THE KEY TO SUCCESS A seemingly good book but surprisingly good by Jim Rohn. The book is very thin, less than 200 pages, but it gives us a comprehensive, systematic view of the keys to success in both career and life. Let's review the most valuable lessons from this book.
Philosophy: this is the way we use our minds to process ideas and information that occur in our lives. These philosophies will guide us to have the right attitudes and actions.
Attitude: have a good attitude towards the past and an optimistic attitude towards the future. At the same time, make an effort to improve your self-esteem. Self-esteem is doing valuable, important and useful things for yourself without anyone having to supervise or manage. The higher the self-esteem, the greater the success.
Activity: only labor creates results. If you have good ideas, good plans but do not act, there will be nothing. So do what you can and do your best.
Results: always learn from others and measure your progress every week.
Lifestyle: it is a combination of the above four factors.
There are three important factors in personal development including:
Physical: exercise and treat yourself as a sanctuary, care about your appearance, because that is how others perceive you in the first moments.
Spiritual: believe it or not, but you should nurture a strong spiritual life within you. That is what helps us overcome many difficulties and challenges with great strength.
Mental: nourish your mind with healthy spiritual food. Read valuable books, there is nothing more precious and worth reading than books.
4Develop the art of communication. There have been many books about this art, because this is one of the indispensable factors if we want to achieve outstanding success in our lives as well as our careers. Here, Jim Rohn also shares with us five important factors to be able to develop our communication skills. Including: having something good to say, communicating well, understanding the listener, knowing how to express emotions, and empathizing with the listener. Of the five factors above, I think every factor is important. However, the two factors that impress me the most are having something good to say and knowing how to communicate well. If we are not prepared, do not have things that are truly impressive, attractive and deeply touching the listener, it will be difficult for people to pay attention. Therefore, constantly accumulate interesting stories, valuable things that you learn from books, from people you know or from things you observe in life. Turn it into impressive stories, divide it into topics, themes, so that when the opportunity comes, you can confidently shine, making people attracted to the story you are telling. The second is communication skills. You have to practice continuously so that when you tell a story, or present, even a child can understand. To do that, you have to practice and hone it regularly. And to communicate well, you need to have a wide and deep vocabulary. This vocabulary does not come naturally, you have to constantly update, learn and cultivate it through reading a lot. In addition, you should also find role models that you love, to learn from their styles. Gradually over time, you will also refine and find the style that best suits you.
Time management Time management is essentially mind management and self management. The key here is that you need to have a correct philosophy of life. Know how to focus on your priorities and important things for yourself. Avoid wasting time and wasting it.
Financial freedom I agree with the author, to be financially free, it doesn't matter how much income you have, but you need to have the right philosophy from the beginning. The right philosophy here is that if you want to increase your income, you have to increase your self-worth accordingly. Then find strategies to make that value effective in the long run. Many people will spend and then save. But the right philosophy will always start by paying yourself first by saving and then spending. 10% savings, 10% investment may not make you rich quickly, but it will give you a fortune if you strictly follow this philosophy over time. An extremely valuable and meaningful book for anyone on the journey of training and developing themselves. Remember, what we do not use, it will be lost. The same is true for our talents, intelligence and energy. If we do not use them properly, they will also atrophy and will no longer be present within us.