The video explores the concept of attracting opportunities through personal development and becoming an attractive person. The speaker emphasizes that opportunities and success are not just chased after but attracted by enhancing one's skills, character, relationships, and overall personal development. By investing in oneself, individuals can naturally draw opportunities to them, transforming their surroundings and relationships as well.

The speaker underscores the importance of building character through everyday choices and cultivating a strong foundation for personal and professional success. They outline practical steps such as maintaining a journal to collect good ideas and insights, creating effective plans for personal and professional growth, and mastering the art of time management. A disciplined and well-planned approach to life not only enhances personal development but also maximizes the potential for attracting success.

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Key Vocabularies and Common Phrases:

1. attract [əˈtrækt] - (verb) - To cause or draw someone or something to come near or to join. - Synonyms: (draw, allure, entice)

Opportunities and success are things you attract by becoming an attractive person.

2. persistence [pərˈsɪstəns] - (noun) - The quality of continuing steadily despite difficulties or obstacles. - Synonyms: (determination, perseverance, tenacity)

It's a great question, but I think my answer might have surprised them. I didn't start with the usual advice about hard work, persistence and preparation.

3. refining [rɪˈfaɪnɪŋ] - (verb) - The process of making something pure, improving it by removing flaws or imperfections. - Synonyms: (improving, enhancing, polishing)

When you work on developing your skills and refining your character, your health, your relationships, you become someone others want to be around.

4. foundation [faʊnˈdeɪʃən] - (noun) - The underlying basis or principle for something. - Synonyms: (basis, groundwork, base)

You know, my friends, personal success is built on a solid foundation of character.

5. apprehension [ˌæprɪˈhɛnʃən] - (noun) - Fearful or anxious expectation or anticipation. - Synonyms: (anxiety, worry, unease)

The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don't have it well designed.

6. obligate [ˈɑblɪˌɡeɪt] - (verb) - To bind or compel someone, especially legally or morally. - Synonyms: (bind, compel, require)

Boy. It's easy in a society like ours to just say yes too much to over obligate yourself.

7. evaluate [ɪˈvæljuˌeɪt] - (verb) - To judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of something. - Synonyms: (assess, appraise, value)

evaluate the hours in your days and see if there's a lot of wasted time that you could manage better.

8. philosophy [fəˈlɑsəfi] - (noun) - A set of views and theories related to knowledge, reality, and existence. - Synonyms: (beliefs, principles, doctrine)

All of the possibilities are there by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract

9. desperation [ˌdɛspəˈreɪʃən] - (noun) - A state of despair, typically one that results in rash or extreme behavior. - Synonyms: (hopelessness, distress, anguish)

We typically change ourselves for one of two reasons, inspiration or desperation.

10. transformation [ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən] - (noun) - A marked change in appearance, form, or character. - Synonyms: (change, conversion, metamorphosis)

Knowing that personal transformation is key to unlocking the doors to new opportunities.

How to Attract Opportunities into Your Life - Jim Rohn Motivational Speech

Someone once asked me, how can I attract more opportunities into my life? It's a great question, but I think my answer might have surprised them. I didn't start with the usual advice about hard work, persistence and preparation. This person was already a hard worker and had the important quality of being a seeker, always looking for new possibilities.

So what were they missing? The key is attraction. For a long time, I thought opportunities and success were things you chased after. But then I realized that it's not just about the chase. Opportunities and success are things you attract by becoming an attractive person. That's why I stress the importance of personal development. When you work on developing your skills and refining your character, your health, your relationships, you become someone others want to be around. You'll attract opportunities instead of just looking for them. When you become a person of value, opportunities will seek you out, your reputation will precede you and people will want to work with you. So focus on becoming that attractive person, invest in yourself and watch how opportunities start flowing into your life.

You know, my friends, personal success is built on a solid foundation of character. And character is shaped by the countless choices you make every day that gradually transform who you are into who you want to be. If you don't engage in this decision making process, you may exist, but you might only have a personality rather than true character. And that's a significant difference.

Character isn't something you're born with, like your fingerprints. It's something you must take responsibility for creating. You build character through how you respond to life's events. Whether you're winning or losing, experiencing abundance or facing tough times. Just like you nurture a plant, you must cultivate certain qualities within yourself. You need to search your heart and gut for these qualities and be willing to chisel away at the stone. Just like a sculptor reveals a masterpiece from a block of rock that was once just an idea in their mind.

The incredible thing about character is that if you're genuinely committed to becoming the person you want to be, you will not only create these qualities, but you will also strengthen and multiply them every day. Building your character is essential to unlocking your full potential. All of the possibilities are there by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract. The key is to continue making yourself a more attractive person by the skills you have, the disciplines you have, the personality you've acquired, the character and reputation you have established, and the language and speech you use. All of that refinement makes you more attractive.

Personal development is the never ending chance to improve not only yourself, but also to attract opportunities and affect others. I've said it before, success is often just the study of the obvious. Yet sometimes we need a reminder and a clear path to follow. Here are four simple steps to guide you toward more success than you can imagine.

