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12 PILLARS A novel by Jim Rohn and Chris Widener © Jim Rohn International, 2005, 2010: 105 Pages
NOTE FROM TH E KODI K The Twelve Pillars, by Jim Rohn, is one of the most important books ever written in personal development. It is one of my top ten favorite books that has had a significant impact on my life! Study each one of the twelve pillars, memorize them…then live them! I promise you that your life will never be the same! David TheMasterCloser.com
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Preface b y hris Widener
I believe that there are core principles of success and universal and timeless truths that men and women of every generation can apply to their lives that will help
TWELVE PILL RS 1. 2. 3. 4.
Personal Development Total Well‐Being The Gift of Relationships Achieve Your Goals
5. The Proper Use of Time 6. Surround Yourself with the Best People 7. Be a Life Long Learner 8. Life is Sales 9. Income Seldom Exceeds Personal Development 10. Communication Brings Common Ground of Understanding 11. The World Can Always Use One More Great Leader 12. Leave a Legacy
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them succeed in every area of their life. Imagine with me for a moment if you will, long after I am gone, someone up in an attic somewhere going through a box of dusty, old books. They find one of my old books, and something about the cover compels them to open it. Blowing off the dust, they idly thumb through the pages until a sentence catches their eye and they
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begin to read. And as they read, the words leap off the page at them with life changing principles! Simple yet compelling, they are given a vision of who they can become, the life they can design and dreams they can accomplish! In that moment, a light dawns and miracles happen! That is my “why”. Make it your mission to not only master these Pillars of Success, but to take them and create your own legacy as you then in turn teach and train others to do likewise! This will create that deeply resonating satisfaction knowing that you’ve used your gifts wisely and that you’ve blessed yourself, your family, your community, and your business along this incredible journey journey that we call life. This story revolves around two people: Michael and Charlie. Michael is a 40‐year‐ old sales person with a wife and two kids who is struggling with a troubled
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marriage, providing for his family and trying to achieve a breakthrough in his career. Charlie is an old man living in a house they call “12 Pillars”. When Michael accidentally stumbles upon the house of “12 Pillars”, he has a chance meeting with Charlie, the caretaker of the house. In their encounter, Charlie shares with Michael the reason behind the property’s unusual name and begins to reveal 12 principles of success that the owner of the home, Mr. Davis, had based his life upon. Little did Michael realize that this chance encounter would totally change his life! The two formed a great friendship until one unfortunate event happens…
“Theonlywaythingsaregoingto changeforyouiswhenyou CHAPTER 1: A Chance Encounter change.” The story begins when Michael’s car breaks down in an unfamiliar area on his way ‐Jim Rohn to a sales call. Having no signal on his mobile and no other means of help, he begins walking to see if he can find help. He then stumbles upon the most beautiful home he has ever seen ‐ a big, white plantation styled house with “Twelve Pillars” written at the gate. It’s here he meets an old man named Charlie, who he believes to be the caretaker of the property. Charlie offers to help him with his car. They briefly discuss the house, its owner, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Davis’ secrets to success. When asked about his life and what type of work he’s in, Michael begins to open up to Charlie about his life and struggles. Here’s what Michael learns from Charlie in their first meeting: “Motivationiswhatgetsyou started.Habitiswhatkeepsyou
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First Pillar of Success: Personal Development
Personal development is the foundational pillar o Success comes when you develop yourself beyond where you currently are. o You make a certain amount of money based on how good a salesman you are. You can work harder and harder, but you will only make so much because you are only so good. The key is to become a better salesman! The way you do that is start putting more work and time into yourself. Read books, attend seminars, study the best salespeople. Study and apply the information. Implement what you learn. Work on integrating the ideas into your everyday work. That way, when you make the same ten sales calls every day, you’ll get more sales because you’ve become a better salesman. o Every life form seems to strive to reach its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings on the other hand, have been given the gift of choice. They can choose to be all they can be, or they can choose to be less. Why not stretch to your maximum potential and see all you can do? The only way things are going to change for you is when you change! What o are you going to change that will in turn change your life? If you keep on living the way you are now, you will continue to produce the same life that you already have. That’s the way life works. There were lots of things Michael wanted to change. There were lots of o things he knew he needed to change. o
“Don’twishitwereeasier,wish youwerebetter.”
