One day can change everything - the day disgust, decision, desire, and resolve all hit you at once.
A negative emotion that does positive work. Disgust is the point of no return - Rohn felt it at 25, broke, after lying to a Girl Scout because he didn't have two dollars for her cookies.
Deciding feels like an inner civil war - knots in your stomach, cold sweats at night. But a wrong decision beats none at all, and once you've decided, getting on with it is usually easier than deciding.
Sit down in the next few days and decide the things you've been putting off. Rohn says a cleaned-up list of decisions could furnish enough inspiration for the next five to ten years.
A book, a song, a sermon, a seminar, or a friend who finally levels with you can light the fire. The wall that keeps out disappointment also keeps out happiness - let life touch you.
The rest of this summary — and the one thing to do this week — is in the PDF.
Download the free PDFThe big idea: most lives do not change slowly and by accident. They change on one day - the day emotion peaks, the excuses run out, and a person finally acts. Rohn tells his own story: at 25 he was broke, and when a Girl Scout came to his door selling two-dollar cookies, he did not have the money - so he lied to her. That small shame became the day that turned his life around: 'I've had it with lying and being broke.'
Rohn names four emotions that make such a day. First, disgust - 'I have had it' - like the executive who once had to ask her husband for ten dollars, said 'enough is enough,' and never asked again. Second, decision: the inner civil war at the fork in the road. Don't camp there. Clean up your list of unmade decisions, and it could fuel the next five to ten years.
