Jim Rohn - How to Stop Worrying and Start Living ( Jim Rohn Personal Development)

in my seminars the last few years I have covered what I have found to be those few simple basic principles that can make major changes in life and lifestyle one of those subjects that gets the most comment is diseases of attitude and out of that subject worry and how to kick the worry habit have caused the most questions so in this brief visit with you let me give you my best look at worried how to recognize it and define it and what to do about it and hopefully these ideas will give you a good chance for confidence over worry first of all worry might well be killer number one and if it is not the number one physical killer although doctors tell us worriers die sooner than non Warriors and we have all heard the expression worry yourself to death at least it is the number one killer of dreams and achievement of energy and vitality and lifestyle I know the damage and effect of this killer worry firsthand I will spare you the details but over a period of some three years I let worry get out of hand as I've mentioned before I became a super worrier I was good at it the combination of small and big worries about my circumstances what people thought of me my finances my abilities the future my progress all led to a complete physical collapse a stay in the hospital emotional mental and physical exhaustion and a deep despair I couldn't shake a sad picture for a young man who should have been well on his way to carving out his share of opportunity I am happy to tell you that good fortune came my way and as many of you may be aware I met a man mr. Earl show with his ideas and inspiration and the help of a very close friend I worked my way past the minefields of worry and disaster and out into the clear air of mental sunshine and if I did it anybody can do it I'm not saying it's easy it took me almost a full year to kick the worry habit it's a practice and much effort but it was well worth it remember don't ask for the tasks to be easy just ask for it to be worth it don't wish it was easier wish you were better don't ask for less challenge ask for more skills don't ask for less problems ask for more wisdom it's the challenge that makes the experience and life and its color and meaning and adventure for you is this collection of experiences to wish them away is to wish your life away so let's get to worry and what it is and what it does how to define it and what to do about it and let's do it with eager high hope that it won't be long until you will be free of the worry habit and on your way to the life and lifestyle that you want first of all let's define worry there are many ways we could describe it worry is fear painting pictures in your mind and if you watch that mental movie too long you get a false picture of how things really are worry is a mental broadcasting station and more often than not it is false or at least distorted propaganda worry has that sneaky way of stopping short of giving you all the facts worry is often the trickery of mentally filtered facts on the negative side and the bold declaration that these are all the facts worry has the mental audacity to suggest that the elevator only runs one way down many times worry is a five alarm bell for a wastebasket fire and worry is a depletion of constructive emotion it's wasted mental energy it's like letting the starter run the battery down when the car won't start and worry is most often a lack of all the facts a lack of full understanding a lack of total information and an unpreparedness of ability knowledge talent courage faith and all the other virtues that should give us a better definition of worry and remember left unchecked it can become like a mad dog loose in the house and the sorrow and pain and regret is too large a price to pay not to do something about it and to do it now you see if you contemplated the total sum of human suffering long enough it would drive you mad you must understand how life is human suffering man's inhumanity to man war disease poverty but it must be in what I call its rightful ratio of your mental and emotional time so much for what worry is the next question is what can I do about it what is the first step my best advice on this is to first recognize worry for what it is admit what it does and then decide you now want to be free it first starts with decision on your part and may I add well you should decide why let worry continue to take money out of your pocket and bank account why let worry any longer keep you from becoming all you can be why let it rob you of better friendships better business better profits better results better communication better family relations why impose your worry on others any longer it's a burden you can get rid of and a monkey you can get off your back why not be rid of those thinking nagging feelings that all is not going to be well that you can't do it that it won't work out for the best worry is undue concern that takes up too much of your mental and emotional time now we must all be concerned hey life is no joke except to the Joker's life and how to live it is a serious matter it is risky full of peril and there are constant threats to the good we want and to the pursuit of happiness however it is undue concern or concern that takes up too much mental time that begins the harm it's like a family planning a wonderful trip while they certainly should be concerned about the condition of the car the tires and making sure they pick the proper route it would be foolish to allow themselves to be completely turned negative with the thought that they might crash and kill the entire family if that were the case even if they went the entire trip would be turned into one nightmare of fear with the specter of chaos looming around every curve rather than enjoying the wonderful trip they had planned for themselves and their family a lot of people do that with their entire life so start to make these declarations and if you mean it they will start you on your way to confidence and