Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
Tony RobbinsRead
Learn to convert the discomfort of discipline into the satisfaction of personal growth.
Interpretation
Discipline can be uncomfortable, but it leads to valuable personal growth.
This quote by Tony Robbins emphasizes the importance of embracing discipline, despite the initial discomfort it may bring. By transforming the unease associated with self-discipline into motivation, individuals can achieve significant personal development and fulfillment in their lives.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire young students about the importance of discipline.
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!
When people exercise, we talk about endorphins, but endorphins are just short-term. The reason why exercise is valuable is it trains your brain to believe, 'My behavior matters,' which is optimism.
Plan your work and work your plan. Decide in advance exactly how you are going to get from where you are to where you want to go.
Concern yourself not with what you tried _x000D_ and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
..people are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they arenβt getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope...with all of their might.
What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us. You're beating plowshares into swords, Vosch. You are remaking us. We are the clay, and you are Michelangelo. And we will be your masterpiece.
My friends and I started that motto early in high school - that attitude, that mentality - from way back then: Want to go to Stanford? Why not? Want to play in the NBA? Why not?
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