Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective
Tony RobbinsRead
It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.
Interpretation
Your private efforts determine your public success.
This quote emphasizes the importance of dedication and hard work that often goes unseen. It suggests that the consistent practice and preparation done in solitude will ultimately lead to recognition and achievement in the public eye, highlighting that success is often the result of unseen efforts.
In practice
During a motivational speech to encourage students who are preparing for exams.
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!
Achievement is talent plus preparation. The problem with this view is that the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play.
By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.
The innovator creates a business where they are making money, even when they sleep.
A great company is not a great investment if you pay too much for the stock.
There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
I believe you make your own luck. My motto is 'It's always a mistake not to go.'
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