One, collect good ideas. When I was 25, my mentor advised me to keep a journal, and it was one of the best pieces of advice I ever received. A journal is the perfect place to gather all the ideas and information that come your way, and the inspiration you collect can be a treasure you pass on to your children and grandchildren. If you hear a good health tip or a valuable insight, capture it. Write it down. Then, on a cold winter evening or a warm summer night, revisit your journal. Dive back into the ideas that changed your life, saved your marriage, or helped you navigate tough times. Reflecting on those pages filled with ideas can be incredibly valuable. Be a collector of good ideas, ideas for your business, your relationships, and your future.

It's not easy to be a student of your own life, your future and your destiny. Don't rely solely on your memory. When you hear something important, write it down. Take the time to keep notes and maintain a journal.

Two, have good plans. Building a life, much like constructing a house, requires a solid plan. Imagine starting to lay bricks without knowing what you're building. When someone asks, what are you building? And you reply, I have no idea. It's clear you're not on the right track. So when should you start building your house? The answer is simple, as soon as you have the plans completed.

This is the essence of good time management. Don't start your day until it's pretty much planned out. At least the outline should be ready. Allow some space for improvisation and additional strategies, but make sure you have a plan before you begin to the same goes for your week. Don't start it until you have it structured and laid out. And don't overlook the month ahead. Don't begin it without a plan in place. Most importantly, don't start the year until you have it fully mapped out on paper.

As the year comes to a close, take time to sit down with your family for personal plans. Discuss professional goals with your business team and consult with your financial advisor to map out your money plans. Organize your calendar and outline your game plan for all aspects of life. The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don't have it well designed.

Let me give you further thoughts on time management. Here is a list of things you should consider to make the most of your time. One, run the day or it will run you part of the key to time management is just staying in charge.

Here's what usually happens. We start something and we're in control. But as the day starts to unfold, we start losing it. It's like running a business. If you don't stay on top of things, the business will run you before long. You have to stop every once in a while and say, wait, who's in charge here?

Some will master and some will serve. Here's a good phrase to remember. Some will master and some will serve. And that's the nature of life. And you have to make sure you become the master. You have to run the day. You have to stay in charge.

What is the key to staying in charge? You must have your written set of goals with you at all times. Prioritize your goals and decide which are important. Constantly review your goals, then make them a part of a good written game plan. With your game plan in hand, try to separate the majors from the minors, the really important things from the things that you just have to do and prioritize. A little thought will save you a lot of time. Is this a major day or a minor day? Adjust your time accordingly. Is this a major conversation or a minor conversation? A lot of people don't do well in this area, and here's why they major in minor things. They spend too much time on things that don't count and too little time on things that should count.

Two, don't mistake movement for achievement. You probably know some people around you who are just plain busy being busy. You've got to be busy being productive. Consider a man comes home at night and flops down on the couch. He says, I've been going, going, but the real question is, doing what? Some people are going, going, but they're doing figure eights. They're not making much progress. Don't mistake movement for achievement. evaluate the hours in your days and see if there's a lot of wasted time that you could manage better.

Three, concentrate on where you are. You've just got a zero in on the job at hand. Don't start your business day until you get to the business. I used to start my business day in the shower. I'm trying to compose a letter. In the shower. I'm not awake yet, and I'm trying to compose a letter. I found out that it doesn't work that way. Wait to get to the office to start your work. Don't start your business day at the breakfast table. It's not good for the family and it's not very productive.

So here's what you've got to do on the way to work. Concentrate on your driving in the shower. Concentrate on the shower at the breakfast table. Concentrate on the family. Wherever you are. Be there. Don't be somewhere else. Give whatever you're doing the gift of attention. Give people the gift of attention. Concentrate on where you are.

Four. Learn to say no. Boy. It's easy in a society like ours to just say yes too much to over obligate yourself. Then it takes all that time to back out of it. Don't say yes too quickly. It's better to say, I don't know if I can make it, but I'll give you a call. And it's nicer to say that than to back out later.

Being too eager to please can be dangerous. You need to appreciate yourself, your time, your limits. One of my colleagues has a good saying. Don't let your mouth overload your back. Being too eager to please can be dangerous. You need to appreciate yourself, your time, your limits. Know when your commitment to someone else will end up taking time away from yourself and your family. Appreciate your special time alone. And appreciate your time with those you love and those who love you. This is especially important when it comes to charity work.

A group of entrepreneurs I know have been very successful in their own business. They get a lot of press, and they've been swamped with requests to do pro bono work. They must get a couple of offers a month to sit on one charity board or another. Here's how they handle it. They take all requests, weigh them for timed commitments, and evaluate them for opportunities. Then they take a collective vote on which two they'll accept during the next year. You can't immediately say yes to offers that sound prestigious.

