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lynhat
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08/02/2011

Tâm Sự Tài Xế Taxi... …. “Self Development”

Dạo trước em đi làm cu-li “process worker” 5 ngày trong hãng. Vì thiếu tiền xài, cuối tuần chạy xe taxi thêm 2 ngày nữa. Trong lúc rảnh chờ khách, em đọc đủ loại truyện, tác giả nào là Kim Dung, Quỳnh Dao, v..v

Sau mấy năm trời làm việc nhìn túi tiền của mình cũng chẳng có dư bao nhiêu.

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lynhat
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REF: 669277
12/31/2013

“All over the world, millions of people seem to think the world owes them a living. Many people go to school, receive a great education, get a job, and then expect either the company they work for or the government to take of them for life.”

lynhat
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01/01/2014

lynhat
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REF: 669383
01/03/2014

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The bible, a book of books in which money is the single most discussed subject, is a bit more balanced. It has stories for believers on both side of the coin.”

cnn44
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REF: 669396
01/03/2014

Superannuation or mutual funds, you, as the investor put up 100% of the money and take 100% of the risk. The superannuation company puts up no money, takes no risk, and yet keeps 80% of the returns. The investor gets back 20% of the gain, if there are gains.

What type of the game is this?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-31/kohler-australia-super-disgrace/4343108

To answer his question, please take a moment to read this article we just found on the web , which is briefly explaining the investment system in Australia. It also give you an answer why the world invest their $$ in the USA.

This is perfect timing to learn about investing money for the new year. we need to learn to invest wisely to avoid any misfortune. Just remember what experts always remind us: "The cost of retiring, already enormous, is set to soar. Yet just as nobody knows what fees they are paying to have their savings lost, nobody knows what it will cost them to retire and whether they will be able to afford it. Mind you, it's usually better not to know, because you can't afford it."

Good luck! and Happy New Year "Ku Ly" :)

lynhat
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REF: 669421
01/04/2014

Cnn44,

How are you going?

Personally, I don’t like Superannuation or Mutual Fund because I can’t control my money.

I like using the bank’s money to purchase the assets such as properties which I can control my money.

I wish you have a prosperous new year, Cnn44.

Cheers,

lynhat
member

REF: 669490
01/06/2014

Saving Money Is Stupid.

It may sound strange to most people, saving money is stupid and getting into debt is smart. As long as governments are printing trillions of “funny” dollars, why save them?

lynhat
member

REF: 669873
01/14/2014

"Real estate is not about property. Real estate is about debt and using OPM, Other People's Money, to get rich"

For example using the bank's money

lynhat
member

REF: 670049
01/17/2014

“All over the world, millions of people, not just Americans, seem to think the world owes them a living. Many people go to school, receive a great education, get a job, and then expect either the company they work for or the government to take care of them for life.”

ototot
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REF: 670065
01/17/2014

All over the world, millions of people, not just Americans, seem to think the world owes them a living.

Many people go to school, receive a great education, get a job, and then expect either the company they work for or the government to take care of them for life.

Khắp trên thế giới, triệu triệu người, chẳng riêng người Mỹ, hình như nghĩ rằng đời nợ họ cả cuộc sống.

Không thiếu người đi học, đỗ đạt cao, có việc làm, rồi cứ ngồi trông chờ, hoặc công ty họ làm việc, hoặc nhà nước mướn họ, phải chăm lo suốt đời cho họ

Đoạn văn trên làm tôi liên tưởng đến ông John F Kennedy, trong lễ nhậm chức tông tông thứ 35 cuả xứ Mẽo, đã kêu gọi đồng bào cuả ổng : "Đừng hỏi Tổ Quốc có thể làm gì cho bạn, mà hãy hỏi bạn có thể làm gì được cho Tổ Quốc mình!" = "Ask not what the country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

Thân ái,

violet13
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01/17/2014

Chúc gia đình anh năm mới An Khang Thịnh Vượng

lynhat
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REF: 670356
01/23/2014

Bác OTOTOT,

Có rất nhiều người bây giờ làm đủ mọi cách, làm thì ít, mà đòi hỏi thì nhiều, vì vậy đât nước phá sản như Hy Lạp "Greece", Tây Ban Nha "Spain" v...v Hy Lạp và Tây Ban Nha dạo trước là cường quốc, bây giờ thì tệ quá, không chừng Mỹ sẽ đi theo họ!

