Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
Tony RobbinsRead
Obstacles are merely a call to strengthen your resolve to achieve your worthwhile goals.
Interpretation
Obstacles should be viewed as opportunities to reinforce our determination to reach meaningful objectives.
This quote by Tony Robbins emphasizes the idea that challenges and barriers are not deterrents but rather calls to action. They urge individuals to fortify their commitment and determination to pursue their worthy goals, transforming difficulties into stepping stones toward success.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire students facing academic 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!
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them
I wasn't going to be one of those people who died wondering what if? I would keep putting my dreams to the test - even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.
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