Week
34

Learn More to Earn More

AFFIRMATIONS

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Meditation and Reflection

I am happily committed to lifelong learning and self-improvement.

I am continually increasing my knowledge, which substantially increases my potential to succeed.

I am choosing to be teachable so that I can constantly learn and grow.

If I am through learning, I am through.

—JOHN WOODEN
Legendary UCLA basketball coach
who won 10 NCAA championships

Many people resist the idea of continuous learning. They think it means going back to college or even starting college at mid-life. Although that’s not necessarily a bad idea, that’s not solely what “lifelong learning” means. Information is power, and those who have a wealth of information have a great advantage over those who don’t. What are some excellent ways to acquire knowledge and get ahead of the game?

Make television time learning time: The average person watches six hours of TV a day—that’s the average. My mentor W. Clement Stone once asked me to eliminate one hour of television a day to create an extra 365 hours per year to accomplish whatever is most important to me. That’s over two months of additional time per year to focus on my goals. I’m asking you to do the same.

Now that we’ve found an extra two months to use for learning, we’re going to discover ways to fill that time with educational and informational benefits that move you faster toward your goals.

I am happily committed to lifelong learning and self-improvement.

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oday you’ll put into action the same learning methods that top achievers use.

• Leaders are readers: Dr. John Demartini, one of the wisest, brightest, and most successful people I know, once said, “You can’t put your hand in a pot of glue without some of that glue sticking.” If you used that one extra hour a day to stick your head in a book, before long you would be in the top 1% of experts in your field!
• Study the lives of great people: There is much to learn from biographies, no matter what the subject’s skills or accomplishments are: sports, politics, spirituality, business—they are all fascinating.
• A weekly system for getting smart: At www.TheSuccess Principles.com/resources you will find an extensive reading list of timeless classics and other books that contain some of the latest breakthroughs in the psychology of achievement, neuroscience, nutrition, and more. Books can be an expensive investment, so make use of your local libraries if it helps—or buy e-books, which are less expensive.

I am continually increasing my knowledge, which substantially increases my potential to succeed.

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here are endless ways to increase your knowledge and build a lifelong learning program. Let’s look at a few more options:

• Get out and mix in: Attend success rallies, conferences, and retreats. From national symposiums to local talks and lectures, there are enough events available that you could probably attend one every weekday—plus weekends!
• Attend human potential trainings: These are personal development seminars that focus on improving your ability, mind-set, network, and motivation to succeed. Everyone needs outside influences to help them break old habits and create new ways of thinking and behaving.
• Be teachable: To learn and grow in life you have to be teachable. Every situation presents an opportunity to learn and every person has something they can teach you. Sometimes we lack the humility to learn from or see the potential in others, but when we adopt that kind of attitude, we become arrogant and unteachable. You don’t know everything—no one does. Be open to learning no matter with whom or where you are.

I am choosing to be teachable so that I can constantly learn and grow.