Jim Rohn Quotes

I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes.

It was only after a visit to a learning centre, where they taught me public speaking, that my personality emerged.

I was first spotted for a modeling career and there's no talking involved in that - the thought of doing any sort of public speaking at that time would have terrified me. So that was something I sort of had to learn.

Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.

Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking or networking or other activities that make you uncomfortable, do them anyway. But accept that they're difficult, get the training you need to make them easier, and reward yourself when you're done.

My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.

I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that.

As much as I can and am able to, with the projects that are presented to me, I try to just really choose things that are challenging and are something I haven't tackled before.

I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.

The last thing I'd learn, well into my career, was how to get on, how to say hello, how to get in with the audience.

Now I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think.

I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?

I was really shy when I was younger, so my mom got me into an acting class to see if I would open myself up more in front of an audience. Her plan was for me to just talk more.

Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning.

I'm quite shy. Really. I'm trying to expand myself as a person more, get involved with people.

Before, I was like 'Oh my God, I have to do this media, this media and this media,' but now I've learned these are stages you need to go through. If you play really good golf, you're going to get more media attention and more interest in you, and you'll get more confident handling it.

I go by intuition. Work-wise, that means asking myself if a role will push me outside my comfort zone, challenge me to learn something new.

I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.

My philosophy is whatever you do, you've got to invest in yourself. If you don't, there are a lot of people out there who will get the job because they're more prepared than you.

That is definitely something that I feel more comfortable with now. When I did 'Lord of the Rings,' it was something I wasn't quite prepared for, I didn't know how to deal with that sort of attention, and I kind of shied away from that, but I'm better at dealing with that now - a lot better.

Every job I took, I was deeply uncomfortable in terms of feeling unqualified. Every step, every risk I took, built confidence.