Work Harder on Yourself Than You Do on Your Job
"If you work hard on your job you'll make a living; if you work hard on yourself you'll make a fortune" — income follows personal development.
The core lesson Rohn took from his mentor and built a career on: your income rarely outgrows your level of personal development, so the highest-leverage work is on yourself — your skills, character, and value to the marketplace — not just on the job in front of you. Becoming more valuable, rather than merely busier, is what moves earnings. The compounding asset is you.
- Income seldom exceeds your level of personal development
- Work hard on the job and you make a living; work hard on yourself and you make a fortune
- Invest in skills, character, and value-to-the-marketplace
- Become more valuable, not just more busy — you are the compounding asset
Rohn received this lesson from his mentor Earl Shoaff when he was about 25 and broke; he credited Shoaff for it and made "work harder on yourself than you do on your job" the spine of his own philosophy for the next four decades.
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Meeting a Mentor: How Earl Shoaff Changed Jim Rohn's Life