HOW TO GET WHATEVER YOU WANT - Best Motivational Speech | Jim Rohn — Transcript

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1. 0:00How to get whatever you want. That's the
2. 0:02title of the next set of notes. How to
3. 0:04get whatever you want. Here's what it
4. 0:06says if you're ready. It says,
5. 0:08ask.
6. 0:10That's [music] it.
7. 0:12End of notes.
8. 0:14Ask. [music] If there's one art in life
9. 0:17to learn extremely well, that's got to
10. 0:19be one of them. The art of asking.
11. 0:24What does ask mean? Ask means, what do
12. 0:27you want?
13. 0:29And the formula is staggering.
14. 0:31It says ask [music] and what?
15. 0:35A guy ought to look into that. See,
16. 0:37you've got to be better than a good
17. 0:38worker, you've got to be a good asker.
18. 0:41Now, let me give you three key points on
19. 0:42asking and receiving. Number one, asking
20. 0:46is the beginning of receiving.
21. 0:48Asking starts a unique process,
22. 0:51>> [music]
23. 0:51>> mental and emotional. I don't even know
24. 0:53how it works. All I know is, it works.
25. 0:56It's like pushing a button and all this
26. 0:58machinery starts [music] working.
27. 1:00I don't know how, it just works. There's
28. 1:03a lot of things you don't need to know
29. 1:05how, just work them.
30. 1:09Some people are always studying the
31. 1:10roots, others are picking the fruit.
32. 1:12[music]
33. 1:13I mean, it depends on what end of it you
34. 1:14want in on.
35. 1:16Asking is the beginning of receiving, so
36. 1:18start the process. [music] Here's number
37. 1:19two, receiving is not the problem.
38. 1:23Receiving is automatic.
39. 1:25>> [music]
40. 1:27>> Now, if that's true, receiving is not
41. 1:28the problem, what's the problem?
42. 1:31Failure to ask
43. 1:33>> [music]
44. 1:33>> might be one of your major problems. I
45. 1:35don't know, check it out.
46. 1:38The guy says, "Oh, now I see it. I got
47. 1:41up last year and hit it every day, but
48. 1:43there's not [music] a scrap of paper
49. 1:44with my goals
50. 1:46on it."
51. 1:48Good worker, [music]
52. 1:51poor asker.
53. 1:52So, you got to change that.
54. 1:54Here's number three, receiving
55. 1:57is like the [music] ocean.
56. 1:59There's plenty.
57. 2:01Success is not in short supply.
58. 2:05It isn't rationed.
59. 2:07>> [music]
60. 2:07>> And you stepped up to the window and it
61. 2:08was all gone. No, no, no.
62. 2:11It's like an ocean here.
63. 2:15Now, if that's true, what's the problem?
64. 2:16Well, some people go to the ocean with a
65. 2:18teaspoon. [music]
66. 2:20>> [laughter]
67. 2:22>> Have you got the picture?
68. 2:25See, what you want to do in view of the
69. 2:26size of the ocean is trade your teaspoon
70. 2:29for at least a bucket.
71. 2:31>> [music]
72. 2:32>> Now, there's two ways to ask. Here's
73. 2:33number one. Ask with intelligence.
74. 2:37Don't mumble. You don't get anything by
75. 2:39mumbling.
76. 2:41Be clear. Be specific. Intelligent
77. 2:43asking means how wide, how high, how
78. 2:46soon, when, what size, what color, how
79. 2:48much.
80. 2:49Define what you want and describe what
81. 2:52you want.
82. 2:54That's powerful.
83. 2:56Goals become like a magnet. They pull
84. 2:58you that direction. And the better you
85. 3:00describe them, the more they pull.
86. 3:02>> [music]
87. 3:03>> So, ask intelligently. Here's number
88. 3:04two.
89. 3:05Ask with faith.
90. 3:08That's the childish [music] part of the
91. 3:09equation.
92. 3:10Believe you can get what you want like a
93. 3:13child. [music]
94. 3:15Not an adult. Adults are too skeptical.
95. 3:19[music]
96. 3:20So, the formula really reads, make plans
97. 3:23like an adult and believe in it like a
98. 3:25child.
99. 3:27And the most incredible things will
100. 3:28happen.
101. 3:30Just try it for 90 days.
102. 3:33Now, here's the last qualifying phrase
103. 3:34on goal setting, as we promised to
104. 3:35qualify everything.
105. 3:36>> [music]
106. 3:37>> And it simply goes like this. Remember,
107. 3:40you won't get everything [music]
108. 3:42you want.
109. 3:43And we've already studied the reason for
110. 3:45that. Simply, sometimes
111. 3:47>> [music]
112. 3:47>> it hails on your crop
113. 3:49and rains on your parade. It's that kind
114. 3:52of planet. So, you won't get everything
115. 3:53you want, but if you will work this
116. 3:56goal-setting formula, you can get plenty
117. 3:58for wealth and happiness.
118. 4:03If there's one thing to get excited
119. 4:05over, that's it. Get excited over your
120. 4:07ability to make yourself do the
121. 4:10necessary things.
