Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
Tony RobbinsRead
Your biography is not your destiny, your decisions are.
Interpretation
Your future is shaped by the choices you make, not just by your past.
This quote emphasizes the idea that while our past experiences and circumstances may influence us, it is ultimately our decisions and actions that determine our future. Tony Robbins highlights the empowering notion that we have control over our lives and can change our paths through conscious choices, reminding us that we are not bound by our history.
In practice
In a motivational speech to students about shaping their future.
Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
There are no real successes without rejection. The more rejection you get, the better you are, the more you've learned, the closer you are to your outcome... If you can handle rejection, you'll learn to get everything you want.
What's the ultimate price I'll pay if I don't stop this indulgence now? By asking questions like this, they'll associate pain to overeating, and their behavior will change immediately.
Happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life.
As a species, we're not only wired to choose today over tomorrow, but we hate to feel like we're losing out on something. The bottom line is, if we feel like we're losing something we avoid it, we won't do it. That's why so many people don't save and invest. Saving sounds like you're giving something up, you're losing something today. But you're not.
Any Idiot can point out a problem .... A leader is willing to do something about it! Leaders solve problems!
A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
One of the things you can always depend on - this is one of the truths of the universe, and you heard it first from here - whatever we decide we want to do is what we do.
We seldom get into trouble when we speak softly. It is only when we raise our voices that the sparks fly and tiny molehills become great mountains of contention.
Leave your front door and your back door open. _x000D_ Allow your thoughts to come and go. _x000D_ Just don't serve them tea.
If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. But if we exchange one good thought, we both have two good thoughts
We must quit bending the Word to suit our situation. It is we who must be bent to that Word, our necks that must bow under the yoke.
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