Our son David posted this on his blog and we think it deserves repeating:

A man died this week.

His name was Jim.

Jim was one of the greatest business philosopher that ever lived.

Jim

He spent 46 years of his life – speaking, training, and delivering utmost value to MILLIONS of people, from tens of thousands of audiences in over 130 countries around the world.

When Jim spoke; lives changed… and they changed FOREVER.

I know mine did.

He had such a unique way of crafting great sayings and quotes that, while enlightening and educating you, also entertain you.

Some of them are just kind of funny to say the least.

I personally like this one the best…. “Reality is… If you’re not very valuable, you dont get much MONEY! …Those are called – the FACTS!”

Lol. Priceless, right? 

Here are some of my other favorites, that have served me very well… and I think they will serve YOU too…

- “Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were BETTER”

- “Don’t wish for less problems, wish for MORE skills”

- “Profits are better than wages”

- “It’s not too expensive, you can’t AFFORD it!”

- “Wages make you a living, profits make you a FORTUNE”

- “I teach kids how to have two bicycles… one to ride and one to RENT”

- “We don’t get paid for time, we get paid for VALUE”

- “If you do something often enough, a RATIO will appear”

- “It’s not what happens that determines your life’s future, it’s what you DO about what happens”

- “For things to change, YOU have to change”

- “If you change, EVERYTHING will change for you”

- “The economy is always the SAME – opportunity mixed with difficulty”

- “Neighbor: “That’s a nice garden God gave you. Jim: “You should have seen it when God had it all by himself!”

- “The difference in arrival is not the blowing of the wind, but the set of the sail”

- “You can help 1000, but you can’t carry 3 on your back”

- “Don’t expect the pear tree to bear apples”

- “You cannot change people, but they can change THEMSELVES”

- “Its not the money that buys you a future, it’s your SKILLS that buy you a future”

- “Success is attracted by the person you BECOME”

- “To have more… you simply have to BECOME more”

Magical.

Now, it’s always sad when a great person leaves our world, but in the case of most people, it’s tragic because they lost or missed out on something. They lost time, and/or only capitalized on a tiny fraction of their potential life. Maybe they lacked effort, experience, production, friendships, production, notoriety…. could be a number of things.

The point is – their life, as they feel it, is incomplete.

Most people end life saying “if I could’ve just done that…” or “I wish I at least could of done so and so…” or “If I just had more time, then I can…”

As cliche as it is… it’s most peoples reality.

I believe few people in history have maybe eluded this feeling upon departure.

I believe Jim is one of them.

Jim is a person that knows how to live a GOOD LIFE… because that is what he LIVED.

He taught it. He breathed it. He LIVED it.

We will miss you   -Jim Rohn-