Mr Jim Rohn, 5 Dec 2009.
America's Foremost Business Philosopher
People who don't know would ask me what the hype was all about and what is it I saw in him. "Why look up to an international, a non local, and mostly a non-muslim?" they would ask.
Well, at first I only heard about him and listened to his tapes and watched his videos. What he taught was extraordinary and for me, it meant a lot and touched on what was going on in my life. In short, it changed my way of thinking, and my life, and maybe somewhat unbelievably, strengthened my faith.
Seeing the man, live, in person gave my the confidence that this was a good man who knew what he was talking about and so from then, he became my teacher from far away. His words will always inspire me. Most of all, his belief in them. Not like a lot of speakers who give you theories, Mr Jim Rohn lived them and showed me that I can also live out my beliefs of goodness, health, wealth and bring love to all mankind and the universe.
I salute you Mr Jim Rohn,...
"I wish for you the life of wealth, health and happiness: a life of which you give to yourself the gift of patience, the virtue of reason, the value of knowledge, and the influence of faith in our own ability to dream about and achieve worthy rewards."
Mr Jim Rohn, America's Foremost Business Philosopher.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
A Meaningful Education
For almost everyone in our country, a typical person will spend 11 years in school; 6 years in primary school and 5 years in secondary school. There will be some who will continue another two years in Form 6 and there will be some who drop out after Form 3. We may also add another two years which we spend in Kindergarten. The question then after all is, “what do we get from all of those years in school?”
Let’s see. Since 1970’s there have been changes to the Malaysian Education system; we started with the change from an English language medium of instruction to a Malaysian national language medium of instruction. Then there was emphasis on the ‘3Rs’ (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic) for primary education. Also came the implementation of what was called, ‘The New Integrated Secondary School Curriculum’ for secondary education with emphasis on technical and science areas of study. In the 90’s, Math and Science changed its language of instruction from the Malaysian national language to the English language. And now, we are back to having these subjects delivered in the Malaysian national language.
I would like to reason that all these changes were all due to our decision makers and policy makers attempt at providing what would they considered of the best interest to the public and the development of our country. Let us not argue upon who was right, who was wrong, their reasons and excuses, but more so let us take for granted that there were reasons that were thought of as justified for whatever policies that have been implemented and those that will be implemented in the coming future.
Regardless of the policies and the medium of instruction, we all turned out okay, didn’t we? Our children will in turn come out all right as well, or not, not because of the school system, but more so, on the environment that we, as parents and the community provide. Children go to school and learn. How the teacher teaches depends on the person who is doing the teaching. There are good teachers and there are teachers who in our opinion should not even be teachers. The school environment remains almost the same regardless of the current policy or the school syllabus. The greatest impact on our children today is the support that parents and society provide. No matter how good a school is, the individual who has to come home to a broken home environment will be the factor that creates the individual; how he or she will interact with the rest of the world and whether his or her contribution will be positive and beneficial to society, or will be negative, selfish and destructive to society.
A society that focuses on destructive elements such as how bad other people are; our bosses, our leaders, our neighbours, or how bad it is not having what other people have, or focussing on the things that we lack, instead of being grateful for what we do have and looking upon others with compassion and understanding, will no doubt create all that is negative and bring about lessons of a life which is full of unhappiness and sorrow.
So apart from school and what it is, the real education we get, really, comes from being able to accept ourselves and society the way it is, at the same time practising our beliefs upon ourselves, yet understanding that every individual is good and does good the way he or she sees it to be… not to judge, but to keep an open mind and that right or wrong is only between ourselves and our Creator. Open up our eyes and our hearts and listen to the lessons coming from our environment and the messages from our subconscious. The lessons are endless…
Let’s see. Since 1970’s there have been changes to the Malaysian Education system; we started with the change from an English language medium of instruction to a Malaysian national language medium of instruction. Then there was emphasis on the ‘3Rs’ (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic) for primary education. Also came the implementation of what was called, ‘The New Integrated Secondary School Curriculum’ for secondary education with emphasis on technical and science areas of study. In the 90’s, Math and Science changed its language of instruction from the Malaysian national language to the English language. And now, we are back to having these subjects delivered in the Malaysian national language.
I would like to reason that all these changes were all due to our decision makers and policy makers attempt at providing what would they considered of the best interest to the public and the development of our country. Let us not argue upon who was right, who was wrong, their reasons and excuses, but more so let us take for granted that there were reasons that were thought of as justified for whatever policies that have been implemented and those that will be implemented in the coming future.
Regardless of the policies and the medium of instruction, we all turned out okay, didn’t we? Our children will in turn come out all right as well, or not, not because of the school system, but more so, on the environment that we, as parents and the community provide. Children go to school and learn. How the teacher teaches depends on the person who is doing the teaching. There are good teachers and there are teachers who in our opinion should not even be teachers. The school environment remains almost the same regardless of the current policy or the school syllabus. The greatest impact on our children today is the support that parents and society provide. No matter how good a school is, the individual who has to come home to a broken home environment will be the factor that creates the individual; how he or she will interact with the rest of the world and whether his or her contribution will be positive and beneficial to society, or will be negative, selfish and destructive to society.
A society that focuses on destructive elements such as how bad other people are; our bosses, our leaders, our neighbours, or how bad it is not having what other people have, or focussing on the things that we lack, instead of being grateful for what we do have and looking upon others with compassion and understanding, will no doubt create all that is negative and bring about lessons of a life which is full of unhappiness and sorrow.