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CHAPTER 2: Live a Life of Health www .The Ma ste rC lo se r.c o m
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Second talk with Charlie
“Youshouldmakesurethatthe outsideofyouisagood reflectionoftheinsideofyou” ‐ Jim Rohn
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After stumbling on Mr. Davis’ house, meeting Charlie, and hearing Charlie’s description of the 12 pillars of success, Michael knew he needed to change! He realizes that he isn’t taking care of himself in any aspect of his life. He didn’t read books, didn’t exercise, had not been placing any emphasis on his spiritual growth, and was struggling in his marriage with his wife, Amy. Michael admits to Charlie that he hadn’t given much time to his family because of all the hours of work he had to put in to provide for them. Michael makes a list of ten things about his life that he knew he could change.
Second Pillar of Success: Total Well‐Being
We need three‐dimensional health Most people think of physical well‐being as “health”, but it’s much more o than that. A person is made up of three parts: the body, the soul, and the spirit. Three dimensions. o We have our bodies, that’s obvious but we also have our soul, which is basically our intellect, will, and emotions; and then we have our spirit— the part that transcends this world. This is the part of us that God designed to be eternal. The fact is, most people pick only one of these o
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areas and work exclusively on that area. We need to work on all three areas because they are interdependent. We function best when we live in balance. Life is like a three‐layered onion. You peel each layer back until you get to the core. The spiritual is at the core, and it is the most important. The second layer is the soul, and the outer layer is the physical—the body. Each part rests on the one below it, and it is only as strong as the layer below. We should take care of our body because it is the only place we live! If you focus on improving all these three areas, you will see that each one will grow stronger, and the stronger they get, the stronger they will make others. It all ties together.
CHAPTER 3: The Gift of Life
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Third Pillar of Success: The Gift of Relationships
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Relationships can be hard, but they are also what the joy joy of life is made of! o Relationships represent the most beautiful highs of life as well as some of the most tormented lows; it is all what you make of them. o Relationships are the backbone of our existence. o You can gain every possession in the world, but if you lose your key relationships, what good has your life been?
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Life is hard. Success is hard. If you want easy, you can have it, but you won’t get much of anything else, especially nothing of value. That which is valuable is hard to get. That is why so few go for it. Life is always about our relationships, and the way to build them is by o investing quality time into them! o Both quantity and quality time is required. o People aren’t perfect, and neither are we. But we all need people, especially if you want to be successful. You cannot succeed by yourself. Time and effort are needed. It takes effort to make the time. It takes effort to see the best in another person’s faults.
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“Time,effortandimagination mustbesummonedconstantlyto keepanyrelationshipflourishing andgrowing” ‐ Jim Rohn
Imagination helps you see what the relationship could be. Michael opened up about his Mom and Dad, who were both deceased. His o dad worked hard but didn’t make much money. His mom was great, but simple. It was a simple life growing up. No excitement, no drama. Michael does have one sister who is married with two kids and lives in Denver. He doesn’t talk much with her and they unfortunately, were never close.
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“Themajorreasonforsettinga goalisforwhatitmakesofyou toaccomplishit” ‐ Jim Rohn
CHAPTER 4: Achieve Your Goals Third Encounter o
Michael is happy to report that he has started putting more time into his relationship with his wife, Amy. He started making time by doing a date night each week. Amy would pick a movie, restaurant, or whatever she wanted.
Michael and Charlie discuss the importance of writing down goals. Michael admits feeling frustrated over the years because he desperately wanted to be successful, but hadn’t known where to start.
