PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
YOU CAN CHANGE
ALL THINGS FOR
THE BETTER WHEN
YOU CHANGE
YOURSELF FOR THE
BETTER
JIM ROHN
 “INCOME SELDOM EXCEEDS YOUR OWN
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT”
 “WHAT YOU BECOME IS MUCH MORE
VALUABLE THAN WHAT YOU GET”
 “TO HAVE MORE THAN YOU’VE GOT,
BECOME MORE THAN YOU ARE”
JIM ROHN
 “UNLESS YOU CHANGE HOW YOU ARE,
YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE WHAT YOU’VE
GOT”
 “IT’S HARD TO KEEP THAT WHICH HAS
NOT BEEN OBTAINED THROUGH
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT”
 “SUCCESS IS SOMETHING YOU ATTRACT”
JIM ROHN
 “WORK HARDER ON YOURSELF THAN YOU
DO ON YOUR JOB”
 If you work hard on your job, you can make a
living… and that’s noble. But if you work hard
on yourself, you can make a fortune…and
that’s exciting!
 Ask yourself, “What could I become?”
GROWING PERSONALLY
 Is there a magic bullet to do this?
 Is there a quick fix to do this?
 Can I find a quantum leap method to do this?
 Do I have to change to do this?
 Is there a magic formula, a secret to do this?
THE MISSING INGREDIENT
 Has the information always been available?
 Do little things matter?
 Do I really want something more?
 Am I making the same choices over and over?
 Do I have the right philosophy?
THE SECRET INGREDIENT
 The secret is to change the way you think.
Once you do, then you will take the steps you
need to take, to lead you to the how-to’s you
need. If you don’t change your thinking, no
amount of how-to’s will offer a real solution.
It’s not the “hows,” it’s how you do the
“hows.”
 The secret ingredient is your philosophy.
What you know, how you hold what you
know, and how it affects what you do.
YOUR PHILOSOPHY
ATTITUDES
 A value-driven attitude says, “What can I do
to help you?” “I will work harder, and then I
expect you’ll pay me more.”
 An entitled attitude says, “What have you
done for me lately?” “Pay me more, and then
maybe I’ll work harder.”
 Show me what a man does, and I’ll show you
what his philosophy is.
FAILURE
 The formula for success is quite simple:
double your rate of failure. –Thomas J.
Watson, Sr. (founder of IBM)
 Babe Ruth set a world record for home runs,
he also led the league in strikeouts.
 Successful people fail their way to the top!
THE SLIGHT EDGE PHILOSOPHY
 Your philosophy is your view of life,
something beyond feelings and attitudes.
 Your philosophy drives your attitudes and
feelings, which drive your actions.
 The Slight Edge - understand patience,
understand little steps, compounded do
make a difference. That they not only make a
difference—they make all the difference.
THE SLIGHT EDGE PHILOSOPHY
 Success is the progressive realization of a
worthy ideal.
 Successful people do what unsuccessful
people are unwilling to do.
 There is a natural progression to everything
in life: plant, cultivate, harvest.
THE SLIGHT EDGE PHILOSOPHY
 Having faith in the process of simple, positive
actions repeated over time.
 Successful people do the simple things that are
easy to do.
 Read just ten pages of a good book, a book aimed
at improving your life, everyday.
 What you do everyday matters. The difference
between success and failure is so subtle, most
people miss it.
EASY TO DO-EASY NOT TO DO
 Everything you need to do to transform your
life is easy to do.
 Here’s the problem: every action that is easy
to do, is also easy not to do.
 That’s the choice you face every day, every
hour: A simple, positive action, repeated over
time. A simple error in judgment, repeated
over time.
THE SLIGHT EDGE
 Understand and apply the Sight Edge, your
life will become filled with hundreds of
thousands of small, seemingly insignificant
actions—all of them easy to do, is also easy
not to do. If you don’t do them, you won’t
suffer, or fail or blow it—today. But that
simple error in judgment, compounded over
time will ruin your chances for success.