Violet13,

Cảm ơn em chúc Tết gia đình anh. Anh chúc em muốn gì được nấy trong tương lai.

lynhat
member

REF: 670710
01/28/2014

Is Age an Asset or Liability?

During the Agrarian Age and Industrial Age, being older was an asset. Older means wiser. In the Information Age, being older is a liability.

Is it true or not?

ototot
member

REF: 670762
01/28/2014

"Is Age an Asset or Liability?

During the Agrarian Age and Industrial Age, being older was an asset. Older means wiser. In the Information Age, being older is a liability.

Is it true or not?"

Rất chân thành mà nói, tôi không hiểu bạn LyNhat muốn nhắn gởi điều gì cho người đọc, khi viết mấy dòng chữ ngắn ngủi ở trên?!!!

Vậy tôi xin dịch sang tiếng Việt theo hiểu biết cuả tôi, để bà con tiện góp ý:

Tuổi tác là "Vốn Quý" hay là "Cuả Nợ"?

Trong Thời Đại Nông Nghiệp và Thời Đại Công Nghiệp, già đi là một chuyện đáng quý, vì già đi thì khôn ngoan lên. Trong Thời Đại Tin Học, già đi trở thành một gánh nặng (cho xã hội?).

Điều đó đúng hay sai?

Rất mong được bác LN cho biết định nói gì với bài đăng này! (Please let me know the point you wish to make!)

Xin cám ơn trước.

Thân ái,

lynhat
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REF: 670767
01/29/2014

Bác OTOTOT,

Cảm ơn bác dịch bài ở trên.

Ở Úc này dạo trước đàn ông về hưu lúc 55 tuổi, đàn bà 50 tuổi. Tất cả đều được tiền dưỡng già và những trợ cấp khác như sức khoẻ, nhà thương miễn phí v...v

Cha mẹ cháu đã theo đúng luật mà đi và hiện giờ đã trên 70 tuổi.

Đùng một cái, chánh phủ Úc tăng tuổi làm việc từ 55 lên 60 tuổi, 65 tuổi, 67 tuổi, nay đang nói ra luật trên 70 tuổi mới được lãnh tiền dưỡng già.

Những người trên 50 tuổi, xin việc làm rất khó.

Hỏi bác, “Tuổi tác là "Vốn Quý" hay là "Cuả Nợ"?” mà từ chánh phủ đến hãng xưởng "kỳ thị" như vậy?

ototot
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REF: 670779
01/29/2014

Cảm ơn Kụ Lý đã phản hồi, nhờ đó người đọc biết thêm rằng tuổi già là một đề tài thiên hạ bàn tán xôn xao ở thời đại này, nhiều hơn là khi xưa…

Nhân tiện nói về tuổi già, tôi xin phép được minh xác vài điều mà giới già – ngay cả những cụ Việt đang sống ở nước ngoài – cũng hay lẫn lộn, từ đó dễ đưa đến những hiểu lầm đáng tiếc.

Hầu hết các cụ dân bản điạ , như Úc chính cống, Mỹ chính cống, Pháp chính cống, sinh ra ở phương Tây, thì phải làm việc vài chục năm, trước khi "về hưu" (retired), và lãnh "lương hưu" (retirement pensions), là tiền cuả họ đã đóng vào quỹ hưu bổng do nhà nước quản lý! Nói khác đi, lãnh lương hưu khi về già là lấy lại tiền cuả mình đã dành dụm trong khi làm việc thời trai trẻ!