122. 4:14What could you make yourself do starting
123. 4:16tomorrow that would change it all? No,
124. 4:18tell it.
125. 4:23Now, see that's exciting. On any given
126. 4:26day, you can massively change the
127. 4:28direction of your life.
128. 4:30Now, here's the best word I know of to
129. 4:31go with action. Massive.
130. 4:35See, that'll change everything.
131. 4:37Massive action is called the cure-all.
132. 4:41If you're going to make calls, make a
133. 4:42few thousand.
134. 4:44If you're going to make contacts, make a
135. 4:46few thousand.
136. 4:48If you're going to knock on doors, knock
137. 4:49on a few thousand.
138. 4:52See, that'll change everything.
139. 4:54Here's the language of the poor.
140. 4:55I'll try it a time or two and see what
141. 4:57happens. It's the way poor people talk.
142. 5:01The guy says, "Well, I'll give it 30
143. 5:03days." 30 days, you could guess his bank
144. 5:06balance.
145. 5:08>> [music]
146. 5:08>> You've got to have a better game plan.
147. 5:13The formula really works like this. Pick
148. 5:14up a good idea, take heavy action.
149. 5:16[music] Take heavy action on a good
150. 5:18idea.
151. 5:20Don't wait till you've learned two or
152. 5:21three thousand things.
153. 5:24Because that way you'll use up all the
154. 5:25time.
155. 5:27And you could wind up smart and broke.
156. 5:32And hey, it's okay to be dumb and broke.
157. 5:35But if a guy's smart and broke, that's
158. 5:36pitiful.
159. 5:39Don't let your learning lead to
160. 5:41knowledge. You'll become a fool.
161. 5:44Let your learning lead to action. You
162. 5:47can become wealthy.
163. 5:49So, here's one of the major things to do
164. 5:50starting tomorrow. Take a look at your
165. 5:52game plan.
166. 5:53If it isn't loaded with massive action,
167. 5:55change it.
168. 5:58Tomorrow.
169. 6:01Action.
170. 6:03So, there's all kinds of wealth, but to
171. 6:05get a big share coming your way, you've
172. 6:06got to have a heavy action
173. 6:08>> [music]
174. 6:08>> game plan.
175. 6:11Don't wish it was easier, wish you were
176. 6:14better.
177. 6:18See, that triggered my whole life
178. 6:20change.
179. 6:22Don't wish for less problems, wish for
180. 6:25more skills.
181. 6:27Don't wish for less challenge, wish for
182. 6:31more wisdom.
183. 6:33See, that's the difference in how your
184. 6:34life works out. It's not what happens,
185. 6:36it's what you do. Starting tomorrow,
186. 6:38what are you going to do
187. 6:41that'll make a change in your life's
188. 6:42direction?
189. 6:45Good question. What are you going to do
190. 6:46starting tomorrow that'll make a
191. 6:47difference?
192. 6:50Now, see if you don't do something
193. 6:52starting tomorrow that'll make a
194. 6:53difference, guess what?
195. 6:56It's going to be the same.
196. 6:59>> [laughter]
197. 7:01>> And see, that way you can guess what the
198. 7:03next 5 years are going to be like. Look
199. 7:04at the last five.
200. 7:08Cuz the next five are going to be like
201. 7:09the last five unless you, major key,
202. 7:12tomorrow, change it all.
203. 7:14Or change a little, or change something,
204. 7:16or don't change. It's choice time. You
205. 7:18can do whatever you want.
206. 7:21But it's nice to know any day you wish
207. 7:22you can change your whole life.
208. 7:25What can you do starting [music]
209. 7:27tomorrow that'll make a difference?
210. 7:30Anything.
211. 7:33Success is something you attract, not
212. 7:35something you pursue.
213. 7:37Success is looking for a good place to
214. 7:38stay.
215. 7:40So, instead of going after it, you work
216. 7:42on yourself. Personal development.
217. 7:45See, the major question to ask on the
218. 7:47job is not what are you getting. The
219. 7:50major question to ask on the job is what
220. 7:52are you becoming?
221. 7:56So, the big question is not what am I
222. 7:57getting paid here. The big question is
223. 7:59what am I becoming
224. 8:01here?
225. 8:04Because true happiness is not contained
226. 8:07in what you get. Happiness is contained
227. 8:10in what you become.
228. 8:12Four major lessons in life to learn.
229. 8:14Here they are. Number one,
230. 8:16learn how to handle the winters.
231. 8:19That's lesson one.
232. 8:21They come right after falls
233. 8:23with
234. 8:25regularity. [music]
235. 8:27Some are long and some are short and
236. 8:29some are hard and some are easy, but
237. 8:30they keep coming.
238. 8:33You must learn to handle the nights.
239. 8:35They come right after days. You must
240. 8:37learn to handle difficulty. It comes
241. 8:39right after opportunity.
242. 8:41You must learn to handle recessions.
243. 8:43They always follow progressions. For the
244. 8:45last 6,000
245. 8:48See, it isn't going to change. The
246. 8:49lesson you must learn is how to handle
247. 8:51it.
