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Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins is a renowned American motivational speaker, author, and life coach. He is best known for his self-help books and seminars that focus on personal development and financial success. He was born Anthony J. Mahavoric on February 29, 1960, in Glendora, California. Robbins began his caree... show more

quote icon I can tell you, it’s the people who give up the story of what happened to them and find a higher meaning who are the ones who lead, grow, give, and experience life’s deepest joy and fulfillment.

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quote icon To be truly free and happy in this life, we must give up our expectations. Our biggest problem may very well be the belief that we are not supposed to have problems! Our power is in our problems as they unleash our resourcefulness and cause us to grow in order to respond consciously and compassionately to them.

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quote icon I can tell you, it’s the people who give up the story of what happened to them and find a higher meaning who are the ones who lead, grow, give, and experience life’s deepest joy and fulfillment.

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quote icon The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

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quote icon Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.

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quote icon Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

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quote icon We get to an elite level because we’ve done the work underneath. We get there because we RAISE OUR STANDARDS and won’t tolerate anything less than the very best. This is what it takes to be a true master.

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quote icon If you really want to be stressed, all you have to do is expect life and all the people in it, to think, behave, speak, and act the way you have predetermined they ”should.” If you hang on to your expectations, I can guarantee you plenty of stress and pain.

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quote icon What’s the solution to being disappointed all the time? ... When you experience someone doing something unconscious, it’s helpful to remember that it’s rarely ever about you, and almost always just that person feeling so much stress and pressure that they have literally activated their survival mode. People in survival mode can go blind in a moment. It happens to the very best of us. It’s part of being human.

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quote icon Jim also taught me that every day, you have to “stand guard at the door of your mind.” He taught me that you have to continually feed your mind with knowledge and thoughts that empower you. Gratitude, courage, faith, determination, compassion and love — these are the emotions that we must nurture.

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quote icon Forgiveness is true freedom from stories of our past and from the pain, rage, and anger that can eat away at our mind and body.

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quote icon So, I’ve found the best formula for a great life is to: Trade your expectations for appreciation. The moment you do, your whole world transforms.

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quote icon We will always carry anger and hurt in our hearts as long as we have expectations of other people and life conditions we can’t control.

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quote icon Forgiveness is really an understanding that the only person you hurt when you’re upset (no matter how justified it may be) is yourself. Even if everything in you wants to blame someone else, consider giving yourself the gift of forgiving your expectations.

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quote icon What’s interesting is that we are incapable of being angry and grateful simultaneously.

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quote icon Most people are not good at forgiveness but they’re good at blame. It’s human nature. So I suggest we put our strength to good use. If you’re going to blame someone for all your pain, then you’ve got to blame them for all your joy, too. If you’re going to blame God for all your tragedies, you’ve got to blame God for all your gifts. If you’re going to blame your parents for being so terrible, you’ve got to blame them for the strength it gave you later on.

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quote icon It’s an illusion that someone accepting blame, or offering an apology is going to solve or fix what actually happened. The only thing that’s going to solve things is deciding to free yourself from the story of what happened to you and take hold of the truth that all things are made new through faith in a higher purpose.

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quote icon I first saw Jim speak when I was 17, and he introduced me to a new way of thinking. He taught me that if you want anything to change, you must change. If you want things to get better, you’ve got to get better. And that the secret of life is working harder on myself than on the job, or a specific skill, or anything else. Jim taught me that as soon as I committed myself to excellence, I would really have something to give others.

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quote icon I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

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quote icon If you’re feeling stressed or helpless, change your body’s state — get outside and take a walk, or jump in the pool (or better yet the ocean) — because every emotion and symptom you feel is directly correlated with what you do with your body.

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quote icon The secret to massively accelerating the quality of your life is to learn from the people that you find to be the teachers and more importantly, the doers in the world. Many people talk, my advice is model the few who don’t just talk, but actually do.

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quote icon The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

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quote icon Our power is in our problems as they unleash our resourcefulness and cause us to grow in order to respond consciously and compassionately to them.

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quote icon If you really want to be stressed, all you have to do is expect life and all the people in it, to think, behave, speak, and act the way you have predetermined they ”should.” If you hang on to your expectations, I can guarantee you plenty of stress and pain.

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quote icon By contrast, when YOU appreciate whatever life or people bring you, you are choosing to guarantee openness and invite the joy that young children have … before we spoil them with giant birthday parties and create unrealistic expectations that life and people all exist to meet their desires and needs.

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quote icon Our biggest problem may very well be the belief that we are not supposed to have problems!

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quote icon When did you forgive even before someone said they were sorry? When can you choose to forgive without requiring an apology, or any conditions, or even a change of heart? Where can you own a higher meaning and finally set yourself free? How can you just let it go? It all goes back to trading in those useless expectations. And one way to get in the habit of this is through activating gratitude. ... What’s interesting is that we are incapable of being angry and grateful simultaneously.

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quote icon ...people are rewarded in public for what they continuously practice in private.

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quote icon Repetition is the Mother of Skill.

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quote icon The people who get it, the true masters, are rewarded in public what they practiced in private for a very long time.

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quote icon No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

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quote icon Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

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quote icon You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow.

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quote icon Remember: Rewards come in action, not in discussion.

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quote icon The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

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quote icon I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

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quote icon If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

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quote icon You have to see the weeds so you can rip them out.

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quote icon But you already know how difficult and costly it can be trying to make time for vacations. However, taking time to make lasting memories with the ones that you love is vital to living a fulfilled life. It’s not the amount you can afford to spend – or even the health of your bank account – that determines your wealth. It’s the magic moments that you create and the gratitude you cultivate that determines your wealth.

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quote icon Because a story is not a monologue, it’s a dialogue.

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quote icon Forgiveness is really an understanding that the only person you hurt when you’re upset (no matter how justified it may be) is yourself. Even if everything in you wants to blame someone else, consider giving yourself the gift of forgiving your expectations.

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quote icon So, I’ve found the best formula for a great life is to: Trade your expectations for appreciation. The moment you do, your whole world transforms.

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quote icon We will always carry anger and hurt in our hearts as long as we have expectations of other people and life conditions we can’t control.

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quote icon Nelson Mandela is often quoted as saying, “Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear…Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping it will kill your enemies.” He said, “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew that if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.”

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quote icon Forgiveness is the gift you give yourself, not a gift you give someone else.

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quote icon Add more value than anyone else does, and you'll have a chance to win.

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quote icon So much anger, frustration, rage, hurt, depression, and sadness burns from expecting people to be loving, generous, courteous, compassionate, proactive, present, supportive, caring, etc. ... and if your well being is based on those acquaintances acting a certain way back to you, you simply will not have much well-being.

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quote icon It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.

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quote icon Cultivate Curiosity. If you really want to grow in your lifetime, learn to be as inquisitive as a child. Curious people are never bored, and for them life becomes an unending study of joy.

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quote icon Cultivate Curiosity. If you really want to grow in your lifetime, learn to be as inquisitive as a child.

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quote icon Curious people are never bored, and for them life becomes an unending study of joy.

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quote icon Where focus goes, energy flows.

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quote icon All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.

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quote icon Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

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quote icon Every moment you live in the past is a moment you waste in the present.

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