Month 12 – The Power of Recognizing and Acknowledging Results: A YEARLY SELF-ASSESSMENT.
RESULTS DON’T LIE.
Marshall Goldsmith teaches that when we TRACK OUR PROGRESS, it is even EASIER to gain momentum in the directions we want to proceed.
Tony Robbins teaches us that PROGRESS EQUALS HAPPINESS, and when we notice, realize, and recognize the progress we are making, acknowledging all we have accomplished and keeping track of it, WE ARE EMPOWERED AND ENERGIZED TO DO EVEN MORE, and as we do, it seems effortless and easy, rather than seeming like, “work.”
Jim Rohn wrote a book called, 7 STRATEGIES FOR WEALTH AND HAPPINESS. This month, we will be using this book and the tools contained within it. The audio version of this book is FREE on YouTube. I highly recommend listening to it at your earliest convenience and buying a copy of this book. It will be a small purchase when compared to the EXPONENTIAL GROWTH that comes to you as a result of reading, studying, and implementing the practices of this book.
At the age of 19, the great Tony Robbins did something BRILLIANT. He found a MENTOR to follow and learn from who was HIGHLY successful, abundant, a prosperous in ALL areas of his life. Tony has made it a life-long practice to seek wisdom from people that know more and have more than him, and that habit has empowered him with the wisdom, knowledge, and experience to make himself as great as he could envision, and his visions are VAST. His mentor? Jim Rohn. Jim Rohn ALSO had a mentor that MASSIVELY impacted his life, and HIS mentor’s name was John Earl Shoaff. Here is an interesting story that I love, that inspired me to begin setting goals and to ALWAYS BE UPGRADING:
Jim Rohn shared:
One morning, two weeks after I started working for him, Mr. Shoaff and I were having breakfast together. Just as I was about to finish my eggs, he said, “Jim, let’s take a look at your list of goals so that we can review and discuss them. Maybe that’s the best way I can help you right now.”
“But I don’t have a list with me,” I replied.
“Well, is it out in your car or at home somewhere?”
“No, sir. I don’t have a list ANYWHERE.”
Mr. Shoaff sighed. “Well, young man, looks like this is where we’d better start.”
Then, looking directly into my eyes, he said, “If you don’t have a list of your goals, I can guess you bank balance within a few hundred dollars.” He guessed right. And that REALLY got my attention.
I was astonished. “You mean that if I had a list of my goals my bank balance would change?” I asked.
“DRASTICALLY,” he said.
That day I became a student of the art and science of GOAL-SETTING.
Isn’t that a telling story? By the time I came across this book, I already had a general idea of what I wanted, a morning routine set in place, and daily actions I was taking towards what I wanted to create and experience MORE of. Reading this book, and implementing the practices taught within it CLARIFIED for me even MORE things I knew I wanted, allowed me the opportunity to seek out MORE tools, skills, and experiences to make it happen, and leveled-up my lifestyle, EXPONENTIALLY.
NOW is the time to acknowledge and recognize just how far you have come and how much you have grown this last year. It is time to write. While writing, take your time and be as detailed as possible, while completing these lists and answering these questions.
Everything I learned this past year that was MOST useful to me upgrading in ANY area of my life:
The THREE THINGS I am MOST proud of myself for, that I have done this last year:
What the most useful month was for me, and why this topic was so helpful for me to study:
What CURRENT list of goals or things that I want to accomplish do I have:
Jim Rohn’s book, 7 STRATEGIES FOR WEALTH AND HAPPINESS, is short, easy to listen to or read, and INCREDIBLY impactful to the lives of EVERYONE who has read it. I have recommended this book over the years to many of my friends and family, and though not everyone I recommended it to read the book, the ones who DID noticed an IMMEDIATE shift within their lives for the better. There are MANY speeches given by Jim Rohn on YouTube that are worth listening to, over and over, and this book is worth reading AT LEAST once a year. I have found it MOST helpful at the END of each year’s work, as a reminder to upgrade my current list of goals, habits, practices, beliefs, and perspectives, in order to empower myself to ALWAYS BE UPGRADING.