248. 8:53And there's all kinds of winters, right?
249. 8:55The winter when you can't figure it out.
250. 8:57The winter when it all goes smash. The
251. 9:00winter when it turns belly up.
252. 9:03The winter when it won't work, when
253. 9:05you've run out of money, and you've got
254. 9:07a broken heart. See, those are winter
255. 9:08times.
256. 9:11There's all kinds. [music] Economic
257. 9:12winters, social winters, personal
258. 9:16winters. [music] When your heart is
259. 9:18smashed in a thousand pieces.
260. 9:21And the nights are unusually long. Your
261. 9:23prayers seem to go no higher than your
262. 9:25head. It's winter time.
263. 9:29But see, the disappointments come.
264. 9:31Those are normal. That's part of life.
265. 9:34But the question is, how do you handle
266. 9:36it?
267. 9:37How do you handle the coming winters and
268. 9:39the disappointments and the down times?
269. 9:41Well,
270. 9:42you can't get rid of January by tearing
271. 9:44it off the calendar.
272. 9:44>> [music]
273. 9:47>> But here's what you can do. You can get
274. 9:49stronger, you can get wiser, and you can
275. 9:53get better.
276. 9:56The winters won't change, but you can.
277. 9:58And that's how life changes for you.
278. 10:01Here's lesson two.
279. 10:03Learn how to take advantage of the
280. 10:05spring.
281. 10:07That's the second [music] one.
282. 10:09Spring is called opportunity.
283. 10:13See, opportunity always comes.
284. 10:15Days follow nights. Isn't that terrific?
285. 10:19Opportunity follows difficulty.
286. 10:21But here's what you must learn to do.
287. 10:23Underline these two words in that key
288. 10:24phrase,
289. 10:25>> [music]
290. 10:25>> take advantage. Underline those two.
291. 10:29You must learn to take advantage of the
292. 10:31spring.
293. 10:33See, just because spring rolls around is
294. 10:34no sign you're going to look good come
295. 10:36fall. You got to do something with it.
296. 10:42In fact, you have to get good at one of
297. 10:44two things in life, planting in the
298. 10:45spring or begging in the fall.
299. 10:49Now, here's what else you must do. Take
300. 10:50advantage of the springs quickly because
301. 10:53there's only a few, just a handful of
302. 10:55springs have been handed to each of us.
303. 10:57They don't come forever. Life is fairly
304. 10:59brief. So, whatever you're going to do
305. 11:00with your life, you got to get at it.
306. 11:02Don't just let the springs pass, pass,
307. 11:04pass.
308. 11:08Here's the third major lesson in life to
309. 11:09learn. Learn how to protect your crops
310. 11:12all summer.
311. 11:14You got to take care of what you start.
312. 11:18Sure enough, as soon as you've planted
313. 11:21your garden in the spring,
314. 11:23the busy bugs and the noxious weeds are
315. 11:25out to take it.
316. 11:26You've got to learn to prevent the
317. 11:28intruder from taking all the good you
318. 11:30start.
319. 11:32It's one of the challenges. All good
320. 11:35will be attacked.
321. 11:37Every garden will be invaded. Not to
322. 11:40think so is naive.
323. 11:43All values must be defended.
324. 11:48Political values, [music] social values,
325. 11:50community values, family values,
326. 11:52marriage values, friendship values,
327. 11:54business values. Every garden must be
328. 11:58tended all summer.
329. 12:01Third [music] major lesson.
330. 12:03Now, here's number four.
331. 12:05Learn to reap come harvest time
332. 12:07>> [music]
333. 12:08>> without complaint.
334. 12:10Take full responsibility for what
335. 12:12happens to you.
336. 12:15It's one of the [music] highest forms of
337. 12:16human maturity, accepting full
338. 12:18responsibility.
339. 12:21It's the day you know you've passed from
340. 12:23childhood to adulthood, the day you
341. 12:25accept [music] full responsibility.
342. 12:30And another note, learn to reap in the
343. 12:32fall without apology.
344. 12:34Without apology if you do well and
345. 12:38without complaint if you don't.
346. 12:41That's maturity. [music]
347. 12:43So, that's a key phrase. It's not what
348. 12:45happens, it's what you do.
349. 12:48Anything can happen, right? Everything
350. 12:49can happen. I've heard all the stories.
351. 12:51I've been one of the stories.
352. 12:54Hey, we could all tell stories all night
353. 12:55long, right? Happenings.
354. 12:58Anything can happen. If anything can go
355. 13:00wrong, it will.
356. 13:03That's one of Murphy's laws.
357. 13:05He was not one of the great positive
358. 13:07speakers of the day, but anyway,
359. 13:09it's still true though, right? Anything
360. 13:10can go wrong, everything can go wrong.
361. 13:12For sure. [music]
362. 13:13Everything can happen, anything can
363. 13:15happen.
364. 13:16But it's not the happenings, it's what
365. 13:18you do about it. Everybody's had their
366. 13:21share.
367. 13:23Disappointments are not special gifts
368. 13:25reserved for the poor.
369. 13:28Everybody has them. The difference is
370. 13:30what you do about.