May 21, 2025 • 13 mins
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(00:01):
So if I had a word with you tonight, one-on-one, just you
and me, I think my personal advice to you would be this
year, reach down inside of you and come up with some more of
those remarkable human gifts. They're there waiting to be
utilized and then change anything for you.
(00:23):
You want to change. And I challenge you to do that
because you can change. If this message moved you, don't
just feel inspired, do somethingwith it.
We created self-discipline Hacksfor Everyone to help turn
moments like this into momentum.It's a simple guide to build
daily structure, create lasting habits, and stay consistent even
(00:43):
when motivation fades. Jim Rohn said your life does not
get better by chance. It gets better by change.
Tap the link in the show notes. Now download your copy and turn
this message into your turning point.
If you don't like how it is for you, change it.
If it doesn't suit you, change it.
If it doesn't please you, changeit.
(01:04):
If it isn't enough, change it. And I challenge you to do that
because you can change. See, You don't ever have to be
the same again after tonight. Only by choice.
If you don't like your present address, change it.
You're not a tree. Now let me give you 3 steps to
(01:33):
personal development. Let's get down to the nitty
gritty. What does it take to really make
the changes starting tomorrow? It takes more than philosophical
pronouncement. I know that.
It also takes more than enthusiasm.
I know we're hearing a lot aboutenthusiasm these days.
But see, that just won't do the job.
We're still here on the old cliches of the 30s, right?
(01:53):
To be enthusiastic, you must actenthusiastic.
Let's see, that's not going to help.
After you have leaped about there are some things you got to
do or it isn't going to change. So you can get all excited about
lifting 200 lbs till you get to the gym and then you need a new
(02:16):
excitement. And the new excitement is called
discipline. Major step to human progress.
Discipline. If there's one thing to get
excited over, that's it. Get excited over your ability to
make yourself do the necessary things.
(02:38):
What could you make yourself do,starting tomorrow, that would
change it all? No tell now.
See, that's exciting. On any given day, you can
massively change the direction of your life.
Murder is a clear example that any one person on any given day
(02:59):
can forever alter the course of their life.
It just happens to be a negativeact.
But just as sure as you can commit a negative act, you can
also commit a positive act and forever alter your life whenever
you wish. Now that's exciting.
And whatever that act might be that changes your life, the guy
(03:25):
finally takes a shotgun to his car and blows out every window,
destroys every tire, puts 100 rounds in this shabby old thing.
And he says, I have driven this embarrassing thing for the last
time, and not only will I never drive it again, nobody else will
ever drive it again. And he lets that shuddering
(03:47):
thing stand there for a while asa monument to the day.
He said today, my life changes. Now, who can do that?
Anybody. When can you do it?
Whatever day you pick. Now, here's the key to
discipline. Start with the little
(04:09):
disciplines. Get excited over the little
disciplines and get right on those, because those will lead
to the big ones. You can't handle the big
challenges in life unless you take on the little ones.
Make a list of all the things you can do.
Get right on those. Discipline yourself for those,
both for the results and for themuscle and for the practice, so
that when life hands you some big challenges, you'll be ready.
(04:30):
You'll have the muscle. But see, if you don't handle the
small ones, you can't take care of the big ones.
OK, here's what else it takes for life change.
Self motivation. Key phrase, self motivation.
I don't know why we call it selfmotivation.
(04:51):
It's really the only kind there is.
You got to motivate yourself because I found out you can't
change people. They can change themselves, but
you can't change them. Lord knows some I've tried, but
see, it won't work. People have to change
themselves. I learned some of those lessons
early. I built a little sales
organization way back in those early days.
(05:13):
I'm 25 and I had some nice people.
I said I'm going to make these people successful if it kills
me. I almost died, right?
I mean, you can't do that. See, I've discovered this.
(05:34):
Good people are not trained. They're found.
You find good people, you don't make them good, you find them
good. Training really is for the
purpose of finding good people. You don't need much instruction
for a good person. Too much training probably means
you've got the wrong peep. So you got to find the right
(05:58):
people. That's the key to getting a good
job done. One of the major things we learn
in management Lesson 1. Don't send your ducks to Eagle
School because it won't help. I mean, I'm telling you it won't
help no matter how good your school is and the little eagle
(06:19):
badge and little eagle hat, I'm telling you it won't help.
It won't help. You can tell whether your
school's done any good, right? Is when it's over, right?
The duck goes for his first rabbit and makes him a friend.
You say no, no, no. Anyway.
(06:39):
So it takes self motivation to really alter your life and you
don't want to give self motivation away to somebody else
and make it somebody else motivating you.