“Successisnothingmorethana fewsimpledisciplinespracticed everyday.” Fourth Pillar of Success: Achieve Your Goals ‐Jim Rohn o
Writing down goals accomplishes two things: First, in order to write it down, it means you have to have a goal in the first place. Secondly, there is power in writing goals down. It brings them into reality!
of the best things you can do is to write down one hundred things you One want to accomplish before you die. Just the process of deciding what they are is very powerful, but when you get them written down, watch out, because you will achieve them! Your mind is now cognitively aware of them! Your mind then goes to work on how to achieve them. The major reason for setting a goal is for what itmakesyou in order to o accomplish the goal! What it makes of you will always be of far greater value than the goal you achieve. Make a million dollars, not just just to have a million dollars, but for what you will become in the process of making the million dollars. You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your o direction!
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Would you be able to dream something big for yourself in five or ten years? Whatever is out there in the future you want to achieve – – that is your long term goal. Then you can choose somewhere in the middle for your midrange goal. And then a short range goal for a year or two out. You might even have ‘micro‐goals’ that are just just months out. The key is that each one leads you to your final goal. o Just decide wat you want to do and then get started. That is one of the most powerful lessons in life. o
“Everydayhasmany opportunities,butonlyonebest opportunity”
‐ Jim Rohn
CHAPTER 5: The Proper Use of Time Fifth Pillar of Success: The Proper Use of Time
On more than one occasion, we must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons. Think about your deathbed. There are certain things—things you have yet o to do, but long to do—that if you don’t achieve them during your lifetime, you will have deep regrets. There is one certainty…life ends, and sooner than you want. o So many men and women never let themselves dream, and of those who do, most of them never overcome their fear and whole‐heartedly strive to
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achieve their dream. Then one day, they wake up on their deathbed and there is nothing—not a single thing—that they can do about it! They then suffer from the crushing weight of the pain of regret! Days are expensive and irreplaceable! When you waste a day, you have one less day to spend. Make sure you invest each one wisely. Most people spend their time on the urgent rather than the important! That’s the time management trap people get into. The urgent is a tyrant ‐ a master that enslaves you if you let it. It is better to be the master of time rather than vice‐versa. It is most important to be the designer of our lives! If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you will fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. Someone will master and someone will serve. Run the day or the day runs you. Control your time or it controls you. Take your pick.
CHAPTER 6: Surround Yourself with the Best People Fourth encounter o
This time when Michael meets with Charlie, he reports that his relationship with Amy is doing much better! He has written his hundred goals in life.
Charlie asks Michael about his influences—specifically the friends he surrounds himself with. Michael tells Charlie about each of his close friends and how they spend their time together. Turns out he was surrounding himself with friends who
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“Youhavetwochoices:youcan makealiving,oryoucandesign alife.” ‐ Jim Rohn
did very little to inspire to become better and achieve his goals. Charlie advises him to start reading and explains why it’s so important. Charlie challenges him by requiring Michael to read a complete book before coming back to him again for any more of success secrets.
Sixth Pillar of Success: Surround Yourself with the Best People
Surround yourself with the best—not the best things—the best people! Surround yourself with winners, successful people who exhibit and live the values and skills you want to acquire and develop. The key people in your life have amazing power of influencing your destiny. o You must constantly ask yourself these questions: o Who am I around? What effect are they having on 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? What do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay? You’ve got to be willing to take an honest look at who is influencing you! o Are they helping you grow in the direction you want? o Influence is so subtle; it’s like a little nudge, and each time you get together, there is one more nudge in the wrong direction, toward the wrong attitudes down the path you don’t want to be on. You must place every person you meet into three categories: o disassociation, limited association, or expanded association. Simply ask yourself whether each person is someone you should stop associating with, limit your association with, or expand your association with. Ask yourself what amount of time with each person will challenge you to o become the kind of person you want. If the answer is eliminating the time you spend, then you need to consider disassociating with them. o To attract powerful and committed people, you should be one yourself! Instead of going to work on them, go to work on yourself. If you become it, you will attract it! o What happens when you begin to hang around and associate with more successful people? You open yourself up to all sorts of knowledge. Knowledge about how the world works, how business works, how to better your relationships. You open yourself up to a vast new network. Their friends become your friends. Soon your whole business and sphere of influence has changed for the better. Most importantly, your attitude changes. And ninety percent of life is attitude. Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association. Who you hang o around with will be a major determining factor in what your attitude becomes.
