Have you heard about the accelerated learning curve? From birth, until the time we are about eighteen, our learning curve is dramatic; and our capacity to learn during this period is just staggering. We learn a tremendous amount very fast. We learn our language, culture, history, science, mathematics…everything!
For successful people, the accelerated learning process will continue on. But for most people only wishing for some sort of success, it levels off when they get their first job. Because for most people, if there are no more exams to take, if there are no demands placed upon them to study, then there is really no reason to read any more books. But it doesn’t have to be that way for you.
Try to imagine what would happen if you kept up an accelerated learning curve for the rest of your life… Try to imagine what MLM skills you could learn, and the capacities you would have… I ask you this because I believe success is simple, but only for that unusual person who keeps up his or her learning curve and develops an appetite for always trying to find good ideas.
One great way to find good ideas is through the writings of influential people. Maybe you can’t meet the person, but you can read his or her books. Churchill is gone, but we still have his books. Aristotle is gone, but we still have his ideas. Search libraries for books and programs. Search magazines. Search documentaries. They are full of opportunities for intellectual feasting.
In addition to reading and listening, you also need a chance to do some talking and sharing. I had many people in my life who helped me with important life questions, who assisted me in refining my own philosophy, weighing my values and pondering the questions about success and lifestyle.
We all need association with people of substance to provide influence concerning major issues such as society, money, enterprise, family, love, friendship, culture, taste, opportunity, and community. Philosophy is mostly influenced by ideas, ideas are mostly influenced by education, and education is mostly influenced by the people with whom we associate.
One of the great fortunes of my life was to be influenced over a period of five years by a man named Mr. J. Earl Shoaff. During that time he shared ideas with me at dinner, during airline flights, at business conferences, in private conversations and in groups. Those ideas enabled me to make small daily adjustments in my philosophy and activities. Those daily changes, some very slight but very important, were soon making all the difference in my life.
And a big part of the lesson was having Mr. Shoaff repeat those ideas over and over again. You just can’t hear the fundamentals too often. The repetition of good ideas are the building blocks for a well-developed mind… It’s true; with the right ideas, habits and goals, success is simple.
So remember to feed your mind just as you feed your body. Feed it with good ideas, wherever they can be found—MLM business ideas, product ideas, service ideas, ideas for personal improvement. Because every new idea will help to refine your philosophy. Your philosophy in turn will guide your life, and your life will unfold with distinction and pleasure.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
Why is this topic so important and why is investing in yourself critical to your success in internet network marketing? You see, the person that you become is far more important than what you get in this business. What you become directly influences what you get.
