Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
Tony RobbinsRead
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that entertainment has become more important than information in today's society.
Tony Robbins highlights a shift in societal values, emphasizing that we now prioritize entertainment over information. In an era where content is abundant, the way we consume media is more focused on engaging and entertaining experiences rather than purely informative ones, reflecting broader cultural trends.
In practice
This quote could be used in a discussion about the shift in media consumption habits during a seminar on digital trends.
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!
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.
I don't care whether the technology is invented by our employees. I want to bring everybody's innovations into our ecosystem together.
Today's environment is beginning to threaten today's organizations, finding them seriously deficient in their nervous system design... The degree of coordination, perception, rational adaptation, etc., which will appear in the next generation of human organizations will drive our present organizational forms, with their clumsy nervous systems, into extinction.
Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest.
It is doubling now every two years. Doubling every two years means multiplying by 1,000 in 20 years. At that rate we'll meet 100 percent of our energy needs in 20 years.
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