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“Whenthestudentisready,the teacherwillappear.” ‐Unknown
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Anything you have done up until now and everybody you have associated with has added up to your current situation. Maybe if you changed association, the results in your life and career would change. Life is a journey, journey, and we meet people all along the way. Some of those o people will go the whole journey journey with us. Some will only take portions of the journey. journey. Some will join join us for just just a few miles. We have the freedom— and responsibility–to determine who we associate with, and that one decision will have a huge impact on how well our journey journey goes. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. o
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“Formaleducationwillmakeyou aliving.Self‐educationwillmake youafortune” ‐ Jim Rohn
CHAPTER 7: Be a Lifelong Learner Seventh Pillar of Success: Be a Lifelong Learner
The masses ‘lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.’ – – HenryDavidThoreau If you want to succeed in this life, formal education isn’t the end‐all. Self ‐ o education is the key (ex. TheMasterCloser.com program). o Self ‐education is what you teach yourself. It is what you learn along the way so that you are constantly improving and learning. If someone is going down the wrong path, he doesn’t need motivation to o o
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speed him up! He needs education to turn him around! o Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health.
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Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning are where the miracle process all begins.
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Mainstays to learning that anyone can use to improve their life: Read books – – Books have been, are, and will continue to be one of the greatest learning tools in human history. It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it. Have you ever wanted to sit down and have dinner with some of the great leaders or famous thinkers? You can when you read their books. How will you ever grow and expand if you aren’t consistently and proactively pursuing knowledge and ideas that will move your life forward?
“Itisn’twhatthebookcosts.It’s whatitwillcostyouifyoudon’t readit.” ‐ Jim Rohn
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Learn from successful people by observation. Jim Rohn’s list of books everyone should read: o 1. The Bible 2. “How to Read a Book” by Mortimer Adler 3. “My Utmost for His Highest” by Oswald Chambers 4. “As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen 5. “Seeds of Greatness” by Denis Waitley 6. “Seasons of Life” by Jim Rohn 7. “The pursuit of God” by Acden W. Tozer 8. “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill 9. “Power of Positive Thinking” by Dr. Norman Vincent Peal 10. “Magic of Thinking Big” by David Schwartz
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11. “Greatest Salesman that Ever Lived” by Og Mandino 12. “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie 13. “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand 14. “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl 15. “Acres of Diamonds” by Russell Conwell 16. “See You at the Top” by Zig Ziglar 17. “Seven Habits of Highly Successful People” by Stephen R. Covey 18. “Lessons in History” by William James Durant 19. “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George S. Clason 20. “The Story of Philosophy” by William James Durant “Onekeytoinfluencewithothers istohaveothersperceiveyouas apersonoftalentandvirtue.” ‐ Jim Rohn
CHAPTER 8: All of Life is Sales o
Michael happily finishes reading the book Charlie required him to read from their last talk. He enjoyed it more than he thought he would!
Charlie now explains to Michael the importance and truth about sales and making money and the great effect they have on your life. Michael also begins to notice that Charlie’s health is declining.
“Youmusteithermodifyyour dreamsormagnifyyourskills.” ‐ Jim Rohn Eighth Pillar of Success: Life is Sales
The first thing to realize is that everything we do is sales. And to better understand it, to give a broader application of this principle, it is better to understand sales as a concept of influence. Anyone who wants to succeed must learn the art and skill of influencing others. All of life is lived with other people and not in a vacuum. When you need to o succeed, it is usually dependent upon working with or through other people. This is why you must learn the art of influence. It is truly needed from the time we are born. A baby must influence his or her parents to feed him A teenager has to influence the person they fancy so they can get a date. The person who graduated from college must influence their o
“Thereisnaturalaristocracy amongmen,thegroundsofwhich istalentandvirtue.” istalentandvirtue .” ‐Thomas Jefferson
potential boss to give them a job Salespeople must influence prospective buyers to buy. Thereisnaturalaristocracyamongmen,thegroundsofwhichistalentand o virtue.. – virtue – Thomas Jefferson If you think about the founders of America, they had come from a place where there was an aristocracy based on the monarchy. Aristocracy was passed from generation to generation. You became wealthy and had influence based solely on what family you were born into. Jefferson was speaking of the beauty of America, namely that anyone can achieve a natural aristocracy—the maximum levels of success—if you master the ground of achieving it: talent and virtue.
