Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
Tony RobbinsRead
Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it.
Interpretation
Letting go of negative things keeps you empowered.
This quote suggests that our burdens are largely a result of what we choose to hold onto. By releasing our grip on negativity, such as fears or past failures, we can maintain our strength and navigate through life without being weighed down by these issues.
In practice
In a motivational speech addressing overcoming personal challenges.
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!
I run because long after my footprints fade away, maybe I will have inspired a few to reject the easy path, hit the trails, put one foot in front of the other, and come to the same conclusion I did: I run because it always takes me where I want to go.
There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
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