Vậy đối với dân bản điạ, lãnh lương hưu chỉ là một chuyện sòng phẳng : mình xài tiền cuả mình!

Trong khi đó, các cụ Việt mình ra nước ngoài sống, thì đa số là dân tỵ nạn (bỏ nước ra đi), hoặc con cháu "bảo lãnh" để gia đình xum họp; và đặc biệt còn có một thành phần các cụ được các nước phương Tây cho nhập cư vì "lý do nhân đạo" (on humanitarian grounds), như thành phần đã bị đi tù cải tạo, tù chính trị ... Nói chung, đây là thế hệ di dân thứ nhất (first generation immigrant), thì làm gì có lương hưu mà lãnh! Nhưng nhà nước cuả họ thì văn minh, nên dùng ngân khoản xã hội để nuôi họ khi họ về già. Và số tiền mà các cụ này nhận được hàng tháng gọi là "tiền già" hay "tiền dưỡng già" (old age pension).

Ví dụ như ở Mỹ đến tuổi 65 trở lên, cụ nào ở bang California thì được "tặng" khoảng 800 đô/tháng, nhưng nếu ở bang Texas, thì số tiền già này chỉ vào khoảng 700 đô/tháng, vì bang Cali giàu hơn bang Texas; và cũng vì thế các cụ Việt mình … thích sống ở Cali hơn, vì được nhiều tiền hơn, và một phần cũng là vì khí hậu ôn hoà hơn.

Vậy khác biệt giưã "tiền già" và "lương hưu" là ở chỗ đó: cái trước là xã hội nuôi khi về già, cái sau là tự mình nuôi mình khi về già. Sự khác biệt đó cũng đưa đến hệ quả là khi các cụ lãnh tiền già mà ra khỏi nước Mỹ quá 30 ngày thì sẽ bị cắt tiền luôn, khi trở lại Mỹ!

Gần đây, ở Pháp đã có luật huỷ bỏ qui chế tỵ nạn để hưởng quyền lợi tài chính, nếu cứ về Việt Nam; và có dư luận cho rằng Mỹ cũng nên có luật này, vì số các cụ "áo gấm về làng" gần đây đã mang về cả tỷ đô la hàng năm, nhất là trong những dịp năm hết Tết đến như bây giờ!

Cho tôi xin lỗi được ngưng ở đây để khỏi miên man sang chuyện chính trị, chuyện gây "bức xúc" là mấy cụ ở xứ người thì … "lớn tiếng", mà về đến sân bay thì kín đáo kẹp tiền đô vào sổ "hộ chiếu" (passport)…!

Thân ái,

lynhat
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REF: 670799
01/30/2014

Vậy khác biệt giưã "tiền già" và "lương hưu" là ở chỗ đó: cái trước là xã hội nuôi khi về già, cái sau là tự mình nuôi mình khi về già. Sự khác biệt đó cũng đưa đến hệ quả là khi các cụ lãnh tiền già mà ra khỏi nước Mỹ quá 30 ngày thì sẽ bị cắt tiền luôn, khi trở lại Mỹ!

Bác OTOTOT,

Có làm, có hưởng. Có nhiều cụ chẳng làm gì cả mà đòi "entitlement" từ chánh phủ.

Chánh phủ làm gì có tiền? Tiền cũng là người đi làm đóng thuế cho.

Vào năm 1850, người chánh trị kinh tế gia ở Pháp có nói môt câu :

"Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state.
They forget that the state lives at the expense of everyone"
- Frederic Bastiat

Cheers,

lynhat
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REF: 671157
02/04/2014

How Do You Attract Opportunity into Your Life?
by Jim Rohn

Someone recently asked me the question: “How can I have more opportunities come into my life?” Good question, but I think my answer surprised them a bit.

I bypassed the obvious (and necessary) points about hard work, persistence and preparation. They actually were very hard workers. And they had the great attribute of being seekers—they were on the outlook. But I felt maybe they were missing this next and most valuable point—attraction.