So apart from school and what it is, the real education we get, really, comes from being able to accept ourselves and society the way it is, at the same time practising our beliefs upon ourselves, yet understanding that every individual is good and does good the way he or she sees it to be… not to judge, but to keep an open mind and that right or wrong is only between ourselves and our Creator. Open up our eyes and our hearts and listen to the lessons coming from our environment and the messages from our subconscious. The lessons are endless…
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Qualities of Skillful Leadership by Jim Rohn
Here's an article I read, from Jim Rohn about leadership...
If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent. I call leadership the great challenge of life.
What’s important in leadership is refining your skills. All great leaders keep working on themselves until they become effective. Here are some specifics:
1) Learn to be strong but not rude. It is an extra step you must take to become a powerful, capable leader with a wide range of reach. Some people mistake rudeness for strength. It’s not even a good substitute.
2) Learn to be kind but not weak. We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn’t weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength. We must be kind enough to tell somebody the truth. We must be kind enough and considerate enough to lay it on the line. We must be kind enough to tell it like it is and not deal in delusion.
3) Learn to be bold but not a bully. It takes boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you’ve got to walk in front of your group. You’ve got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble.
4) You’ve got to learn to be humble, but not timid. You can’t get to the high life by being timid. Some people mistake timidity for humility. Humility is almost a God-like word. A sense of awe. A sense of wonder. An awareness of the human soul and spirit. An understanding that there is something unique about the human drama versus the rest of life. Humility is a grasp of the distance between us and the stars, yet having the feeling that we’re part of the stars. So humility is a virtue; but timidity is a disease. Timidity is an affliction. It can be cured, but it is a problem.
5) Be proud but not arrogant. It takes pride to win the day. It takes pride to build your ambition. It takes pride in community. It takes pride in cause, in accomplishment. But the key to becoming a good leader is being proud without being arrogant. In fact I believe the worst kind of arrogance is arrogance from ignorance. It’s when you don’t know that you don’t know. Now that kind of arrogance is intolerable. If someone is smart and arrogant, we can tolerate that. But if someone is ignorant and arrogant, that’s just too much to take.
6) Develop humor without folly. That’s important for a leader. In leadership, we learn that it’s okay to be witty, but not silly. It’s okay to be fun, but not foolish.
Lastly, deal in realities. Deal in truth. Save yourself the agony. Just accept life like it is. Life is unique. Some people call it tragic, but I’d like to think it’s unique. The whole drama of life is unique. It’s fascinating. And I’ve found that the skills that work well for one leader may not work at all for another. But the fundamental skills of leadership can be adapted to work well for just about everyone: at work, in the community and at home.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
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If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent. I call leadership the great challenge of life.
What’s important in leadership is refining your skills. All great leaders keep working on themselves until they become effective. Here are some specifics:
1) Learn to be strong but not rude. It is an extra step you must take to become a powerful, capable leader with a wide range of reach. Some people mistake rudeness for strength. It’s not even a good substitute.
2) Learn to be kind but not weak. We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn’t weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength. We must be kind enough to tell somebody the truth. We must be kind enough and considerate enough to lay it on the line. We must be kind enough to tell it like it is and not deal in delusion.
3) Learn to be bold but not a bully. It takes boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you’ve got to walk in front of your group. You’ve got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble.
4) You’ve got to learn to be humble, but not timid. You can’t get to the high life by being timid. Some people mistake timidity for humility. Humility is almost a God-like word. A sense of awe. A sense of wonder. An awareness of the human soul and spirit. An understanding that there is something unique about the human drama versus the rest of life. Humility is a grasp of the distance between us and the stars, yet having the feeling that we’re part of the stars. So humility is a virtue; but timidity is a disease. Timidity is an affliction. It can be cured, but it is a problem.
5) Be proud but not arrogant. It takes pride to win the day. It takes pride to build your ambition. It takes pride in community. It takes pride in cause, in accomplishment. But the key to becoming a good leader is being proud without being arrogant. In fact I believe the worst kind of arrogance is arrogance from ignorance. It’s when you don’t know that you don’t know. Now that kind of arrogance is intolerable. If someone is smart and arrogant, we can tolerate that. But if someone is ignorant and arrogant, that’s just too much to take.
6) Develop humor without folly. That’s important for a leader. In leadership, we learn that it’s okay to be witty, but not silly. It’s okay to be fun, but not foolish.
Lastly, deal in realities. Deal in truth. Save yourself the agony. Just accept life like it is. Life is unique. Some people call it tragic, but I’d like to think it’s unique. The whole drama of life is unique. It’s fascinating. And I’ve found that the skills that work well for one leader may not work at all for another. But the fundamental skills of leadership can be adapted to work well for just about everyone: at work, in the community and at home.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
Reproduced with permission from Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine. To subscribe, go to www.JimRohn.com All contents Copyright © JimRohn.com except where indicated otherwise. All rights reserved worldwide.
Duplication or reprints only with express permission or approved Credits. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact Information:
Jim Rohn International
200 Swisher Road
Lake Dallas, TX 75065
800-929-0434
International and/or Dallas/Ft Worth - 940-497-9265
Fax 940-497-9799 or visit the website at www.JimRohn.com
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