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The best advice I can give you came from a wealthy friend of mine who said, "If it's easy, do it easy. If it's hard, do it hard. Just get it done." Shortly put, "I'll do it or die."
Master discipline in 12 minutes with Jim Rohn's powerful advice on willpower, action, and success.
Key Takeaways
- Discipline transforms hope into reality through consistent action.
- 'I will' is a powerful declaration that can change your life trajectory.
- Small daily disciplines accumulate into significant success.
- Never settle for less than your potential; always push to do your best.
- Learning from failure and persistence is crucial for mastery.
What the video covers
- Discipline is the key to success and the future improves by plan, not hope.
- The phrase 'I will' embodies powerful human will that can overcome any obstacle.
- Success requires doing what failures won’t do, including embracing discomfort and hard work.
- Disgust with current circumstances can be a powerful motivator to change.
- Small disciplines matter and build the foundation for greater achievements.
- Taking action and cleaning up neglect in life is essential to progress.
- Learning from mistakes is part of mastering discipline and growth.
- One should strive to do all they possibly can in every area of life.
- Faithfulness in small things leads to greater responsibilities and rewards.
- Consistent effort and vitality are necessary to create the reality you desire.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction & Powerful Willpower
- 00:38The Power of 'I Will' and Overcoming Obstacles
- 01:53Embracing Discomfort for Success
- 02:34Hope vs. Action and Cleaning Up Neglect
- 04:11Commitment to Doing All You Can
- 05:50Small Disciplines Build Big Success
- 07:47Learning from Failure and Persistence
- 09:20Final Thoughts on Discipline and Life
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See, that's powerful. That could be the day that turns your life around. The world has a strange way of stepping aside when somebody says, "I'll do it or die." The man says, "I will climb the mountain.
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See, that's powerful. That could be the day that turns your life around. The world has a strange way of stepping aside when somebody says, "I'll do it or die." The man says, "I will climb the mountain.
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Pretty soon you'll see me waving from the top. Or dead on the side, cuz I ain't coming back." Two of the most [music] powerful words in the language, "I will." Benjamin Disraeli once said, "Nothing can resist a human will.
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They've told me it's too high, it's too far, it's too rocky, it's too difficult, it's never been done before, but it's my mountain, I will climb it.
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Success is doing what the failures won't do. I know most people don't. I understand that, but don't let that be you.
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Pretty soon you'll see me waving from the top. Or dead on the side, 'cause I ain't coming back." Two of the most powerful words in the language, "I will." Benjamin Disraeli once said, "Nothing can resist a human will.
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It means the future does not get better by hope. It gets better by plan.
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That will stake even its existence on the extent of its purpose." Hey, I found out what success is.
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wearing what you don't want to wear, driving and you don't want to drive being what you don't want to be.
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Success is doing what the failures won't do. I know most people don't. I understand that, but don't let that be you.
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Powerful [music] emotion. Disgust says, "I have had it." That's what I said when that little girl scout left my door when I'm 25. I give her the big lie, she leaves, I say, "I don't want to live like [music] this any
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Everybody hopes things will get better. Everybody hopes. Poor people hope. That ought to tell you something.
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You got to get going. You got to take action. The disciplines is the miracle process.
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It means the future does not get better by hope. It gets better by plan.
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You might go home and set a whole new pace for yourself and [music] we call it cleaning up neglect.
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So, get serious about your goals, put them on paper, write them down. But if you don't get busy and work on it, sure enough the time will pass. And sure enough, five years from now you'll wind up where you don't want to be,
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Don't let neglect destroy your days, [music] destroy your life, and destroy your future. And if you'll do what you can, then life will give you some extraordinary things [music] to do.
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wearing what you don't want to wear, driving what you don't want to drive, being what you don't want to be.
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Everything's important. But here's the key. One of the greatest extraordinary phrases that's ever been written from antiquity says, "If you'll be faithful, if you'll be disciplined when the amounts are small, we'll make you a ruler, give you a
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Emotions are powerful. Sometimes it doesn't take much to alter your whole life direction. Okay, here they are. Number one, disgust.
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Now, jot this phrase down. Don't [music] settle for less than you can be. I asked Mr. Shoaff [music] if I get to making money, how much should I earn? He said, "All you possibly can." How many books should I read? [music] As
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Powerful emotion. Disgust says, "I have had it." That's what I said when that little Girl Scout left my door when I was 25. I gave her the big lie, she leaves, I say, "I don't want to live like this anymore."
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In the course of my lifetime, how much should I do? You should do all you possibly can, go as far as you can, reach as high as you can, touch everybody [music] you possibly can.
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Powerful day. He walks into his closet and rips everything in it to shreds and says, "I've worn this embarrassing stuff for the last time. And not only will I never wear it again, no one else will ever wear it again."
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I got to the word resolve, and I asked, "Who can tell me what resolve means?" I said, "Darling, what do you think it means?" [music] She said, "I think it means promise yourself you will never give up." I asked the kids, "How long should the a
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You got to get going. You got to take action. Discipline is the miracle process.