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The key to influencing others is to have others perceive you as a person of talent and virtue. Talent and virtue are as the same as character and skill. Talent and virtue are the foundation of successful influence and sales, o whether you are selling a product or selling yourself—and a successful person is always selling him or herself. Once you mastered these, the skills of sales are pretty simple. Here are the basic skills of sales: o Know yourself, your product, and your competition ‐ You cannot speak that which you do not know o
“Thefewwhodoaretheenvyof themanywhoonlywatch.” ‐ Jim Rohn
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You cannot share that which you do not feel You cannot translate that which you do not have You cannot give that which you do not possess To give and share it, and for it to be effective, you first need to have it.
Talk to lots of people ‐ Talk to lots of qualified people. ‐ Law of large numbers: a certain percentage will work with you and buy from you. If ten percent do, then you will sell more if you call forty people a day than if you call ten people. Be persistent and never take “no” for an answer! Hear “not now!”
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Remember, fathertime gets us all, unless disease gets us first. Time is shorter than any of us would imagine. If people would just just wake up to that fact, imagine how differently they would live!
CHAPTER 9: Income Seldom Exceeds Personal Development “Whatyoubecomedirectly Ninth Pillar of Success: Income Seldom Exceeds Personal Development influenceswhatyouget.” ‐ Jim Rohn In all actuality, money doesn’t make the world go ‘round. o
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For the vast majority of the wealthy, money isn’t the number one thing in their lives. They have had money and realize that life still goes on, just as it did before. They may live in nicer homes or drive fancier cars, but life
happens to everyone. Money doesn’t solve the problem of life. Money provides no security. If you are hoping for security in your wealth, o you will have a long wait!
It can always go away. You can lose it. You can get sued. Inflation can eat away at it. It can be stolen. Every year, you hear of what were once millionaires and even multimillionaires having to file bankruptcy, going from hundreds of millions of dollars of net worth to nothing.
“Profitsarebetterthanwages.”
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‐ Jim Rohn
Your income seldom exceeds your personal development. If you want to make a million dollars, you had better grow personally to the point where you are a million dollar person. You have to love what you become, NOT love money! o Whoever loves money, never has money enough. – – Old Proverb o Profits are better than wages. o Employees are on a wage system. The owner of the company is on a profit system. You must work for yourself. As long as you work for someone else,
you won’t make that much money. Ninety‐nine percent of the wealthy became wealthy by working for themselves and capturing the profits. Even with those who inherited their wealth, if you can trace it back, it almost always ends up beginning with someone who owned a business.
“Workfulltimeonyourjoband parttimeonyourfortune.” ‐ Jim Rohn
On giving up: There is an alternative to just just quitting and starting all over. Work full time on your job job and part time on your fortune. Maybe you should start a business on the side and grow it until it is at the point where you could do it full time. Anything of significance is going to be hard. o Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of your o personal resources. You either pay yourself, or you get paid by someone o
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CHAPTER 1 : All Communication Brings the Common Ground of Understanding
“Communicationistwoormore peopleworkingtogethertofind thecommongroundof Tenth Pillar of Success: Communication Brings Common Ground of understanding.Andwhenthey Understanding findth find thatc atcommo ommongr ngr oun ound,t d,they hey arepositionedtohave People are so different, even the ones who like each other. o tremendouspowertogether.” Communication is hard. But one of the reasons that it is hard is because so o ‐ Jim Rohn many people aren’t looking at it as a practice wherein two people are trying to find common ground. Instead, each person is fighting to get the other person to give up their ground and come over to his or her ground. Then it becomes a turf battle. On the contrary, each should look for the common ground.