You can't immediately say yes to social functions, even if they sound like a lot of fun. You've got to say maybe and take time to evaluate what's truly important to you and what will. Just take time away from your ambitions and your family. Be eager to please yourself and your family. Don't be so eager to please everybody else. Appreciate your limits. You don't have to fill up every second of the day. Take time to appreciate what you've accomplished. Take time to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Five. Appreciate the little details. Your success should be a pleasure. Appreciating what you've acquired, what you've done, and who you've become is important. It's an important component in fueling your future achievements. Just knowing that you finished all you started to do that day, that's encouraging. It's these little daily gains that continue to fuel your achievement.

Let's say you're figuring out tomorrow's game plan tonight, and tomorrow looks pretty light. So all you write down for tomorrow is cleanup day. Clean up all the little notes on your desk. Write all the thank you notes you haven't gotten around to writing all week. Take care of a few phone calls that keep getting shuffled from one day to the next. It's just minor stuff. Nonetheless, it's the little stuff that keeps weighing you down until you get it done. So you spend your day in cleanup mode. You file the notes, write the thank you cards, and make the phone calls. It's not a major day, but at the end of the day, you feel you've accomplished so much. Why? Because you've taken care of so many little details.

It's the little details that can make a major difference. You feel like you've achieved something during a day that started to be so minor. Little achievements are just as important as big achievements. Success is the constant process of working toward your goals. Little achievement by little achievement. Little achievements produce big results. Anything is possible in those 24 hours we're given each day.

Three give yourself time. Building a career takes time. Making meaningful changes requires time. Learning, growing, developing and producing all take time. You must give yourself the time needed to learn, build momentum, and ultimately achieve your goals. I remember when my mother taught me how to play the piano. She started with the left hand scale and I got that easily. Then she introduced the right hand scale, which was just as simple. But when she said, now we're going to play both hands at the same time, I thought, how can you do that? Playing one hand was easy, but both at once felt impossible with practice. I eventually played the scales with both hands. Then she added a new challenge. Now we're going to read the music and play with both hands. I wondered how I could manage all that.

At first it was confusing, but as I kept at it, I started to understand. The real test came when she said, now we're going to watch the audience read the music and play with both hands. I thought, now that's just too much. But because I took the time to master each skill before moving on to the next, I eventually learned to do it all. I could watch the audience read the music and play with both hands.

Remember, patience is key. Give yourself the time to master each step along your journey. Success doesn't happen overnight. It's built over time.

Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity. Four. Change yourself. Learn to tackle problems, whether they're business challenges, family issues, financial struggles, or emotional hurdles. The best way to approach any challenge is to see it as an opportunity for growth. If you need to change, do it. If you must modify your approach, then do that. Sometimes you might even have to discard an old philosophy that isn't serving you well for a new, more effective one.

One of the best pieces of advice my mentor ever gave me was Mister Rohn. If you will change, everything will change for you. I took those words to heart, and I can tell you from experience that the more I focused on improving myself, the more everything else in my life improved. You may not be able to change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction immediately. That's where the power lies, in your ability to adjust your course and take control of your journey. You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. We typically change ourselves for one of two reasons, inspiration or desperation. I always aimed for inspiration.

I emphasized the importance of taking responsibility for self improvement and encouraged others to strive for bigger, better lives. Who inspired me? My mentor, Earl Schaff. He taught me that if you want to be wealthy and happy, you must work harder on yourself than you do on your job. That's why in my book seven strategies for wealth and Happiness, I wrote an essay titled the Miracle of Personal Development, where I discuss why self improvement is a lifelong journey. Ever since Mister Shaf awakened me with that powerful statement, I dedicated myself to personal growth. I must admit that this has been my most challenging task.

But remember, the journey of personal development lasts a lifetime. What you become is far more important than what you get. The key question to ask in your job is not, what am I getting? Instead, you should ask, what am I becoming? The concepts of getting and becoming are closely linked. Who you become directly impacts what you receive. Most of what you have today is a result of who you have attracted by becoming the person you are right now. I've noticed that income rarely exceeds personal development. Sometimes income might spike due to luck, but if you don't learn to handle the responsibilities that come with it, it will likely return to a level you can manage.

If someone handed you a million dollars, you better be prepared to step up and become a millionaire. A wise man once said, if you divided all the money in the world equally among everyone, it would soon end up back in the same pockets it was in before. It's tough to keep what you haven't earned through personal development. Here's the great truth of life.

To have more than you currently possess, you must become more than you are. This is where you should focus most of your attention. If you don't, you may have to face the reality of not changing. Unless you change who you are, youll always have what you have. In conclusion, attracting opportunities into your life requires a proactive approach rooted in personal development and positive change. Start by collecting good ideas and nurturing them in your journal. This habit keeps your mind open to possibilities.

Create solid plans that provide direction and structure to your days, weeks, and years. Give yourself the necessary time to grow and master new skills, recognizing that each step forward contributes to your journey. Finally, embrace the concept of change, knowing that personal transformation is key to unlocking the doors to new opportunities. When you commit to becoming the best version of yourself, you not only attract success but also cultivate a mindset that welcomes and seizes the opportunities life presents. Remember, the world is filled with possibilities. All you need to do is become the kind of person who naturally draws them in.

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