Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
Tony RobbinsRead
It's not about the resources you have available. It's about the resourcefulness you have within you.
Interpretation
Success comes from how resourceful you are, not the resources at your disposal.
This quote emphasizes that the key to achieving success lies not in the amount of resources one possesses, but rather in oneβs ability to be resourceful. It suggests that individuals can overcome challenges and achieve their goals through creativity, determination, and ingenuity, regardless of their starting conditions.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire students about using their skills effectively.
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!
There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are.
Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.
To play this game (football) you must have fire in you, and there is nothing that strokes fire like hate.
If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.
What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming obsession!
It is difficult to feel accomplished when you're not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something 'for your own good' is rarely for your own good if it causes you to be less than who you really are.
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