Communication isn’t just just what you say. It is also how you say it, when you say it, and the receptiveness of who you say it to. And that’s just just the half of it. The other half is making sure you really listen. So it isn’t just just the meaning of the words. It is tone. It is timing. Make sure that the person is ready to hear what you have to say. If they aren’t, save it. Say it later. o The most important thing about communication isn’t speaking it; it is listening! Listening skills are essential, but the most important aspect of o
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listening is the character behind the skill! First and foremost, you have to care enough and value the other person enough to want to listen! Most people aren’t listening, they are merely waiting for the other person o to take a breath so they can interrupt them and speak their own mind.
CHAPTER 11: The World Can Always Use One More Great Leader
“Toleadothersistohelpthem changetheirthoughts,beliefs Eleventh Pillar of Success: The World Can Always Use One More Great Leader andactionsforthebetter” ‐Jim Rohn o Anybody can be a great leader because all leadership means is that you have mastered the art of influencing others. o It is leaders that enjoy the most out of life. Leaders make the difference, rise to the highest levels, enjoy the bulk of wealth and have the best relationships. Leaders experience life to its fullest. o Managers help people see themselves as they are. Leaders help people see o themselves better than they are. If you want to get paid more, bring more value to others by becoming a better leader. The challenge of being a leader: o To be strong, but not rude
To be kind, but not weak To be bold, but not a bully To be thoughtful, but not lazy To be humble but not timid To be proud, but not arrogant Most bad characteristics are just just good ones taken to the extreme and used for selfish reasons. Learn to help people with more than just just their jobs: jobs: help them with their lives! Great leaders are interested in people in general, not just just for what they can get from them. Integrity: The leader‐follower relationship is built on trust. No one will follow you if they don’t trust you. So take a close look at your life and make sure it’s filled with integrity. Make sure you practice what you preach. People want to know that where you want to take them is better than where they currently are.
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CHAPTER 12: Leave a Legacy “Livealifethatwillhelpothers spiritually,intellectually, physically,financially,and relationally.Livealifethatserves asanexampleofwhatan exceptionallifecanlooklike.” ‐ Jim Rohn
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In this chapter, Michael learns that Charlie has died of cancer just just a couple of weeks ago and that Charlie’s true identity is Mr. Davis. Michael meets Charlie’s wife, Sandra Davis, who gives him a letter Charlie had left for him. The letter contains the 12th Pillar of Success and his farewell to Michael.
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We are but breezes of wind that blow through this world. Here one day, gone the next. No one knows how long they will live. You cannot choose how you live but you can choose how well you will live. I o believe that how well you live is bound inherently with how much you leave for others who come behind you and follow your path. o I do not believe that there is such a thing as a self ‐made man. I believe that each one of us walks along the path that has been prepared by others who have gone before us. My goal in life has been to live it in such a way that would serve those who o have come after me, to blaze a trail that would allow others to move forward in their lives faster than if they had to blaze the trail themselves. We all have two choices as we live: We can make a living or we can design a o life! There are many who spend their lives making a living. They go off to work each day with no vision for what their lives could become. And before they know it, their lives are over. Others are so fearful that the dreams they do have will go forever unfulfilled because they never had the courage to take a risk that would enable them to reach their goals and live their dreams. You can be different! You can design your life! The earlier the better! What o will make your life powerful will be your decision to design your life based on the Pillars of Success, with the goal of leaving a legacy for others to follow. o
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Let others lead small lives, but not you! Let others argue over small things, but not you! Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you! o Leaving a legacy is like planting a tree. As the seed grows into a tree, it will also provide seeds, so that future generations can plant their own trees. My legacy is fulfilled in part by teaching you how to live your best life. Your o legacy will be to do the same for others. Give of yourself! Sacrifice for the good of others! Take time to help others and to teach them. Be patient, loving and loyal. Make a difference…leave a legacy! o
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