I just bought a ten-week workshop called Jim Rohn’s Foundations for Success where each week is a different topic of videos and audios of Jim Rohn talking about that week’s foundation for success.

I bought it for the same reason I read the scriptures over and over again: To keep the ideas at the forefront of my brain; basically to remember. It’s been said that people don’t truly learn by hearing things just once but by hearing the same things over and over again.

In my church we have General Conference for all church members every six months and, pretty much, variations of the same ideas are said in different ways by General Authority speakers. We attend church every week and different talks are given on the same topics every year. We study different books of scripture every year (Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants/Pearl of Great Price) and after studying the fourth we start over again and repeat 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, etc.; and the lessons never get boring because they’re taught by different people who have their own styles of teaching.

Likewise, I study philosophies of success because I believe they’re true and because I want to always remember them. I believe truths of what the mind, spirit, body, thoughts/feelings/emotions, and social interactions need in order to have success.

At the heart of it all is this: Change your life and everything changes – for better or for worse. The thing I love is that by taking already known truths and applying them into my life in a refined way I’m shaping myself to enjoy life as much as I can. Refining is like polishing the statue – it’s paying attention to the fine details that make the statue more beautiful. And the refining work is never done because things can always improve.

First we learn, then apply, then over time refine. By doing this workshop I continue to refine myself because I love learning in new ways, and then growing and becoming.