Tony Robbins is the world's most famous self-help guru and entrepreneur.
He has helped tens of millions of people live better lives. He is an outlier in his ability to understand, reach, and affect change in human beings. And his methods work.
Here's just four of the many great lessons he promotes:
#1 Positive Thinking is BS:
"...when you force yourself only to think positive, all you end up doing is hiding from your fear.
Rather than telling yourself that you always have to be positive, focus on how your negative thoughts are directly related to things that you fear." -Tim Denning
Fear holds you back. Confidence--to live life fully, to take action, to strive passionately--drives you forward.
#2 Ask Your Own Brain Better Questions:
"I asked for advice and he responded with a Jedi mind trick question:
"What's great about this situation you're not seeing right now?"
My response was, "What?! You're loco! I'm about to lose my housing, scholarship, prepaid tuition, and engineering degree! Nothing is great."
But then Tony explained the mind trick, which I'll paraphrase: "Your brain is a computer. Submit a question, get a response. Submit negative questions (Q) and get negative responses (R)."
Submit questions like "What's great about this situation?" and see how your mind churns out great things.
#3 Certainty Trumps Facts:
"When everybody's unsure what to do, and there's somebody who fucking knows, everyone pays attention," says Robbins. "Someone who has certainty, even if they're wrong, will lead other people."
Donald Trump is a master of this. I hate the man. But he's still leading millions who still falsely believe he won an election, in large part because he is still certain of it.
#4 Where Your Focus Goes, Your Energy Flows (Disclosure-ENERGY)
I am still learning this one everyday.
See my response above about Trump? Because I even mentioned him, he continues to have a place in my attention and the attention of all who read this. But many things in life are like this. Now anytime I hear Trump's name, I use it as a reminder to focus instead on what actually matters most to me.
Where your focus goes, your energy flows, and then that things grows. It's oftentimes just that simple.
Take a lesson with you today, give it your focus and energy.
Here they're just words on a page, it takes YOU to embody them with energy, spirit, and action.