Jim Rohn

I mean, it would not have occurred to me.

Well, I got this lousy philosophy and that's how come I got pennies in my pocket and nothing in the bank and things aren't working well.

That would not have occurred to me.

I found it much easier to blame the government.

Much easier to blame the tax problem.

I used to say taxes are too high.

Top tax rate when I first started paying taxes, 91%.

Back then, when your income reached a certain level, all your income over that, 91%.

So I used to say that's too high.

Hi, now the top tax rate's about 33%, but people are still saying, what, taxes are too?

See, but you can't use that anymore.

If it's gone from 91 to 33, how could it be too high?

Come on.

I threw all that old excuse stuff away.

Some people found it, though, and they're using it.

My old list.

I used to blame the traffic, the weather, used to blame circumstances, right?

People say I'm too tall, I'm too short, I'm too old.

I was raised in obscurity, raised on a farm, parents of modest means, all the stuff.

If you were to ask me, how come you find yourself here, Mr. Rohn, age 25, living in America, land of abundance and opportunity, pennies, zero in the bank, not doing well, creditors calling, it would not have occurred to me to blame my philosophy.