The most beautiful thing I have observed in the lives of those who read and re-read this book and practice the teachings contained within is the progressive level of success they all experience. Seeing ANYONE win is hopeful and inspiring, no matter the win. I want YOU to win, in EVERY way you can imagine for yourself. This next month will be a practice in constantly reviewing our personal goal list and rating ourselves on how WE perceive we are doing.
Challenge and push yourself to listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS as many times as possible throughout this month. At the end of the month, record how many times you completed the book, what was MOST useful that you learned from the book, and the practices you implemented this last month.
Time to roll up the sleeves and get to work…
BOOKS:
7 Strategies for WEALTH AND HAPPINESS
THE POWER OF HABIT by Charles Duhigg
ATOMIC HABITS by James Clear
THE COMPOUND EFFECT by Darren Hardy
PODCASTS:
PEOPLE TO FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
Today’s Date: _____/_____/______
MORNING:
Read and re-write today’s PERSPECTIVE SHIFT.
Today I will listen to or read from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS.
My chosen action I will repeat and practice today:
10 minutes of silence.
EVENING:
What did I LOVE MOST about today?
What did I learn today from 7 Strategies for WEALTH and HAPPINESS?
What do I most appreciate about myself today?
Did I complete ALL of today’s tasks? YES____ NO_____
This last 30 days concludes AT LEAST a YEAR of hard work, personal growth, a deep commitment, and MASSIVE amounts of personal progress. Good job. Own the work you have done and be PROUD of yourself.
H many times did you completed the book, 7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness during this last month?
What was MOST useful that you learned from the book?
What are the practices you implemented this last month?
Why did you choose these particular practices and how long do you plan on implementing them on a regular basis? What do you seek to experience as a result or outcome through implementing these practices?
Have you noticed that as you focus ONLY on doing the tasks within this workbook, you no longer have time to focus your energy or attention on the things you DIDN’T want more of in your life? That is the magic of this workbook. It is designed to refocus our energy and attention to spending time ONLY on what we DO want more of. I noticed that as I began to do the work that I believed would result in personal progress and an up-leveling of abundance and prosperity in ALL areas of my life, I no longer had time or energy to focus on being sad, depressed, unhappy, dissatisfied, grumpy, angry, bitter, or frustrated. EVERYTHING changed because of the experimentation process necessary to implement and play with new beliefs, habits, perspectives, and new ways of interacting with all that is. I hope that you experienced something similar.
The key to our happiness is WITHIN. It unlocks our abilities to create in more optimal and limitless ways-FOR AS LONG AS WE CHOOSE TO. When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change, according to Wayne Dyer. When we ONLY focus on what we want MORE of, everything we DO NOT want more of disappears, naturally and easily.
I send you love on your personal, unique life journey. I wish you well in all that you do. It is my hope that you have learned MUCH about yourself, your inner power, your strengths, and the things you want to work towards improving and optimizing, in order that you experience an ever-increasingly progression that is beautiful and enjoyable for you.
I challenge you do go back to the beginning of this workbook and DO IT AGAIN. This time, MAKE IT YOURS. Make the necessary changes you see necessary for you to experience the highest degree of personal growth possible, each and every day for this next year of your life, and dive DEEP into each topic, doing the research, listening, reading, and habit-implementation that YOU see as best for YOU. Share your progress with me and with others! Inspire us with your stories, what you have learned, the experiments you have conducted on yourself, and the experiences that came as a result from all of the things you have tried out this last year.
I think that when we connect with another living entity, we are actually re-connecting and re-aligning with the TRUE SELF. I think it is possible that we are ALL Source Energy, temporarily housed in a physical body for a virtual learning opportunity in which we get to practice creating. Best wishes to you in all that you choose to create. May it always be a creation that is beneficial to the greater good of the collective whole, or what I like to refer to as US.