Week 46.pdf

WEEK FORTY-SIX

Hello and welcome to Week Forty-Six of The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan. We

hope your week is going great.

Jim and Chris have been focusing on accelerated learning this month. Today specifically

they focus on reading and memorization. A big part in achieving any new skill is

motivation. So here is a question. What is the one book that you know if you read it in the

next week could make a difference in your life? It could be on health, spirituality,

relationships, management, parenting, sales, running a business, investing or making a

difference. Go get the book and make a commitment to start reading it in the next 7 days.

Also make a commitment to apply the speed reading and memorization techniques Jim

and Chris share today (as well as the ideas on this month's conference call), and by doing

so you will have a made a decision to do 3 things that will forever impact your life - read

the book that you know will make a difference, and intentionally work on both your

reading and memory skills for an entire book. Go for it!

Have a great week!

Kyle

“One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.”

-- Harvey Mackay

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MEMORY/SPEED READING

Jim Rohn's Eleventh Pillar of Success: Memory/Speed

Reading, Part Three - Improve Your Memory

Hi, Jim Rohn here. This month our focus is on accelerating our learning processes. Here

is our overview for the month.

1. You are a Genius! In week one, we discussed ways to unlock and tap into the

incredible powerful potential you have in your mind. We also covered the attitudes of

successful learners and showed how your attitude about learning will determine how far

you go in your life and career.

2. Six Stages of Learning. Last week we talked about how to accelerate your learning

and discover what your unique learning strengths and weaknesses are. We also covered

the topic of finding your particular learning style, and how to best tailor your learning to

fit your unique needs.

3. Improve Your Memory. This week we will talk about how the mind and memory

works and how to train it to remember more. We will also cover basic speed-reading

techniques and show you the importance of reading and how to develop a basic reading

plan.

4. Life-long Learning. In week four we will discuss the importance and benefits of being

a lifetime learner. In addition, we will talk briefly about a basic plan for life-long learning

and how to keep your mind tuned for success, as well as how to win the battles of thought

that take place in our minds.

So let's talk about the topics for this week!

The Importance of Reading

I cannot emphasize the importance of reading enough as I have seen the dramatic impact

that it has had in my own life and in the lives of countless others I have worked with in

past years. Reading is truly at the center of the term "personal development." Isn't it

interesting that most homes valued over $250,000 have a library? Shouldn't that tell us

something? My good friend Charlie "Tremendous" Jones says, "You're the same today as

you'll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read." That

should tell us something!

So why is reading important? Let me share some thoughts with you:

Reading opens up new worlds. Reading allows you to travel far away and experience

different cultures, religions, places and people, and all through the pages of a wonderful

book. At a fraction of the cost of actually going there - though I highly recommend travel

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as well - you can open up a new world with a simple visit to your local library or

bookstore.

Reading opens up new ideas. There are so many ideas we have never even heard or

considered. Yet, by picking up a little book, we can be confronted with ideas that can

revolutionize the world around us. These are ideas that can change your finances, your

family, your work, your attitude - your life! Reading allows you to receive ideas galore!

Reading allows you to interact with the greatest minds. You could gain incredible

insights into the minds and ideas of people like George Washington, Martin Luther King

Jr., Winston Churchill, Mother Theresa, and Aristotle just by opening a book. Imagine

being able to delve deeply into philosophy, politics, religion and more, with the greatest

minds that have ever lived...all inside a book.

Reading challenges you. Sometimes we think we know it all. We think we have a

tremendous grasp on a certain topic. But then, we read something that challenges us. It

makes sense. It takes our preconceived ideas and shreds them. It pokes holes in our

theories. It takes us on a line of reasoning we hadn't considered. And we are better for it,

because someone took the time to expose us to something new--through his or her

writing.

Reading reinforces our beliefs. We can open a book written by someone special, and as

we read we remember why we believed in the first place. The book lays the groundwork

of the thoughts we have. It reinforces our logic. It makes us strong and reminds us of who

we are.

Reading rounds you out. Reading shows us what we don't know while at the same time

teaches us what we must know. It strengthens us where we need to be strengthened. It

shows us new ideas and places. And at every turn, reading never takes away from us, but

only expands us, our horizons and our destinies.

Over the centuries books have brought hope to the masses. They have paved the way for

rulers both good and evil. Books have been destroyed - burned and shredded - by the

powers that be. Books have brought down cruel nations and rulers and obliterated social

structures that have outlived their usefulness. They have inspired the individual. They

have shared the private thoughts of the rich and the poor. They have shown us the way -

the way to live and the way not to live.

By reading a little book (just a few hundred pages of paper bound together), we can open

tremendous worlds for ourselves. What futures we bring to our lives. Amazing. Truly

amazing.

Developing a Basic Reading Plan

I hope from the above you grasp how incredible I think reading can be!

Just like most things, reading requires a plan and the discipline to follow that plan. So

here are some thoughts on developing a reading plan.

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Do it daily and regularly. Set aside time each day. 15 minutes each day is better than an

hour a week. And make sure it gets done, do it at the same time each day.

Prepare your mind. Get your mind in a calm and focused state so it can absorb the

information you are about to make available to it.

Prepare the atmosphere. Don't try to read in a loud or dark room. Choose an atmosphere

that is conducive to gaining knowledge.

Keep a journal. Take the time to write down what you are learning and how you can

apply it.

Choose a variety of books. Don't just read one genre. Rotate

through different books that come from different angles and make

you take different approaches.

Interact with the authors as you read. Ask questions and then

continue reading to see if they are answered. If you disagree, write

it down. Write down examples of how the principles work or don't

work. Make your reading as interactive as you can.

Read things that you might disagree with. Pick up a book by authors whose viewpoints

you know you will disagree with. This can be a stretching exercise.

Above all: Do it. Go to the store. Buy books. Read them! Because the books you don't

read can't help you!

I'm frequently asked to give my recommended reading list. Although there could easily

be hundreds if not thousands of books I could put on my personal list, here are seven

books that, in my opinion, everyone should read. But don't stop there; I would also

encourage you to come up with your own list.

Seven Books Everyone Should Read

1. The Bible - the best selling book of all time tells the story of sin and redemption, the

story of mankind, of despair and hope. It is quite literally the story of our lives.

2. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill - This is arguably the best personal

development and wealth building book of all time. It belongs on everyone's bookshelf.

3. How To Read a Book by Mortimer Adler - This book will teach you to do just what

the title promises - read a book for all it is worth so you come out the best you can be at

the end.

4. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen - This book will ground you in the belief that

whatever you believe you become. Based on the bible verse that teaches us the same

principle: We are what we think.

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