The guy says, boy, if somebody just come by and turn me on,
what if they don't show up? See, you got to have a better
plan for your life, OK? Now if you're excited and you're
(07:06):
ready to change, let me give you3 steps to start life change
that can change your life, your personality, your lifestyle,
everything can change. Here's the steps #1 find out how
things work. The first key to doing better is
(07:28):
find out to change your life. Really you need ideas.
There isn't anything an idea can't change.
And Shelf taught me the major problem is lack of an idea, not
a problem. At first I didn't have any
money. I said to Mr. Shelf, I don't
have any money. He said that's not a problem.
Now see, up until then I always thought it was right.
I was confused. He said no, no, the problem is
(07:51):
lack of an idea on how to createmoney and wealth.
It isn't lack of money, it's lack of ideas.
So if you get the ideas, so you can change anything.
Now to get ideas, you need a constant study of finding out.
Now Schaf also said when you find out something that works,
put the information in your journal.
Don't use your head for a filingcabinet.
(08:14):
Put it in your journal so that you can do the next best thing.
Repetition, repetition, repetition.
Go over it. And if you repeat it, go over
it. Sure enough, someday, some
mysterious day, the idea takes root, starts to grow, and shows
up in your bank account and yourdress and your personality and
your lifestyle. But capture the ideas in your
(08:35):
journal. Find out how things work.
Schoof gave me this word for my life change.
He said study great word. If you wish to be successful,
study success. If you wish to be happy, study
happiness. If you wish to be wealthy, study
(08:58):
wealth. Don't leave it to chance, make
it a study. Some people just go through the
day with their fingers crossed. See, that won't do it.
You've got to study the things that can change your economic,
social, spiritual, personal life.
(09:20):
Now, here's a qualifying phrase,and we'll have several of these
qualifying phrases throughout the seminar.
Here's the first one. You may not be able to do all
you find out. I understand that you may not be
able to do all you find out, butyou should find out all you can
do. See, you don't want to wind up
at the end of your life and discover that you've lived only
(09:41):
110th of it. And the other 9/10 went down the
drain not for lack of opportunity, for lack of
information. So that's number one.
Find out how things work. Now here's the best human virtue
for finding out curiosity. Make a note of that curiosity.
Be curious. You might add a word to it
(10:06):
that'll help childish curiosity.What will kids do if they want
to know something bad enough bugyou?
That's the phrase. They can ask 1000 questions.
You think they're through, they've got another thousand.
They'll drive you to the brink. It's a virtue when you got to
(10:32):
know. Be like a child.
In fact, Jesus the Master teacher said unless you can
become like little children, youmight as well forget it.
You don't have a prayer. Excellent advice.
You got to be like children. Four ways, in my opinion, to be
like a child. Number one's curiosity and #2 is
excitement. Get excited like a child over
(10:53):
your ability to make yourself doanything for change.
Third is faith. Have faith like a child.
Adults are too skeptical. And 4th is trust.
Trust is a childish virtue, but the rewards are incredible.
So be like a child. Now, if you're curious, let me
(11:16):
give you three ways to find out how to change anything, any life
direction, any dimension. Here's three ways to find out
how to change anything. Number one is to read.
Become a good reader. All of the successful people I
know and work with around the world, they're all good readers.
(11:39):
Curiosity drives them to read. They got to know they just read,
read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read.
Become a good reader. Now that's my opinion.
Listen to the other lecturers and listen to me and make up
your own mind. Don't be a follower, be a
(11:59):
student. OK, I say really, for life
change, you got to read. One way to learn is from your
own experiences, but another wayto learn is from other people's
experiences. See, one book might save you
five years if you read it. Did you know there's books on
(12:22):
how to be stronger, more decisive, be a speaker, be a
leader, have a better effect on other people, develop your
personality? Did you know there's books on
that and people don't read them?How would you explain that?
And they can read. Did you know that hundreds of
(12:42):
successful people have written their stories and books and they
wrote down how they did it and people don't read it?
How would you explain that? The guy's busy, I guess, You
know, You get tied up, the guy says.
Well, yeah, You work where I work.
(13:03):
By the time you struggle home, it's late.
You got to eat by the supper, watch little TV, get to bed.
You can't sit up half the night reading, reading, reading,
reading. And the guy's behind on his car
payment. Good worker, hard worker,
sincere. But you got to be better than
(13:24):
sincere and work hard. Otherwise, at the end of your
life, you'll wind up cold, Stony, broke.
You've got to be better than a good worker.