I always thought opportunities and success were something you went after, and then I found out that I needed to turn it around. Opportunities and success are not something you go after necessarily, but something you attract—by becoming an attractive person.

That's why I teach development of skills. If you can develop your skills, keep refining all the parts of your character and yourself, your health, your relationships, etc. so that you become an attractive person to the marketplace, you'll attract opportunity. Opportunity will probably seek you out. Your reputation will probably precede you and someone will want to do business with you. All of the possibilities are there by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract.

The key is to continue making yourself a more attractive person by the skills you have, the disciplines you have, the personality you've acquired, the character and reputation you have established, the language and speech you use—all of that refinement makes you more attractive to the marketplace.

Personal development—the never-ending chance to improve not only yourself, but also to attract opportunities and affect others.

lynhat
member

REF: 672616
03/04/2014

“Don't sell out your virtue and your value for something you think you want. Judas got the money, but he threw it all away and hung himself because he was so unhappy with himself.”

- Jim Rohn

lynhat
member

REF: 673105
03/13/2014

Practice Being Like a Child
by Jim Rohn

Remember the master teacher once said 2,000 years ago, “Unless you can become like little children, your chances are zero; you haven’t got a prayer.” A major consideration for adults.

Be like children and remember there are four ways to be more like a child no matter how old you get…

1) Curiosity —Be curious; childish curiosity. What will kids do if they want to know something bad enough? You’re right. They will bug you. Kids can ask a million questions. You think they’re through. They’ve got another million. They will keep plaguing you. They can drive you right to the brink.

Kids also use their curiosity to learn. Have you ever noticed that while adults are stepping on ants, children are studying them? A child’s curiosity is what helps them to reach, learn and grow.

2) Excitement—Learn to get excited like a child. There is nothing that has more magic than childish excitement. So excited you hate to go to bed at night. Can’t wait to get up in the morning. So excited that you’re about to explode. How can anyone resist that kind of childish magic? Now, once in awhile I meet someone who says, “Well, I’m a little too mature for all that childish excitement.” Isn’t that pitiful? You’ve got to weep for these kinds of people. All I’ve got to say is, “If you’re too old to get excited, you’re old.” Don’t get that old.

3) Faith—Faith is childish. How else would you describe it? Some people say, “Let’s be adult about it.” Oh no. No. Adults too often have a tendency to be overly skeptical. Some adults even have a tendency to be cynical. Adults say, “Yeah, I’ve heard that old positive line before. It will be a long day in June before I fall for that positive line. You’ve got to prove to me it’s any good.” See, that’s adult, but kids aren’t that way.

Kids think you can get anything. They are really funny. You tell kids, “We’re going to have three swimming pools.” And they say, “Yeah. Three. One each. Stay out of my swimming pool.” See, they start dividing them up right away, but adults are not like that. Adults say, “Three swimming pools? You’re out of your mind. Most people don’t even have one swimming pool. You’ll be lucky to get a tub in the back yard.” You notice the difference? No wonder the master teacher said, “Unless you can become like little children, your chances, they’re skinny.”

4) Trust—Trust is a childish virtue, but it has great merit. Have you heard the expression “Sleep like a baby”? That’s it. Childish trust. After you’ve gotten an A+ for the day, leave it in somebody else’s hands.

lynhat
member

REF: 673444
03/21/2014

Leaving a Legacy–Principles to Live By
by Jim Rohn

You know me, I am a philosopher. I love principles. Yes, actions are great and I talk about them regularly, but the important stuff is what lies underneath—the principles.

Here are what I consider to be the principles that we must commit to if we are to leave the legacy we desire:

1. Life is best lived in service to others. This doesn't mean that we do not strive for the best for ourselves. It does mean that in all things we serve other people, including our family, co-workers and friends.

2. Consider others' interests as important as your own. Much of the world suffers simply because people consider only their own interests. People are looking out for number one, but the way to leave a legacy is to also look out for others.

