Your Own Self-Direction
by Jim Rohn
What is the origin of true ambition? There
exists really only one place to find true ambition and that
is within you—in every thought, in every movement, in every
motivation. Your ambition is an expression of who you truly
are, your own self-expression.
Self-expression is really self-direction.
How you think, how you move, how you
motivate yourself. Ambition is a result of self-direction and
self-direction is one of the six key principles necessary for
building ambition. Positive self-direction says,
"I know who
I am and I know where I want to go. I'm accumulating knowledge
and experiences and feelings and philosophies that will help
prepare me for opportunities that I know will show up without
notice or any help on my part."
Because you know where you want to go, you
have already been working on the parts of your personality that
will make you better. Working on your attitude, working on your
health, working on your time management
skills. Putting it all down on paper. And you constantly see
yourself in the place you want to be, going in the direction
you want to go.
Direction determines destination. So here is
a question you must ask yourself, "Are all the
activities that I'm currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?" What an
important question to ask yourself at the beginning of the month,
the beginning of the week, the beginning of the day.
Because here is what you don't ever want to
do—kid yourself. Kid your neighbor, kid me, and kid the marketplace,
but don't kid yourself—fingers crossed—hoping you will arrive at a
good destination when you're not even headed that way. You have to
ask yourself often, "Am I doing the
activities
that are taking me in the direction I want to go?" Remember to ask
these important questions—questions that help determine your direction,
the set of your sail, your destination:
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"Is this the direction I want for my
life?"
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"Is this the direction I want for my
business?"
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"Is the direction I'm going, my friend's, my spouse's,
my children's...or is it mine?"
Ask yourself those three questions and then debate them.
After you have answered those questions within yourself,
then take it one step further and ask, "What am I doing that is working
or not working?" Work with your mind to figure out the best possible direction for you—your self-direction. And then
ambitiously pursue your own self-direction. Let the power of your own
ambition take you where you want to go, to do
what you want to do, to create the business and
the life you
want to live!
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
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© 2009 by Jim Rohn
International. All Rights Reserved.
About the author:
Jim Rohn (September 17, 1930
— December 5, 2009) was considered to
be America's Foremost Business
Philosopher, with a career that spanned
over 40 years and touched the lives of over
four million people worldwide. Internationally hailed as one of the most influential thinkers of our
time, Rohn helped motivate an entire generation
of personal development trainers as well as
hundreds of executives from America's top
corporations.
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