adventure free of the worry habit say first I've had it with worry I am tired of being beaten down and hassled with all those negative mental pictures I refuse to be tricked by false facts I'm really not that weak never again do I want those sick feelings inside those mental false alarms I am tired of the drain on my resources I'm tired of the embarrassment of the lack of confidence I don't want people especially my family to see me in this state anymore I've got more to offer I refuse to let my life be short-circuited any longer by letting my mind run wild with a distorted view of the facts whether I bring it up or if it comes from someone else prove it to yourself think back over all the things that you worried about all the fantastic catastrophic events that your well-meaning advisers had told you we're going to happen be pleased that none of them ever happened to you or else you would not be alive today 90% of the things you worry about never happen anyway all of us have had these well-meaning advisors who want to appear larger in the eyes of those they wish to advise and who immediately rare back and described every single bad option they can think of that might possibly happen by the time they have finished the one who has come for some confidence and some help wonders why he even bothers to live anymore and the fact is those things are never really going to happen anyway bring to question now what your mind tells you or what others tell you and pledge not to go for false alarms I've had it is a good beginning this first step will start you arguing with your worried thoughts soon you will start to examine your fears and worries to see if they are valid and you won't let your mind play those mental tricks any longer it is possible to destroy any emotion you have including worry and fear by a very simple process and that is analyze it to death drag it out on the table and look at it weigh it against all of your past experiences make sure this one can stand against all the past facts you have you will now start to use worry instead of letting worry use you it's a beginning being in control instead of out of control you will now let concern and the first signs of worry prompts you to learn ask questions and look at all sides in order to evaluate true positive constructive action now you can say I will let fear advise me of the facts but I won't let fear tell me these are all the facts nor will I let fear determine my reaction to the facts I will gladly take up the war of faith over doubt reason over fear and positive expectation over words so talk to yourself right now into a change of attitude be persuasive go all out show yourself the hell if you don't and the good life of answers and progress if you do say to yourself what a fantastic feeling it must be to stop the panic drain on my mental energy emotion and physical strength imagine putting all that saved energy and emotion and strength into my action plans for the good life hey accept the challenge believe your beliefs doubts your doubts stay on the campaign to give worried a bad time like being your own conscientious judge say I've had it with the presentation of a one-sided story I sustained the objection that worry has failed to bring out all the facts I despise these mental courtroom maneuvers that try to belittle my client me I demand the whole truth and if worry will not be silent I may cite him for contempt of the court of reason call up that scene often when worry wants to hassle you with the same old tricks and the same old results it will work every time okay let's move on to some really positive steps if you can survive all that has happened to you up to this moment in your life in spite of doing and thinking many of the wrong things imagine how you can succeed by now starting to do some of the right things first the best answer to worry is confidence and confidence starts with awareness here is one of the most important lessons in life to learn life and business is like the changing seasons and the real challenge of life is to learn how to handle the winter and take advantage of the spring in short that's it you see winter always comes but so does the spring night follows day but also day follows night sure the tide goes out but it always comes in opportunity follows difficulty as surely as difficulty follows opportunity I have written and recorded much on how to take advantage of the spring how to cash in on life's opportunities work hard all summer learn more ways to plant and protect what you invest and to reap in the fall without complaint knowing it's your harvest then you've reaped what you've sown for this subject however let's talk about how to handle the winters those times when worry like winter takes its heavy toll so we tell it like it is winter always comes so does the night some happenings in our life will always be a cause for concern and sometimes concern turns to worry and worry turns to fear but remember that is to be expected each day each event each season brings both expected and unexpected challenges that we must think about and make decisions on life is like a stream that flows continuously the better we understand that the better chance we have to produce good results out of all of our challenges may I suggest something to you I have a friend who is an avid skier you know something he can only ski in the winter time you can only hunt the elk when the snow falls in the high mountains and drives them down that's called winter time you see it's all right if it's below just be prepared for the winter and here is a good thought a full well devote developed human being will find a way to take advantage of the winter not just handle it the big challenge is to make something out of each opportunity now if winters are always going to occur in our life shouldn't we benefit from them to come the next winter you could be on the inside looking out seated by a warm fire the company of a good friend and those unique feelings of security in spite of the circumstances or the season begin to know now