3. Love your neighbor even if you don't like him. It is interesting that Jesus told us to love others. But he never tells us to like them. Liking people has to do with emotions. Loving people has to do with actions. And what you will find is that when you love them and do good by them, you will more often than not begin to like them.

4. Maintain integrity at all costs. There are very few things you take to the grave with you. The number one thing is your reputation and good name. When people remember you, you want them to think, "She was the most honest person I knew. What integrity." There are always going to be temptations to cut corners and break your integrity. Do not do it. Do what is right all of the time, no matter what the cost.

5. You must risk in order to gain. In just about every area of life you must risk in order to gain the reward. In love, you must risk rejection in order to ask that person out for the first time. In investing you must place your capital at risk in the market in order to receive the prize of a growing bank account. When we risk, we gain. And when we gain, we have more to leave for others.

6. You reap what you sow. In fact, you always reap more than you sow—you plant a seed and reap a bushel. What you give you get. What you put into the ground then grows out of the ground. If you give love you will receive love. If you give time, you will gain time. It is one of the truest laws of the universe. Decide what you want out of life and then begin to sow it.

7. Hard work is never a waste. No one will say, "It is too bad he was such a good, hard worker." But if you aren't they will surely say, "It's too bad he was so lazy—he could have been so much more!" Hard work will leave a grand legacy. Give it your all on your trip around the earth. You will do a lot of good and leave a terrific legacy.

8. Don't give up when you fail. Imagine what legacies would have never existed if someone had given up. How many thriving businesses would have been shut down if they quit at their first failure? Everyone fails. It is a fact of life. But those who succeed are those who do not give up when they fail. They keep going and build a successful life—and a legacy.

9. Don't ever stop in your pursuit of a legacy. Many people have accomplished tremendous things later on in life. There is never a time to stop in your pursuit of a legacy. Sometimes older people will say, "I am 65. I'll never change." That won't build a great life! No, there is always time to do more and achieve more, to help more and serve more, to teach more and to learn more. Keep going and growing that legacy!

These are core principles to live by if you want to become the kind of person who leaves a lasting legacy.

lynhat
member

REF: 673709
03/27/2014

9 Things More Important Than Capital
by Jim Rohn

When starting any enterprise or business, we all know the value of having plenty of capital (money). But I bet we both know or at least have heard of people who started with no capital who went on to make fortunes. How? you may ask. I believe there are actually some things that are more valuable than capital that can lead to your entrepreneurial success. Let me give you the list.

1. Time: The time you set aside not to be wasted, not to be given away. Time you set aside to be invested in an enterprise that brings value to the marketplace with the hope of making a profit. Now we have capital time. How valuable is time? Time properly invested is worth a fortune. Time wasted can be devastation. Time invested can perform miracles, so you invest your time.

2. Desperation: I have a friend Lydia whose first major investment in her new enterprise was desperation. She said, “My kids are hungry, I have to make this work. If this doesn't work, what will I do?” So she invested $1 in her enterprise selling a product she believed in. The $1 was to buy a few fliers so she could make a sale at retail, collect the money and then buy the product wholesale to deliver back to the customer.

My friend Bill Bailey went to Chicago as a teenager after he got out of high school. And the first job he got was as a night janitor. Someone said, “Bill, why would you settle for night janitor?” He said,“Malnutrition.” You work at whatever you can possibly get when you get hungry. You go to work somewhere—it doesn't matter where it is. Years later, Bill is a recipient of the Horatio Alger award, rich and powerful and one of the great examples of lifestyle that I know. Desperation can be a powerful incentive when you say, I must.

3. Determination: Determination says I will. First Lydia said, “I must find a customer.” Desperation. Second, she said, “I will find someone before this first day is over.” Sure enough, she found someone. She said, “If it works once, it will work again.” But then the next person said, “No.” Now what must you invest?

