Book notes — 7 strategies for wealth and happiness from Jim Rohn

I was first exposed to Jim Rohn through an audio CD that one of my fellow Toastmasters lent me. She told me that she listened to this audio CD at least once every month, which reminded me of Seth Godin who listened to Zig Ziglar so many times when he was younger that he wore out the cassettes. Why not read or listen to such formative books multiple times to absorb the information. I believe the more you read or listen to something, the better ingrained it is in your mind.

In the audio CD, I remember Jim talking about how he learned from his mentor, Earl Shoaff and this book starts out the same way — everything that he has learned from Mr. Shoaff, he has translated into this book. Even just looking at the book cover, I knew this was a book that I was going to re-read many times in the future. I want those 7 strategies to be burned into my brain. I want to think and act like Jim Rohn.

What are the 7 strategies?

The first strategy: the power of goals

How many of you define and write down your goals on a regular basis? I certainly don’t. I’ve written down goals in the past but do not regularly go back to review my goals, identify new goals or carefully consider what goals to try to reach that allow me to stretch.