that the night will pass and as you learn to grow and progress you will better understand how to handle every night and better live every day here's some of the best advice I have on worry first don't be afraid to face the facts of life it is not negative to understand that the winters always come don't be faked out don't clip the word impossible out of the dictionary sure the Bible says all things are possible but I don't really understand all that means my daughter's asked me have you ever tried putting toothpaste back in the tube don't say I don't want to hear the problem I don't want to see the difficulty don't show me the weeds don't say anything negative only see the positive that's foolish there is a thin line between positive thinking and kidding yourself and remember there's also a thin line between faith and folly here is the key humans have the unique ability to see it as it is and they also have the ability to see it better than it is one is called fact the other is called faith faith you develop facts you acquire the facts you acquire our essential it's like belief you constantly must find back to support your belief face says I will move mountains it doesn't say I will move mountains if someone gives me a bulldozer I'll move a mountain if they will build me a road up there if the weather's nice if they give me a shovel faith just says I will move mountains faith doesn't ask for a result to prove its existence faith is because it is and remember people died for faith and some people give up everything they own their life for faith many years ago over in Vietnam a Buddhist monk did a very clever thing he did the ultimate in political dissent he burned himself to death that toppled the government that was faith totality begets totality here is a good prayer help me to see it as it is and helped me to see it better than it is and then inspire me to act facts and faith and action what a combination for personal progress and action puts fear to flight an Old Testament phrase says watch the end you sluggard consider their ways and be why not a bad suggestion the study of ants what do they do in the summer to prepare for the winter that's a lesson in life and survival happiness wealth peace security success HD friendship reward results and all human achievement comes from a growing ability to understand and handle the changing season and so we come right back to the theme of our entire enterprise self development learn to work harder on yourself than anything else the key to all success in economics or mental health is self-development it will all change for the better when you change for the better it's what you become that really counts and you are the only variable so a good statement is you can't be all positive you can't be all confident you can't be all faith but confidence and faith and courage and inspiration can dominate worry and fear physical and emotional forces are always at work and something will win and conquer make sure you give yourself the best chance to get mental and emotional domination over all of your challenges and here is one of the master keys to the good life developing the intelligence and accepting the challenge of putting all of your emotional experience into their rightful ratio beginning this progress can bring about the most dramatic changes you see disappointment is like winter it always comes it is foolish to say don't be disappointed but you must learn to discipline your disappointment if it dominates 51% of your time you're in trouble continued heavy disappointment is like 12 months of winter and 12 months of winter leaves very little alive use the guidelines of seasons to adjust to all the meaningful things that happen to you so concern fear and disappointment like many human emotions serve a useful purpose as long as they are kept in their rightful ratio left unattended the weeds take over disappointment rules worry breaks loose fear gets the upper hand and doubt moves in but managed worked given human action with will and knowledge and purpose and Gardens overcome weeds faith overcomes doubt and confidence pushes worry into a small place the second major key to mastering worry is to respond build up inside of you that heavy desire to be free to get on with building your life and lifestyle too much is waiting to delay take a new look at your opportunities figure out new ways to seize them immediately and make them work for you and here is a key bring a new dedication that you will master yourself with enough discipline to be more than qualified to do the present job and prepare yourself for the next move up expose yourself to every stimulation possible that will put all this in perspective now let's move on to a very important point and that is the best answer to worry is confidence first self-confidence I can better handle next winter I have a strong shelter it is stocked with supplies I now know how to take advantage of the spring I'm going to plant better crops and bigger crops I can last through the summer I won't quit this time I'll study weeds and how to get rid of them I'll be less frightened of the changing weather in the quick storms in the fall I will exercise more care and reap what I have without complaint and blame nothing for the amount of my harvests I'll learn to save a fair portion so that I can survive the bad seasons when out of control the hailstorm comes and it all goes wrong now we must consider this the most fatal deterrent to self confidence is guilt not doing all you know how to do to the full extent of your present ability weakens the foundation for confidence the biggest part of worry comes from the lack of this personal confidence and lack of confidence comes from two major things first no goals are planned and second no daily discipline to achieve the inaction to cure or handle small tasks is what starts the guilt process and that always tends to make you look at what's wrong and expect the worst so listen to the voices of creative experience let nature experience wisdom books everything speak to you