Week 10.pdf

WEEK TEN

Welcome to Week Ten of the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan. We hope you are having

a great week!

As we begin Week Ten and a new month, we are also starting Pillar Three - Health. It

seems each Pillar could, in and of itself, seem like the most important and significant

Pillar we cover, which is good. The great part of the 12 Pillars is that we get to space out

over a period of time so many important and significant topics and skills. But arguably,

Pillar Three is at the top of the list. Our health (spiritual, physical and emotional) plays a

critical role in all accomplishments--first, at the very basic level of survival, then having

the ability to function reasonably well and finally, with the ultimate goal to have such

vitality and energy that we are more effective in every other area of our lives.

So stay tuned as Jim introduces this important topic and Chris walks you through our

weekly questions and action lessons.

Make it a Great and Powerful Week!

Kyle

“Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure.

Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and

overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience

enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some

good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to

others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all

anxious fears concerning the future.”

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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HEALTH

Jim Rohn's Third Pillar of Success: Health, Part One -

Spiritual Health

Hello, Jim Rohn here. As we look at the topic of health this month, the first order of

business is to make sure our view of the topic of health is broad enough. You see, if I

were to ask you, “Are you healthy?”, you might think simply of your physical health.

You’d do a brief overview of how your body is and answer me based on that. If you feel

well, then you probably view yourself as healthy. But this is only one aspect of health or

of being a healthy person. I would like to challenge you to consider deeper than that. Let

me explain.

As human beings, we possess one of the most complex designs the world has ever seen.

We are not merely a body. There is so much more to our make-up. In fact, I believe there

are three major aspects to each person, and they are all intricately connected to one

another. The three areas consist of our Body (the physical nature), our Soul (the mind,

will, emotions, and intellectual nature), and our Spirit (the part of us that transcends this

world and communes with God).

Let’s view this is as a sphere with three layers. The first or innermost layer, the core, is

our spiritual life. This is our most important aspect. It is what gives us the foundation for

living and provides the strength we need for everything else. The middle or second layer

is the Soul. This is the part of us that is “non-tangible.” You can’t touch it but it is there.

Not only is it there, but it also drives most of what we are! And the last or outer layer is

our Body. This is simply the actual physical shell that houses our soul and spirit.

So, how are these connected? How do they affect one another? Obviously, a person's

beliefs will affect their emotions. If in a negative situation, they may experience anxiety

or fear. That in turn could potentially cause physical ailments such as stomach problems,

headaches or fatigue for example. This is just one simple way of looking at how the three

areas of our make-up affect one another.

This means rather than simply viewing ourselves as physical bodies that need to be

maintained and physically healthy, it would serve us well to develop a much more

holistic and well-rounded view of what it means to be healthy. We need to look at the

topic from a much more in-depth view. And as we develop these areas we will be much

more able to achieve the health we desire in every area of our lives.

“Material success may result in the accumulation of possessions; but only

spiritual success will enable you to enjoy them.”

-– Nido Qubein

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I believe there are four main areas of emphasis we need to cover this month in order to do

the topic of health the justice it deserves, and to help you attain total health as a reality in

your life:

1. Spiritual Health –Today we will look at the benefits and importance of developing a

vibrant spiritual life and some easy methods to apply that can help take your spiritual life

to a deeper level.

2. Emotional Health – The mind, will, and emotions. In Week Eleven we will cover

the importance of a healthy soul – specifically the mind, the will and the emotional

aspects of life. We will look at how our inner person is so vital to making sure we live the

kind of life we desire. We will learn how our emotional life can become healthy, strong

and lively.

3. Physical Health – Nutrition. In Week Twelve we begin a two-part look at the body

and physical health. This week we will concentrate on the area of nutrition. It is very

important to make sure that we fuel our body properly because our body gets its energy

from the foods we eat, just as a vehicle runs off of the fuel we put in it. If we put the

wrong kind of fuel into our body, it will not run properly. If we put the right kinds of

foods in, it will run like the strong engine of an expensive sports car!

4. Physical Health – Exercise . In Week Thirteen we will look at the very important area

of exercise. This is the area that most people initially think of. “I need to exercise”, is the

first thought that occurs to them when thinking of health. And this is true, we do need

exercise, and three weeks from now we will take an even more in-depth look at this

important topic.

Our focus this week will be on the first aspect, Spiritual Health.

As I think through this idea of spiritual health, there are four major keys:

A healthy spiritual life is one of the most rewarding things we can pursue. There are

some very important things in this life, I know. And we ought to spend time and

resources on them to experience their richness in every way. But ultimately, everything in

this life passes away. The only thing that does not pass away is our spiritual life. Our

physical lives here are temporal – they don’t last. But our spiritual lives are eternal – they

last forever. This tells me that our spiritual health is the most important pursuit we must

have. The “God” questions are the most important questions we can ask: one, because

they impact the rest of our life in so many significant ways, and two, because the answers

make an impact on us for eternity.

A healthy spiritual life will benefit us in many ways. When we develop a healthy spiritual

life and give it the importance that it truly deserves, when we allow our spiritual life to

impact the rest of our life, we receive tremendous benefits: peace, joy, perspective,

wholeness, better relationships, purpose, significance, excitement and passion for life,

hope for a better future, emotional stability, intellectual curiosity, and a better

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understanding of the importance of all that is around us. A healthy spiritual life reaches

into every area of our lives and creates a strong foundation upon which we build the life

we desire. When we build on the rock of a strong spiritual life, we increase exponentially

our opportunity to live the benefits and blessings of a centered life.

A healthy spiritual life is developed through discipline, just as all things that are

important to us. The great theologian G.K. Chesterton said of Christianity that, “It isn’t

that Christianity has been tried and found wanting, but found difficult and left untried.”

This is true in so many areas of our lives but especially true in our spiritual life. Just as

we need to get into the gym to exercise on a regular basis, we need to get into a spiritual

discipline on a regular basis.

A healthy spiritual life will bring a unique strength to the rest of your life. As I have said

before, the spiritual life is the core of our existence. It is the foundation, the part of us

from which everything else emanates and finds its strength and purpose. It centers us and

gives us the kind of perspective we all need to live and lead successful lives.

With these things in mind, here are some simple ways you can begin to develop a deeper,

richer, and healthier spiritual life:

1. Make it a pursuit, as you would make any other area of your life a pursuit. Just as

you have dreams and goals for your relationships, your career, your physical wellness or

any area of life you are hoping to experience growth. Set your sights on a strong spiritual

life and pursue it with vigor!

2. Set aside time to be alone and to work on your spiritual life. Anything worth

pursuing must have time devoted to it. In your pursuit of spiritual health, be sure to give

yourself the necessary time to cultivate that inner life. Just as you set aside time for other

important areas of your life, be sure to do the same for your spiritual pursuits. Put it in

your date book. Make sure you give it the time that it deserves.

3. Read good materials about the spiritual life. As

you know, I am a reader and encourage everyone to

be such. I am passionate about it! There are so many

great books that will enable you to grow spiritually.

My personal recommendation on where to begin is

the Bible. If you listen to me for even a short time

you will see that I regularly quote from the wisdom I

have learned from the Bible over my lifetime. There

are many bookstores that deal in books specifically

written to help you grow in this area. Take a

of them and read good spiritual books during your

time alone pursuing spiritual health.

dvantage

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