You've got to be a good reader. My opinion?
So if I had a word with you tonight, one-on-one, just you
and me, I think my personal advice to you would be this
year, reach down inside of you and come up with some more of
those remarkable human gifts. They're there waiting to be
utilized and then change anything for you.
(00:23):
You want to change. And I challenge you to do that
because you can change. If this message moved you, don't
just feel inspired, do somethingwith it.
We created self-discipline Hacksfor Everyone to help turn
moments like this into momentum.It's a simple guide to build
daily structure, create lasting habits, and stay consistent even
(00:43):
when motivation fades. Jim Rohn said your life does not
get better by chance. It gets better by change.
Tap the link in the show notes. Now download your copy and turn
this message into your turning point.
If you don't like how it is for you, change it.
If it doesn't suit you, change it.
If it doesn't please you, changeit.
(01:04):
If it isn't enough, change it. And I challenge you to do that
because you can change. See, You don't ever have to be
the same again after tonight. Only by choice.
If you don't like your present address, change it.
You're not a tree. Now let me give you 3 steps to
(01:33):
personal development. Let's get down to the nitty
gritty. What does it take to really make
the changes starting tomorrow? It takes more than philosophical
pronouncement. I know that.
It also takes more than enthusiasm.
I know we're hearing a lot aboutenthusiasm these days.
But see, that just won't do the job.
We're still here on the old cliches of the 30s, right?
(01:53):
To be enthusiastic, you must actenthusiastic.
Let's see, that's not going to help.
After you have leaped about there are some things you got to
do or it isn't going to change. So you can get all excited about
lifting 200 lbs till you get to the gym and then you need a new
(02:16):
excitement. And the new excitement is called
discipline. Major step to human progress.
Discipline. If there's one thing to get
excited over, that's it. Get excited over your ability to
make yourself do the necessary things.
(02:38):
What could you make yourself do,starting tomorrow, that would
change it all? No tell now.
See, that's exciting. On any given day, you can
massively change the direction of your life.
Murder is a clear example that any one person on any given day
(02:59):
can forever alter the course of their life.
It just happens to be a negativeact.
But just as sure as you can commit a negative act, you can
also commit a positive act and forever alter your life whenever
you wish. Now that's exciting.
And whatever that act might be that changes your life, the guy
(03:25):
finally takes a shotgun to his car and blows out every window,
destroys every tire, puts 100 rounds in this shabby old thing.
And he says, I have driven this embarrassing thing for the last
time, and not only will I never drive it again, nobody else will
ever drive it again. And he lets that shuddering
(03:47):
thing stand there for a while asa monument to the day.
He said today, my life changes. Now, who can do that?
Anybody. When can you do it?
Whatever day you pick. Now, here's the key to
discipline. Start with the little
(04:09):
disciplines. Get excited over the little
disciplines and get right on those, because those will lead
to the big ones. You can't handle the big
challenges in life unless you take on the little ones.
Make a list of all the things you can do.
Get right on those. Discipline yourself for those,
both for the results and for themuscle and for the practice, so
that when life hands you some big challenges, you'll be ready.
(04:30):
You'll have the muscle. But see, if you don't handle the
small ones, you can't take care of the big ones.
OK, here's what else it takes for life change.
Self motivation. Key phrase, self motivation.
I don't know why we call it selfmotivation.
(04:51):
It's really the only kind there is.
You got to motivate yourself because I found out you can't
change people. They can change themselves, but
you can't change them. Lord knows some I've tried, but
see, it won't work. People have to change
themselves. I learned some of those lessons
early. I built a little sales
organization way back in those early days.
(05:13):
I'm 25 and I had some nice people.
I said I'm going to make these people successful if it kills
me. I almost died, right?
I mean, you can't do that. See, I've discovered this.
(05:34):
Good people are not trained. They're found.
You find good people, you don't make them good, you find them
good. Training really is for the
purpose of finding good people. You don't need much instruction
for a good person. Too much training probably means
you've got the wrong peep. So you got to find the right
(05:58):
people. That's the key to getting a good
job done. One of the major things we learn
in management Lesson 1. Don't send your ducks to Eagle
School because it won't help. I mean, I'm telling you it won't
help no matter how good your school is and the little eagle
(06:19):
badge and little eagle hat, I'm telling you it won't help.
It won't help. You can tell whether your
school's done any good, right? Is when it's over, right?
The duck goes for his first rabbit and makes him a friend.
You say no, no, no. Anyway.
(06:39):
So it takes self motivation to really alter your life and you
don't want to give self motivation away to somebody else
and make it somebody else motivating you.
