Jim Rohn Quotes

Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things.

An approximate answer to the right question is worth far more than a precise answer to the wrong one.

Some information is important, and some is not, and intelligence consists in knowing one from the other.

Knowing what to take out and what to leave in is what separates the men from the boys.

Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.

Know the philosophy, know the details, and ignore everything in the middle.

People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.

I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.

The best place to solve a problem is on paper.

To know just what has do be done, then to do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.

The Pertinent Question is NOT how to do things right - but how to find the right things to do, and to concentrate resources and efforts on them.

Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.

In my own experience, both personally and professionally, I've learned that you don't wait to confront reality. It doesn't get easier. It doesn't get better. And, in some cases, if you don't get the relevant information from people and act quickly, you start losing options. You're into damage control.

To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity.

There's always a project around, but you have to pick and choose.

The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.

The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now

What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and spiritual lives.

The truth is that you can spend your life any way you want, but you can spend it only once.

I've spent years saying no to things. It's important to be selective with both projects and partners.

The problem you ultimately want to have, as an entrepreneur, is deciding who to help, not deciding who can help you.