Talk:Jim Rohn

Something is not right with the timeline of his story. The wikipedia article states that he was born in 1930, which seems to be accurate as his Myspace page [1] says he is 77 years old. If he met Earl Shoaff when he was 25, that would've been around 1955. Supposedly, Jim became a millionaire 6 years later at the age of 31, but Shoaff died one year earlier, which would've been around 1960.

However, multiple sources on the web, including Jim's own website [2] say that Shoaff died in 1965. On Jim's Myspace page, there is a link to one created for Earl Shoaff [3], which states his birthdate and death date as being March 21, 1916 - September 5, 1965. It also references a website, earlshoaff.com, [4], which has a very similar layout to the page on Jim's website. Since the Myspace page that references this site was linked from Jim's own Myspace page, I can only assume that the site is legit.

On that site, it says:

'Everyone knows the profound impact this man had on Jim Rohn that fateful day in late 1955'

and

'Sadly, suffering from a bad case of pneumonia, the weak heart that plagued him since birth finally gave out on September 6, 1965 at age 49.'

If Shoaff died 5 years after Jim met him and just one year before Jim became a millionaire, something is seriously off here. Either the dates are wrong, or Jim's 'rags to riches in 6 years' story is a bit exaggerated.

- WorknMan 71.145.144.87 (talk) 02:14, 11 February 2008 (UTC)