Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
Tony RobbinsRead
Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly.
Interpretation
Shifting focus from what you expect to what you appreciate can transform your perspective and experience.
This quote by Tony Robbins emphasizes the power of changing our mindset from having expectations to adopting an attitude of appreciation. When we stop expecting certain outcomes and start valuing what we have, we can perceive life more positively and find joy in the present moment. This shift can lead to a profound change in how we experience and engage with the world around us.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth.
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!
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
Just as a diamond can only be polished by another diamond, it is only through genuine, all-out engagement with others that people can polish their character, and help each other to reach greater heights.
We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise.
Never promise more than you can perform.
Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.
If something's going to happen for you, it will, you can't make it happen. And it never does happen until you're past the point where you care whether it happens or not. I guess it's for our own good that it always happens that way, because after you stop wanting things is when having them won't make you go crazy.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.