and teach you remember both opportunity and challenge await action everything yields to diligence it's not what you can do is what you will do the counts an undeveloped ability comes from three problems first lack of inspiration to find out second lack of reasons to learn and third lack of applied time and action for developing those abilities remember humans are remarkable a marvelously functioning entity imagine how uniquely your body and mind have survived and managed to function in spite of all the worry humans don't die easy they die hard develop a plan for your life rather than aimlessly drifting through it the victim of circumstance create your own environment and learn to control it you control your own mental environment by developing yourself so go on a crash program to clean up decisions get things done get other things set up and started and organized start doing all the things that would make you feel better exercise diet reading more books open a floodgate of positive moves in the right direction and be thankful add up what you do have make an actual as well as a conscious mental list of all you possess tangible as well as intangible in view of the four billion other inhabitants of the world yours is probably an incredible list that list and being thankful should then lead to the big step of discipline the discipline to sit up and listen the discipline to pay attention the discipline to give people and kids the gift of your attention the discipline to be alert take care of yourself rest eat properly the discipline to talk well and practice good manners courtesy is contagious take one day and see what a variety of positive steps you can take and projects you can take on at the end of the day go over it write out the positive steps the progress on projects the rest the exercise the meals the hobbies called record conversations and letters and speaking of calls and letters write at least one encouraging letter or thank-you note and make at least one encouraging phone call or thank-you call every week then have a friend help you as one helped me to get all the facts and prepare for action from such a friendship the greatest gift you can draw is the truth - one of my dearest friends I said just the other day as my friend do me the one best thing you can do for me and that is tell me the truth from there I can grow I can start making wise decisions we all admire poise confidence awareness courtesy good manners courage health kindness attention beauty speech expression and unhurried intensity and talent at work this can be your life say with me today today I will draw on all I've learned and practiced from curiosity to confidence and I will utilize it all to meet the experiences and challenges that may come my way or that I may seek out and if all I know and do does not meet or match some unforeseen challenge or experience I will keep careful notes and take them to my private conference table and try to figure them out and learn and grow mixed in my curiosity is thanks that I'm alive and able to see and feel and learn and handle and enjoy being human and being alive and having been given a chance to turn challenge into experience how great to have a mind to expand and a soul to nourish to have hands that can feel a heart that can experience a mind that can enquire and learn a soul that can soar a body that can respond to no love sadness hope disappointment accomplishment failure thrills terror appreciation bafflement wonder awe frustration misery confidence courage contentment impatience expectation apprehension fulfillment music sound pictures art beauty and harmony to have all this happen to one is one thing to know it is all happening is much more I wish for you that you might develop a growing awareness of the world around you and your possibilities in it develop a sense of history and destiny and be grateful for the opportunity that you have to participate in that grand endeavor to sum it all up first understand what where he is you now know that it can be beneficial and destructive depending on your awareness next resolve to be free of the habit that job is up to you to work on yourself to get the right attitude next start the daily action of first cleaning up all your current situations remember little achievements lead to confidence that conquers guilt then buy up every challenge to reach your goal you can now handle it the winter the spring the harvest bring a new zeal to every problem to every fear to every opportunity the inspiration from it all and the immediate and future progress that will someday give you a view from the top of your goals your adventure and your achievement in conclusion let me give you one piece of poetry that sums up what a life of adventure should be like and how you should feel you are now a seasoned warrior you bear the scars of honorable battle and here is where you stand today the familiar words of William Henley out of the darkness that covers me black as the pit from pole to pole I thank whatever God's may be for my unconquerable soul in the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud under the bludgeonings of chance my head is bloody but unbowed it matters not how Strait the gate nor charge to punishments the scroll I am the captain of my fate I am the master of my soul from all of my staff and from myself personally I want to thank you for listening let's do something remarkable to receive more information on Jim Rohn speaking scheduling products please visit his website at WWE the weekly Jim Rohn easy newsletter or you can call Jim's office at 809 to nine oh four three four in the Dallas Fort Worth area please call eight one seven four four two five four oh seven all mail should be directed to Jim Rohn International 2835 exchange boulevard suite 200 south Lake Texas 76092 thanks again for listening and make it your best year ever here's to your success [Music] you [Music]

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Length: 33min 35sec (2015 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 02 2016