{"id":34312,"date":"2023-11-29T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.thomasnelson.hcusweb.com\/p\/?p=34312"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:11:35","slug":"5-things-successful-people-write-in-their-journals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thomasnelson.hcusweb.com\/p\/blog\/2023\/11\/29\/5-things-successful-people-write-in-their-journals\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things Successful People Write in Their Journals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-life-worth-living-is-a-life-worth-recording-jim-rohn\"><em>\u201cA life worth living is a life worth recording.\u201d \u2013 Jim Rohn<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.thomasnelson.hcusweb.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/AloneAdvtage-journaling-1400x788-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.thomasnelson.hcusweb.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/AloneAdvtage-journaling-1400x788-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/staging.thomasnelson.hcusweb.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/AloneAdvtage-journaling-1400x788-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.thomasnelson.hcusweb.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/AloneAdvtage-journaling-1400x788-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/staging.thomasnelson.hcusweb.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/AloneAdvtage-journaling-1400x788-1.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim Rohn, who was a strong advocate for journaling, said, \u201cIf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you\u2019re serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>healthy, influential, cultured and a unique individual\u2014keep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a journal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason that Rohn believed in the importance of writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>things down is simply because you\u2019ll forget. You can\u2019t trust your<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>memory. When you hear something valuable, write it down. When<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you stumble across something important, meaningful, or inspiring,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>write it down. When you feel like God is speaking to you in prayer,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>write it down. When you need clarity and direction for your life, write<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA life worth living is a life worth recording.\u201d \u2013 Jim Rohn Jim Rohn, who was a strong advocate for journaling, said, \u201cIf you\u2019re serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and a unique individual\u2014keep a journal.\u201d The reason that Rohn believed in the importance of writing things down is simply because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Things Successful People Write in Their Journals - 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