Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
Tony RobbinsRead
Having a powerful enough WHY will provide you with the necessary HOW
Interpretation
A strong reason for pursuing a goal will guide you in figuring out how to achieve it.
This quote emphasizes the importance of having a clearly defined purpose or reason ('WHY') behind your actions. When you understand your deeper motivations, it becomes easier to determine the steps ('HOW') needed to achieve your goals, as your passion will fuel your persistence and creativity in overcoming obstacles.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire students to find their passions.
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!
One by one I have seen obstacles removed, errors corrected, prejudices softened, proscriptions relinquished, and my people advancing in all the elements that go to make up the sum of the general welfare. And I remember that God reigns in eternity, and that whatever delays, whatever disappointments and discouragements may come, truth, justice, liberty and humanity will ultimately prevail.
Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone's disbelief.
Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
There is no such thing as a lousy job - only lousy men who don't care to do it.
Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In my day I was told women didn't go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn't.
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