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How long? [laughter] See, any mother in the world would say, "You're crazy. My baby's going to keep trying until it learns how to walk." What a magic formula.
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And here's how to get the miracle of your future going as far as disciplines are concerned. Number one, do what you can.
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Vitality unused diminishes. Energy unused decreases. [music] And make sure that all of your talent and ability and mentality and ingenuity and vitality and strong feelings.
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You might go home and set a whole new pace for yourself and we call it cleaning up neglect.
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Activity is the vessel in which we pour the drama of our life [music] so that it performs the miracle of creating reality.
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Letters you haven't written, conversations you haven't had with your family, somebody you should sit down with when you get back home and get that job done.
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respectable distance. Right? Death seems to want to move in prematurely prematurely. If you want to live a good, long, flourishing life, you got to push back.
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Don't let neglect destroy your days, destroy your life, and destroy your future. And if you'll do what you can, then life will give you some extraordinary things to do.
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We're here to instruct. We're here to grow. We're here to learn. We're here to get the best we possibly can.
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You start first with the smallest of disciplines and do not neglect them and do not disregard them as being trifling. Everything matters.
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It's serious whether you've got a good future carved out for yourself or [music] you do not have.
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Everything's important. But here's the key. One of the greatest extraordinary phrases that's ever been written from antiquity says, "If you'll be faithful, if you'll be disciplined when the amounts are small, we'll make you a ruler, give you a
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Learn from your own experiences. One way to learn to do it right is do it wrong. I mean, you know, that's one way to learn to do it right. Do it wrong. Now, the key is don't let it take
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position of authority when the amounts are many." And build on that foundation, and you can have everything you could possibly want.
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Education. [music] Don't be lazy in learning. Don't be lazy in picking up the ideas.
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Now, jot this phrase down. Don't settle for less than you can be. I asked Mr. Shoaff if I get to making money, how much should I earn? He said, "All you possibly can." How many books should I read?
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If a guy's an idiot, you motivate him, now you got a motivated idiot. No.
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As many as you possibly can. How far should I go? As far as you possibly can. How much should I share? As much as you possibly can.
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Wherever you've come from in your country, the economy you got, that's all you got.
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In the course of my lifetime, how much should I do? You should do all you possibly can, go as far as you can, reach as high as you can, touch everybody you possibly can.
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Whatever you do, don't criticize all you got. The key is to set a better sail and turn what you've got into the miracle of of your future. [music] Don't wish it was easier.
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I made that commitment a long time ago. And it has served me so well.
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Called questions to ponder. These questions were [music] valuable for me. And I want to make them valuable for you. Here's the first one. Why?
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I got to the word resolve, and I asked, "Who can tell me what resolve means?" I said, "Darling, what do you think it means?" She said, "I think it means promise yourself you will never give up." I asked the kids, "How long should a
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Why go to school that many years, you know? Why take the notes? Why read the books? Why work that hard? Why put yourself through the push-ups [music] and the disciplines?
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baby try to learn how to walk?" How long? How long would you give your average baby before you shut them off?
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Why not? Why not see how much you can earn? Why not see how much you can learn? Why not see how many skills you can develop?
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How long? See, any mother in the world would say, "You're crazy. My baby's going to keep trying until it learns how to walk." What a magic formula.
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Why not see how many people you can rescue from oblivion? Why not see how many people you can reach? You've got to stay here till you go. I mean, what else are you going to do?
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Whatever you don't use, you lose. Lack of use causes loss. It's a law.
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Why not you? Some people have done the most incredible things with limited start. Why not you?
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Vitality unused diminishes. Energy unused decreases. And make sure that all of your talent and ability and mentality and ingenuity and vitality and strong feelings,
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I mean, Denny's is okay, but you got to try Paris. Someday you got to gaze directly [music] at the Mona Lisa.
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faith, courage, make sure that all you've got is being used. Otherwise, you lose. We must now put all of the learning and the emotional content into activity. Why? Without that, reality eludes us.
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I know where they are. Why not you? You got to shop on 5th Avenue in New York.
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Activity is the vessel in which we pour the drama of our life so that it performs the miracle of creating reality.
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You've got to know the results that come from splendid discipline. [music] There's nothing like a view from the top.
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Get serious. Life is serious. We call it life or death. Somebody asked me one time if I had a good description of life. I said, "Yes, I think I've got a good one." Life is the struggle to keep death at a
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[music] work on your skills. What a good time to get it together. [music] What a good time to start this process, personal development, growing, [music] changing developing having a good plan for your money and for your life and for your future.
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respectable distance. Right? Death seems to want to move in prematurely. If you want to live a good, long, flourishing life, you got to push back.
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best. Good night. God bless. Thank you. [applause] Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you.
Topics:disciplineJim Rohnsuccesswillpowermotivationself-improvementpersonal developmentactiongoal settingpersistence