 It’s never too late to start.
 It’s always too late to wait.
THE COST OF WAITING
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IS TIME ON YOUR SIDE
 Time is the most powerful force there is for
change.
 Time will either promote you or expose you.
 Knowing is the secret of time. If I stay on this
road long enough, I’ll get the results I seek.
It’s not a question of your mood or your
feelings. And it’s not a question of will power.
It’s a question of simply knowing.
“INSTANT LIFE”
 The story of two twin sons being offered a
million dollars cash now or a penny that
would compound over 30 days. 95% of the
people would take the right-now money – the
quantum leap.
 Right now is a killer.
 We have come dangerously close to losing
touch with reality and believing we can have
instant life.
RIGHT CHOICES-RIGHT ACTIONS
 Not a dramatic thing, no immediate feedback
 No or little noticeable impact on how your day
goes for you
 Compounded over time, will take you higher and
higher up the success cure of this real-time
movie called “your life.”
 Ridiculously easy, But it’s just as easy not to do.
DISCIPLINES OR ERRORS
PLANT, CULIVATE, HARVEST
 Everyone wants to plant and instantly
harvest
 How long will it take? Chances are it will take
longer than you want it to.
 We keep overlooking the step of cultivating.
And that, unlike planting and harvesting,
takes place only through the patience
dimension of TIME.
THE QUANTUM LEAP MYTH
 “some day” doesn’t exist, never has, never
will. There is no “some day.” There is only
today.
 You’re looking for the winning lottery ticket
in a game that isn’t a lottery.
 No success is immediate. Nor is any failure
instantaneous. They are both products of the
Slight Edge.
 Believing in the “big break” is worse than
simply being futile.
SLIGHT EDGE PRINCIPALS
 Show up — 80% of success is showing up.
 Be Consistent — the natural companion of
showing up. Consistency Yields Results.
 Have a good Attitude — it’s the difference
maker. Negativity is everywhere. Beware of
the cuckoos, there is one born every minute.
Be passionate about delivering happiness.
SLIGHT EDGE PRINCIPALS
 Be Committed for a Long Period of Time.
Practice the first three principals for a long
time. Success doesn’t come overnight. Slow
down realize that you are not going to feel the
results of your actions immediately.
 Have Faith and a Burning Desire. Desire is
what gets you up early and keeps you up late.
Successful people look at a problem and see
opportunity.
SLIGHT EDGE PRINCIPALS
 Be willing to pay the price. The price of
neglect is far worse than the price of
commitment. The price of neglect is pretty
brutal.
 Practice Slight Edge Integrity. Doing the
thing you said you were going to do long after
the mood you said it in has left you. Do the
little things when nobody is watching. Paying
attention to your daily habits.
SEVEN PRINCIPALS
ABOVE and BELOW
SUCCESS
5%
A few simple
disciplines
Repeated every
day
FAILURE
95%
A few simple
errors in
judgment
Repeated every
day
SUCCESS--FAILURE
RESPONSIBILTY--BLAME
FUTURE--PAST
SLIGHT EDGE LIFE PATHS
TWO LIFE PATHS
 Which one are you on, in the middle you say?
Sorry, there is no middle. You are either
going up or down.
 Notice the early part of both the curves are
fairly flat, neither up nor down.
 Is your life on the success curve or the failure
curve?
LETS BE HONEST--REAL
 Take a Honest look at your personal
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development.
Be Real the Slight Edge is working right now
for you or against you.
Is your Personal Development on the success
curve or the failure curve.
Did you realize, improving your Personal
Development will improve all areas of your
life
At any time you can choose to change which
side of the curve you are on.
MAKE THE CHOICE NOW
 Because right now, this very
minute, can be the time you
look back on as the moment
your life changed for the
better– forever
 Easy to do—Easy not to do