What would you do if I shared the secret of success? What if I told you it only took 30 minutes a day? Would you be willing to change your daily habits?

I’d like to share with you the gift of personal development. One of the biggest gifts I have been given through my network marketing business has been adopting the habit of beginning each day with 30 minutes of personal development. Over the past four years,  my life has totally changed. From The Secret, to Think and Grow Rich and the Magic of Thinking BIG – 30 minutes of daily personal development has been a wonderful gift and helped me to become to person I am today.

Jim Rohn was an accomplished speaker, entrepreneur and millionaire who, in his 35 year career has spoken to over 4 million people, committed helping others achieve all they are capable of in life and business. I have been drawn to Jim Rohn’s work since I was introduced to him 4 years ago.

There are many lessons I have learned from Jim Rohn, and I’d like to share with you the three I have found the most powerful and life changing for me.

“Time is more valuable than money, You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”

Once you spend an hour, you can’t get it back.  Sometimes in the rush of our busy lives, we forget the value of each hour we live upon this earth. Not even the richest man in the world has ever been able to buy more time on his death bed.  So ask yourself this, do you live your day on purpose? Does everyday have a goal, a plan and a desired outcome? Or is everyday like groundhog day, until the weekend comes and you relax and escape til Monday morning?

“Profits are better than wages. Wages will make you a living, profits can make you a fortune.”

What if you could work part-time on your fortune, and keep your day job to pay the bills? Commit to working part-time, 10-15 hours per week on your fortune and within 2 -5 years, you may be able to quit your full-time job and just stick to part-time! There is an excitement of creating a fortune in your spare time and being able to retire with more money than you had when you were working.

“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”

The journey is what it’s about, the person you become in order to be successful. In order to become wealthy and successful, you have to become the person who is rich and successful, because if you were already the person you needed to be in order to be a success, you’d be a success! Thirty minutes of daily personal development is a great start, finding a mentor is one of the next steps.  I’ll talk more about this is a later post this week.

There are many reasons why we might not have 30 minutes a day for personal development, but isn’t worth giving it a try for 30 days to see where you end up? I have personally learned so much about myself, my habits, my challenges and my goals and dreams over the past 3 years. And I know that I am on the path to success, 30 minutes at a time.  I’d like to leave you with this, one on my favourite Jim Rohn quotes:

My challenge to you begins today.  For the next thirty days, begin each and every day with 30 minutes of personal development. If you’re not sure what to read, start with Think and Grow Rich, or visit your local library and look up self development. I will be checking in on a weekly basis to see how everyone is doing – so let me know in the comments if you’ll be taking part.  We’ll be doing this together! I’ll share the books I’m reading as well.  Right now, I have been reading a collection of books by Robin Sharma.

To your success!

It’s true what they say – you can set the tone of your day by what you think and feel when you first wake up in the morning.  Wake up thinking it’s going to be a great day – and it usually is.  Wake up on the wrong side of the bed, and things usually go downhill from there.

Yesterday I had a challenging day, it started off with one negative thing in the morning, and completely spiraled out of control from there.  Have you ever had a day like that? Where nothing seemed to go right? And no matter how hard you trying to get out it, you just seemed to slip even further into negativity? These days are becoming more and more rare for me, but when it happens, it really throws me for a loop.

There were a few things I did to help me get through it, so I thought I’d share them with you, so that if you do find yourself in a similar situation one day, maybe it will help.

• I took a bubble bath. Something about the water and relaxing, helps to calm me down.  I also like to read in the tub – great place to catch up on my reading!
• I pulled out one of my favorite books – Magic Of Thinking Big by David Schwartz.  If you haven’t read this book, get it from the library or your nearest bookstore.  It is one of the classics, in the neighborhood of Think and Grow Rich.  I find it easy to read and it has some fantastic nuggets of inspiration and action.
• I took some time to rest and meditate.  This is important in order to bring adrenalin and cortisol levels down (stress hormones, which aren’t always good for your body)
• I connect with close friends and family. Although I may not always listen to their advice, it’s nice to have those people in your life that you can just talk to, without judgment. And of course those who will kick you in the rear when you need it!
• Finally, I finished the day with a great live event for Agel.  I had been feeling down and tired, and was ready to make excuses not to go out. It’s amazing how connecting with like-minded people can completely turn your day around. If you don’t have something like Agel, take a look at Meetup.com – you can probably find a few groups on their that have similar interests and may be fun to hang out with.

Not only that, the Canadian Men’s Hockey team won 8-2 over Germany last night, so that also helped.  From a day that started on the negative side, it ended on a high note! I had a great sleep and woke up this morning, knowing that today is going to be a Great Day!!

Question of the day: What do you do when you are having a bad day? Please share your suggestions!

Have a Great Day everyone!