4. Courage: If you've only got $1 and a lot of courage, I'm telling you, you've got a good future ahead of you. Humans can do the most incredible things no matter what happens. Haven't we heard the stories? It's humans. You can't sell humans short. Courage in spite of, not because of, but in spite of circumstances. Now once Lydia has made three or four sales and gotten going, here's what now takes over.

5. Ambition: “Wow! If I can sell three, I can sell 33. If I can sell 33, I can sell 103.” Lydia is now dazzled by her own dreams of the future.

6. Faith: Now she begins to believe she's got a good product. This is probably a good company. And she then starts to believe in herself. Lydia, a single mother with two kids and no job. “My gosh, I'm going to pull it off!” Her self-esteem starts to soar. These are investments that are unmatched. Money can't touch it. What if you had $1 million and no faith? You'd be poor. You wouldn't be rich. Now here is the next one, the reason why she's a millionaire today.

7. Ingenuity: Putting your brains to work. Probably up until now, you've put about 1/10 of your brainpower to work. What if you employed the other 9/10? You can't believe what can happen. Humans can come up with the most intriguing things to do. Ingenuity. What's ingenuity worth? A fortune. All you need is a $1 and plenty of ingenuity. Figuring out a way to make it work, make it work, make it work.

8. Heart and Soul: Money can't buy heart and soul, and $1 million without heart and soul? You have no life. You are ineffective. Heart and soul is like the unseen magic that moves people—moves people to buy, moves people to make decisions, moves people to act, moves people to respond.

9. Personality: You've just got to spruce up and sharpen up your own personality, just develop it to where it is effective every day, no matter who you talk to—whether it is a child or a business person, a rich person or a poor person. A unique personality that is at home anywhere. My mentor Bill Bailey taught me, “You've got to learn to be just as comfortable, Mr. Rohn, whether it is in a little shack in Kentucky having a beer and watching the fights with Winfred, my old friend or in a Georgian mansion in Washington, DC as the Senator's guest.”

And lastly, let's not forget charisma and sophistication, charisma with a touch of humility. This entire list is more valuable than money. With $1 and the list I just gave you, the world is yours. It belongs to you, whatever piece of it you desire, whatever development you wish for your life. I've given you the secret. Capital. The kind of capital that is more valuable than money and that can secure your future and fortune. Remember that you lack not the resources.

lynhat
member

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05/13/2014

“You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay?”

- Jim Rohn

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05/14/2014

Three Keys to Greatness
by Jim Rohn

1. Setting Goals: I call it the view of the future. Most people, including kids, will pay the price if they can see the promise of the future. We need to help ourselves and our kids see a well-defined future so we will be motivated to pay the price today to attain the rewards of tomorrow. Goals help us do this.

2. Personal Development: Simply making consistent investments in our self-education and knowledge banks pays major dividends throughout our lives. I suggest having a minimum amount of time set aside for reading books, listening to audio, attending seminars, keeping a journal and spending time with other successful people. Charlie Tremendous Jones says in five years you will be the sum total of the books you read and the people you are around.

3. Financial Planning: I call it the 70/30 plan. After receiving your paycheck or paying yourself, simply set aside 10 percent for saving, 10 percent for investing and 10 percent for giving, and over time this will guarantee financial independence.

If a young person, or for that matter an adult, focused on doing these three simple things over a long period of time, I believe they will be assured success!

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05/15/2014

The Four Emotions That Can Lead to Life Change
- Jim Rohn

Emotions are the most powerful forces inside us. Under the power of emotions, human beings can perform the most heroic (as well as barbaric) acts. To a great degree, civilization itself can be defined as the intelligent channeling of human emotion. Emotions are fuel and the mind is the pilot, which together propel the ship of civilized progress.

Which emotions cause people to act? There are four basic ones; each, or a combination of several, can trigger the most incredible activity. The day that you allow these emotions to fuel your desire is the day you'll turn your life around.

1) DISGUST
One does not usually equate the word “disgust” with positive action. And yet, properly channeled, disgust can change a person's life. The person who feels disgusted has reached a point of no return. He or she is ready to throw down the gauntlet at life and say, “I've had it!” Yes, productive feelings of disgust come when a person says, “Enough is enough.”

