to apply journaling to help you.

Anytime you attend a seminar, training, conference call, or team meeting have a hardbound or leather bound journal with you.  By making this a habit you will permanently capture all the great ideas that you learn.  After attending a 1 or 2 day seminar review your notes in your journal for 15 minutes per night for the next two weeks.

Here is another great Jim Rohn quote.

“Your goal is to share these ideas with others.”

Jim also had a big impact on my life through Tony Robbins.  Tony worked for Jim.  That is how Tony Robbins broke into the training industry.

Jim will live on through the people like me he has impacted that will continue to share with others what he has shared with us.

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