Jim Rohn becoming a successful business man

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Early career

Jim attended high school for one year and quickly decided to quit and apply for different sales jobs.

Seeing all the successful people who he worked for, Jim got inspired to chase the American dream himself.

At the age of 25, he had already started his family by marrying his wife and raising a child. But he remained to live paycheck-to-paycheck without any promise of a better future. 

As Jim Rohn's famous quote goes,

I had more month left over at the end of the money. - Jim Rohn

Girl scout cookie story

Everything changed when Jim got a knock on his front door. He saw a young girl-scout selling cookies. She started to pitch Jim a box of cookies for only 2 dollars and showed all her dedication doing so.

Jim really wanted to buy a box of cookies, but he had to disappoint her because he didn't even have the 2 dollars to buy it. 

After closing the door Jim felt his whole life turning against him. He got depressed knowing that he constantly disappointed people in his environment because of his lack in financial capacity.

This was the day Jim Rohn told himself he would do everything to never let this happen to him again.

Discipline your disappointments  - Jim Rohn

John Earl Shoaff

Years later, Jim got invited by a friend to a seminar in town of a famous businessman named; Earl Shoaff. 

Jim didn’t even think about it as he lived by the philosophy, 

Don’t be lazy in learning - Jim Rohn

Jim attended the seminar and got so inspired that he decided to personally say thanks to Mr. Shoaff himself. 

Mr. Shoaff saw a grand desire in young Jim's eyes and decided to quickly offer him a job in the already successful company, 'AbundaVita'. 

Jim gladly accepted the job and became Shoaff’s trainee in the years to follow.

Nutri-Bio 

After working for 2 years in AbundaVita, Shoaff offered Jim another job in an even more promising company called Nutri-Bio.

Jim's hard work quickly paid off, as he managed to build one of the largest organisations in the company. 

Jim always said this success was because of the philosophy he learned from Mr. Shoaff.

Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better - Jim Rohn

Jim even managed to expand the company to Canada in 1960, and this made Shoaff appoint Jim as the vice president of the organisation.  Shortly after John Shoaff died of old age, Jim lost his mentor, but he never forgot everything he learned from him.

Rotary Club

After Shoaff’s passing, Jim was left without a mentor and didn’t exactly know what to do next.

Suddenly an old friend of Jim gave him an invitation to hold a speech at a meeting of a Rotary Club. Apparently people all over the country heard about the farm boy from Idaho story and wanted to hear it from Jim himself. 

The meeting was a great success, and the people that attended it quickly requested Jim to speak at other events around the country.

Inspired the audience

After hosting different successful seminars around the country, many more people got inspired by Jim, and started to ask Jim to become their own personal mentor. 

Jim accepted the requests as he felt he could really make a change and impact young people’s life. He didn’t quite yet know how to actually do it, but he always lived by the quote: 

If the why is powerful, the how is easy. - Jim Rohn

Herbalife

One of Jim's students, Mark Hughes created a company we still know to this day, Herbalife.

Another one of Jim’s students, Tony Robbins became one of the most famous motivational life coaches in the 21st century.

Books

During his career, Jim wrote many books.

Some of these I highly recommend:

• The power of ambition

• 7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness

• Seasons of Life

Legacy

After his death in 2009, Jim still stands as one of the most inspiring and famous motivational speakers of all time. 

His videos of his seminars are still watched to this day, with millions of views on social media and Youtube.

If you want to have a digital mentor, the voice and legacy of Jim Rohn are a must-study for you!

Thank you for reading, I hope to have inspired you to learn more about Jim Rohn, and pickup one of his bestseller books, or watch one of his famous seminars.