With the review of this fascinating book by Jim Rohn I would like to give you an insight of his emotional human philosophy combined with a very rational call to action, even a marketing call to action that a lot of network marketers sometimes fail to hear.

Jim Rohn is a person who learned to understand life and who focussed on transmitting his formula to others. Very human, very understanding and very easy to follow, in “Seven Strategies for Wealth & Happiness” he talks about his biography, his childhood, his youth, his professional life and training period with his mentor and maestro Mr. Shoaff and how to convert “Mr. Shoaff’s ideas” into your own life’s philosophy in order to achieve wealth and happiness.

Jim Rohn was born in Idaho in 1930 where he grew up, skipped University after his first year, married and started a family, always having financial problems until he started working with his mentor Mr. Shoaff in his direct marketing company at the age of 25.

Mr. Shoaff had a deep understanding of the combination of life, lifestyle and business, he took interest in his ambitious co-worker and admirer Jim Rohn . When Mr. Shoaff died at the age of 49, his company’s Vice President Jim Rohn understood that the most important thing Mr. Shoaff transmitted to him had not been the job knowledge but the philosophy of life and the basic principles of how to get rich and happy. So he converted Mr. Shoaff’s ideas in his own life’s philosophy and became a millionaire at the age of 31. He became a philosopher and Personal Development Trainer for the next 50 years and I can reassure you that he is a highly loved and appreciated person for many network marketers in many different MLM opportunities.

So Mr. Shoaff taught him five basic values on which he had to create his life’s philosophy:

1. Fundamentals have to be understood as fundamental, rock-solid principles on which you can build your wealth and happiness and which will never change. Half a dozen of things which will make an 80% of the difference: A question we should ask ourselves before starting a project. Which are the six things that will have a major result on the success of this project ? Each of the six are of equal importance and acting together they lead to the success of your project.
2. Richness or Wealth: What do you understand by wealth ? What would you need to be wealthy ? Define your terms. First of all, we are all thinking of money but you can define it as spiritual richness as well, you can be rich with friends, love, family life or culture. Jim Rohn bases this book on just one component of wealth, the financial independence.
3. Happiness is an item everybody desires which defines the joy that normally accompanies any positive event or action. Jim Rohn gives a lot of definitions of losing fears and problems, having enough money, to organise your thinking and your emotions and that you can achieve that “Phoenix happiness” rises from his ashes through the fourth item of basic values.
4. Discipline is the most complicated component of the five because everybody dislikes it. But Jim Rohn indicates that discipline is the key to all our aspirations and dreams because it builds the link between our goals and their results. If your goal is to save 10 euros today and you do not have them you are at a disadvantage of ten euros, today. Period. Do not freeze, change into action. You can repeat your goal to assume it mentally but you have to DO something about it.
5. Success is a paradox because it can be applied from the beginning to the end of a measured journey to success. It consists of reaching each milestone before crossing the finish line and the crossing itself. But more than anything else it means that you changed your life into what you wanted it to be.

After having clarified the five basic values you need to identify with in order to achieve happiness and wealth Jim Rohn gives you the tools so that you can start working on it. The tools are the seven strategies to achieve wealth and happiness:

1. Liberate the power of your goals
2. Look for wisdom
3. Learn to change
4. Control your finance
5. Manage your time
6. Surround yourself with success builders
7. Learn the art of living

Jim Rohn leads you through the seven strategies by giving examples, asking, making you think and preparing your way from a wish to a burning desire, to a learning and a goal-setting period, to action, change, control and the art of living. By receiving a lesson about life, so human and sensitive, you will directly be able to identify your wishes, desires and goals and you will manage to reach every milestone to success.

This book is a masterpiece in personal development. It moves you emotionally and into action.