Track Your Results
by Jim Rohn
Three key words to remember: weigh, count,
and measure. Now why weigh, count, and measure? To see what
your results are from your activity, your activity ,
and your philosophy. Because if you
find your results are not to your liking, there are only three
places to look: 1) your philosophy needs
to be fine-tuned; 2) your attitude needs to be strengthened or 3)
your disciplines need extra skill. That's it!
Because activity, attitude, and philosophy create results.
Now on results, here is what I teach the kids.
Life expects you to make measurable progress
in reasonable time. You must be reasonable with time.
You can't say to someone every five minutes, how are you doing now?
That's too soon to ask for a count. The guy says "I haven't left the
building yet, give me a break!" Now you can't wait five years—that's
too long. Many things can go wrong waiting too long for a count to
see how you're doing.
Here are some good time frames:
Number one—at the end of the day. You can't let
more than a day go by without looking at some things and making progress.
Old Testament says: if you are angry, try to solve it before the sun
goes down. Don't carry anger for another day. It may be too heavy to
carry. If you try to carry it for a week, it may drop you to your knees.
So some things you must get done in a day.
Here's the next one—a week. We ask for an accounting of
the week so we can issue the pay. And whatever you've got coming that's
what you get; when the week is over. Now in business there are two things
to check in the course of the week. Your activity count and your productivity
count. Because activity leads to productivity we need to count both to
see how we're doing.
My mentor taught me that success
is a numbers game and very early he started asking me my numbers.
He asked, "How many books have you
read in the last ninety days?" I said, "Zero"; he said, "Not a good
number." He said, "How many classes have you
attended in the last six months to improve your skills?" And I said,
"Zero." He said, "Not a good number." Then he said, "In the last six
years that you've been working, how much money have you saved and
invested?" I said, "Zero" and he said, "Not a good number." Then here's
what he said, "Mr. Rohn, if these numbers don't change, your life won't
change." But then he said, "If you'll start improving these numbers then
perhaps you'll start to see everything change for you."
Because when it comes to success ,
it's the numbers that count... Making measurable
progress in reasonable time. Here's the best
accounting: The accounting you make of yourself. Don't wait for the
government to do it, don't wait for the company to do it. But you've
got to add up some of your own numbers and ask, "Am I making the
progress I want, and will it take me
where I want to go now and in the future?" You be the judge!
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
P.S. And if you're ready to begin making measurable
progress in
reasonable time, start here:
TSP
© 2006 by Jim Rohn International. All Rights Reserved.
Jim Rohn is considered to be America's Foremost Business
Philosopher, with a career that has spanned over 37
years and touched the lives of over three million people
worldwide. He has been internationally hailed over the
years as one of the most influential thinkers of our
time and has helped motivate an entire generation of
personal development trainers as well as hundreds of
executives from America's top corporations. He's been
described as everything from a master motivator, to a
modern day Will Rogers, to a legend!
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