Jim Rohn has a very powerful philosophy that he calls the ant philosophy. He says that ants have a four-part philosophy.

1. Ants don’t quit…ever.

Ants are not encumbered about how they’re going to do something. They just do it. They have a singular focus. Gather food. That’s it. And they don’t quit until they’ve got it.

What about when you disrupt their ant line? The ants will search and search until they relocate the scent.

Don’t ever quit. If you lose your way, keep looking until you pick up the scent again

2. During the summer, ants think winter.

You know…There’s a pervasive philosophy in society that goes something like this, “Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.” Perhaps you’ve heard this philosophy before. You might even subscribe to this philosophy. You might want to look at the ants’ philosophy.

Ants always remember that winter’s coming. A day doesn’t go by that they’re not preparing. Do you prepare a little everyday?

3. Ants are thinking summer all winter.

They’re no different than you or me. They like to be outside. They get cabin fever. But ants know that winter never lasts forever. At least it hasn’t yet.

The same is true in our lives. Our lows will pass. We’ll feel the warm on our faces again. The plenty will come again. Even the Ice Age eventually ended.

4. During the summer, ants gather all they possibly can. Rohn calls this the all-they-possibly-can philosophy.

The seasons follow the same order. Always. Don’t be surprised that winter follows fall. It’s always the same.

But we never know the exact day that a particular season will start on. We never know when the snow will start falling. The time to prepare is now.

To summarize the ant philosophy:

1. Don’t ever, ever quit.

2. Think winter all summer.

3. Think summer all winter.

4. Gather all-you-possibly-can.