The guy says, boy, if somebody just come by and turn me on,
what if they don't show up? See, you got to have a better
plan for your life, OK? Now if you're excited and you're
(07:06):
ready to change, let me give you3 steps to start life change
that can change your life, your personality, your lifestyle,
everything can change. Here's the steps #1 find out how
things work. The first key to doing better is
(07:28):
find out to change your life. Really you need ideas.
There isn't anything an idea can't change.
And Shelf taught me the major problem is lack of an idea, not
a problem. At first I didn't have any
money. I said to Mr. Shelf, I don't
have any money. He said that's not a problem.
Now see, up until then I always thought it was right.
I was confused. He said no, no, the problem is
(07:51):
lack of an idea on how to createmoney and wealth.
It isn't lack of money, it's lack of ideas.
So if you get the ideas, so you can change anything.
Now to get ideas, you need a constant study of finding out.
Now Schaf also said when you find out something that works,
put the information in your journal.
Don't use your head for a filingcabinet.
(08:14):
Put it in your journal so that you can do the next best thing.
Repetition, repetition, repetition.
Go over it. And if you repeat it, go over
it. Sure enough, someday, some
mysterious day, the idea takes root, starts to grow, and shows
up in your bank account and yourdress and your personality and
your lifestyle. But capture the ideas in your
(08:35):
journal. Find out how things work.
Schoof gave me this word for my life change.
He said study great word. If you wish to be successful,
study success. If you wish to be happy, study
happiness. If you wish to be wealthy, study
(08:58):
wealth. Don't leave it to chance, make
it a study. Some people just go through the
day with their fingers crossed. See, that won't do it.
You've got to study the things that can change your economic,
social, spiritual, personal life.
(09:20):
Now, here's a qualifying phrase,and we'll have several of these
qualifying phrases throughout the seminar.
Here's the first one. You may not be able to do all
you find out. I understand that you may not be
able to do all you find out, butyou should find out all you can
do. See, you don't want to wind up
at the end of your life and discover that you've lived only
(09:41):
110th of it. And the other 9/10 went down the
drain not for lack of opportunity, for lack of
information. So that's number one.
Find out how things work. Now here's the best human virtue
for finding out curiosity. Make a note of that curiosity.
Be curious. You might add a word to it
(10:06):
that'll help childish curiosity.What will kids do if they want
to know something bad enough bugyou?
That's the phrase. They can ask 1000 questions.
You think they're through, they've got another thousand.
They'll drive you to the brink. It's a virtue when you got to
(10:32):
know. Be like a child.
In fact, Jesus the Master teacher said unless you can
become like little children, youmight as well forget it.
You don't have a prayer. Excellent advice.
You got to be like children. Four ways, in my opinion, to be
like a child. Number one's curiosity and #2 is
excitement. Get excited like a child over
(10:53):
your ability to make yourself doanything for change.
Third is faith. Have faith like a child.
Adults are too skeptical. And 4th is trust.
Trust is a childish virtue, but the rewards are incredible.
So be like a child. Now, if you're curious, let me
(11:16):
give you three ways to find out how to change anything, any life
direction, any dimension. Here's three ways to find out
how to change anything. Number one is to read.
Become a good reader. All of the successful people I
know and work with around the world, they're all good readers.
(11:39):
Curiosity drives them to read. They got to know they just read,
read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read.
Become a good reader. Now that's my opinion.
Listen to the other lecturers and listen to me and make up
your own mind. Don't be a follower, be a
(11:59):
student. OK, I say really, for life
change, you got to read. One way to learn is from your
own experiences, but another wayto learn is from other people's
experiences. See, one book might save you
five years if you read it. Did you know there's books on
(12:22):
how to be stronger, more decisive, be a speaker, be a
leader, have a better effect on other people, develop your
personality? Did you know there's books on
that and people don't read them?How would you explain that?
And they can read. Did you know that hundreds of
(12:42):
successful people have written their stories and books and they
wrote down how they did it and people don't read it?
How would you explain that? The guy's busy, I guess, You
know, You get tied up, the guy says.
Well, yeah, You work where I work.
(13:03):
By the time you struggle home, it's late.
You got to eat by the supper, watch little TV, get to bed.
You can't sit up half the night reading, reading, reading,
reading. And the guy's behind on his car
payment. Good worker, hard worker,
sincere. But you got to be better than
(13:24):
sincere and work hard. Otherwise, at the end of your
life, you'll wind up cold, Stony, broke.
You've got to be better than a good worker.
You've got to be a good reader. My opinion?
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