Reasons Come First, Answers Come Second | Jim Rohn | Powerful Motivational Speech

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"You don't get the answers to do well till you get the reasons. Life has a mysterious way of hanging on to all the answers and only gives them up to the people that are inspired by reasons.” Try Audible's free 30-day trial and enjoy 2 free audiobooks here: https://amzn.to/2MRvzxL A speech by Jim Rohn explaining how reasons can change your whole life. ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ ➤➤Speaker: Jim Rohn https://twitter.com/OfficialJimRohn ➤➤Video Sources: Personal Development Seminar by Jim Rohn All footage used is licensed through CC-BY or from stock footage websites. All creative commons footage is listed below and is licensed under CC-BY 3.0: GRAVITY https://vimeo.com/188072509 Against The Blue https://vimeo.com/244321419 Helping Make Dreams Come True - Full https://vimeo.com/405575759 Man of Steel: Andrew Carnegie | The Gilded Age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmbRtjN0gAk Kaylee's Girl Scout Cookie Commercial 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDaq-T72ymA ➤➤Music: Whitesand - Lonely World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFj4Z8XhZXs ➤➤Editor: WordToTheWise https://www.youtube.com/wordtothewise ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ ➤➤Transcript (Partial): Mr. Shoaff put it to me this way—he said, “Jim, if you had enough reasons you could do the most incredible things.” I never forgot how he put that. If you have enough reasons. See reasons will change your whole life. Mr. Shoaff said to me, he said, “Mr. Rohn, I think you've got plenty of intelligence, you've got plenty of talent, you've got plenty of ability. Probably what you lack is plenty of reasons.” He said, “I don't think your current bank balance is a true indication of your level of intelligence.” I was happy to hear that. He said, “I think you're much smarter than your present bank balance indicates.” And that turned out to be true. I was much smarter. But of course my first question was: well then why isn't it bigger? And he said, “You don't have enough reasons. You've got enough intelligence, but not enough reasons.” So see, reasons can change your life. Here's what else I found out: reasons come first, answers come second. You don't get the answers to do well ‘till you get the reasons. Life has a mysterious way of hanging on to all the answers and only gives them up to the people that are inspired by reasons. So reasons make the difference in how your life works out. Now what are some of the reasons for doing well? Let's go through a quick list called “reasons for doing well”. First is personal reasons. Some people do well for recognition. Some people do well for respect. Some people do well for the way it makes them feel. They love the feeling of being a winner. Those are good reasons. I have some millionaire friends that keep working. 10, 12 hours a day making more millions. And it's not because they need the money. It's because they need the joy and the satisfaction and the pleasure that comes from being a constant winner. And see, it's not just the money anyway, it's the journey, not the money. Once in a while somebody says to me, “Boy, if I had a million dollars, I'd never work another day in my life.” That's probably why the good Lord sees to it they don't get their million, right. They’d quit! They’d quit! Okay, next is family reasons. Some people do extremely well for other people, and that's powerful. Human beings can greatly affect each other. Sometimes we will do things for somebody else we will not do for ourselves. We’re made that way. I met a man one time who said, “Mr. Rohn, to do all the things I want to do with my family around the world,” he said, “I got to have at least a quarter of a million dollars a year.” I thought incredible! Could a guy's family affect him that much? And the answer is: of course! How fortunate are the people that find themselves greatly affected by somebody for personal achievement? And we are affected. The writer of a recent song said, “If not for you, the winter would hold no spring. Couldn't hear a Robin sing. I just wouldn't have a clue if not for you.” So we can be affected. That might be one of the most stimulating reasons to do well: finding somebody. When Andrew Carnegie died—the wee little Scotsman that built the big steel industry—when he died, they opened up his desk, and in one of the desk drawers they found a slip of paper... ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ Fair Use Disclaimer: Our purpose is to produce quality, educational and motivational video content, and to share it with our viewers. This video has no negative impact on the original works. This video is used for educational purposes. This video is transformative in nature. This channel’s owner claims no copyright, and cannot be held accountable. If you are the legal content owner of any videos used here and would like them removed, please contact [email protected]. Any infringement was not done on purpose and will be rectified to the satisfaction of all parties.