The “guy” has finally had it with mediocrity. He's had it with those awful sick feelings of fear, pain and humiliation. He then decides he is not going to live like this anymore. Look out! This could be the day that turns a life around. Call it what you will, the “I've had it” day, the “never again” day, the “enough's enough” day. Whatever you call it, it's powerful! There is nothing so life–changing as gut–wrenching disgust!

2) DECISION
Most of us need to be pushed to the wall to make decisions. And once we reach this point, we have to deal with the conflicting emotions that come with making them. We have reached a fork in the road. Now this fork can be a two-prong, three-prong or even a four-prong fork. No wonder that decision-making can create knots in stomachs, keep us awake in the middle of the night or make us break out in a cold sweat.

Making life-changing decisions can be likened to internal civil war. Conflicting armies of emotions, each with its own arsenal of reasons, battle each other for supremacy of our minds. And our resulting decisions, whether bold or timid, well thought out or impulsive, can either set the course of action or blind it. I don't have much advice to give you about decision-making except this: Whatever you do, don't camp at the fork in the road. Decide. It's far better to make a wrong decision than to not make one at all. Each of us must confront our emotional turmoil and sort out our feelings.

3) DESIRE
How does one gain desire? I don't think I can answer this directly because there are many ways. But I do know two things about desire:

a) It comes from the inside not the outside.
b) It can be triggered by outside forces.

Almost anything can trigger desire. It's a matter of timing as much as preparation. It might be a song that tugs at the heart. It might be a memorable sermon. It might be a movie, a conversation with a friend, a confrontation with the enemy, or a bitter experience. Even a book or an article such as this one can trigger the inner mechanism that will make some people say, “I want it now!” Therefore, while searching for your “hot button” of pure, raw desire, welcome into your life each positive experience. Don't erect a wall to protect you from experiencing life. The same wall that keeps out your disappointment also keeps out the sunlight of enriching experiences. So let life touch you. The next touch could be the one that turns your life around.

4) RESOLVE
Resolve says, “I will.” These two words are among the most potent in the English language. Benjamin Disraeli, the great British statesman, once said, “Nothing can resist a human will that will stake even its existence on the extent of its purpose.” In other words, when someone resolves to “do or die,” nothing can stop him.

The best definition for “resolve” I've ever heard came from a schoolgirl in Foster City, California. Many years ago, I was lecturing about success to a group of bright kids at a junior high school. I asked, “Who can tell me what ‘resolve’ means?” Several hands went up, and I did get some pretty good definitions, but the last was the best. A shy girl from the back of the room got up and said with quiet intensity, “I think resolve means promising yourself you will never give up.” That's it! That's the best definition I've ever heard: PROMISE YOURSELF YOU'LL NEVER GIVE UP.

There is a vital lesson in this. Ask yourself, "How long am I going to work to make my dreams come true?" I suggest you answer, "As long as it takes." That's what these four emotions are all about.

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05/20/2014

Thinking Like a Farmer
by Jim Rohn

One of the difficulties we face in our industrialized age is the fact we've lost our sense of seasons.

Unlike the farmer whose priorities change with the seasons, we have become impervious to the natural rhythm of life. As a result, we have our priorities out of balance. Let me illustrate what I mean:

For a farmer, springtime is his most active time. It's then when he must work around the clock, up before the sun and still toiling at the stroke of midnight. He must keep his equipment running at full capacity because he has but a small window of time for the planting of his crop.

Eventually winter comes when there is less for him to do to keep him busy.

There is a lesson here. Learn to use the seasons of life. Decide when to pour it on and when to ease back, when to take advantage and when to let things ride. It's easy to keep going from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. year in and year out and lose a natural sense of priorities and cycles. Don't let one year blend into another in a seemingly endless parade of tasks and responsibilities.

Keep your eye on your own seasons, lest you lose sight of value and substance.

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