Jim Rohn · 40 Years of Research

The 1% Difference

28 habits that separate the top 1% from everyone else — as identified by Jim Rohn after 40 years of studying the wealthy and the average.

Assess yourself honestly on each habit. Track what you're living. Commit to what you're not.

The 1% are not smarter. They are not luckier. They simply made different decisions and kept making them every single day.— Jim Rohn

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Read 2 books a month

Watch 4 hours of TV a day

Wake up early to prepare

Wake up late and rush

Invest in themselves daily

Spend on entertainment

Set written goals with dates

Have vague wishes

Take full responsibility

Blame circumstances

Save before they spend

Spend before they save

Build multiple income streams

Rely on one paycheck

Study the wealthy

Resent the wealthy

Choose their circle deliberately

Stay with whoever is comfortable

Think in decades

Think in days

Work on themselves first

Work on their job only

Keep a daily journal

Let thoughts disappear

Embrace failure as a lesson

Fear failure and avoid risk

Speak positively about their future

Complain about the present

Give generously

Hoard what little they have

Act before they feel ready

Wait for the perfect moment

Work in silence, let results talk

Talk about plans, rarely execute

Buy assets that grow

Buy things that impress

Seek mentors actively

Figure everything out alone

Show up disciplined every day

Show up when motivated

Protect their time fiercely

Give their time to anyone

Learn from every setback

Quit after every setback

Create value for others

Focus only on themselves

Never stop becoming more

Settle when comfortable

Practice gratitude daily

Focus on what they lack

Keep promises to themselves

Break commitments easily

Live with urgency every day

Act like time is unlimited

Believe their best is ahead

Think their time has passed

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