I began my training with one of the world’s most well-known motivational speakers and personal coaches, Tony Robbins, in 2017 in London. My close friend Dr. Daniel Žgombić and I attended the “Unleash the Power Within” seminar together, after which my three-year journey of personal development within the Tony Robbins organization began — a journey that changed my life forever.
I would like to share with you six of the most important lessons I learned from Tony Robbins, which I am confident will be helpful to you as well.
1. Raise your standards and expectations
If we analyze why some people are more successful than others, one of the key factors is that they have raised their standards and expectations. Our results ultimately depend less on talent and more on the experience and skills we have learned and apply. Or, as the well-known business coach Ana Stevanović writes in her book: “We are all self-made.”
If you want to raise your standards, you must change your words and your thoughts — instead of saying “I would like,” start saying “I will” and “I must.” Do not leave room for your mind to decide instead of you, because your mind will always fight to maintain the current “status quo.”
2. Live a life worth living
Most people are focused on what they do not yet have in their lives. If you focus on what you lack, you are setting yourself up for a life of suffering. Start focusing on what you already have and strengthen your sense of gratitude — this is the formula for success that Tony Robbins lives by and promotes.
3. Change your beliefs
If you put jewelry in a box, it becomes a jewelry box. If you put trash in a box, it becomes a trash can. Be mindful of what you feed your mind and which beliefs are running your life. That inner voice that constantly sabotages you has nothing to do with who you truly are. It is simply your mind trying to preserve a distorted view of the world that you have created based on your past experiences.
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4. Make reading a habit
Reading makes us more knowledgeable in every sense and is a habit that systematically builds self-confidence and leadership skills. It is estimated that more than 70% of what we see on social media today is distorted or untrue. Reading books has therefore become a key source of verified and reliable information.
5. Manage your money
The desire for money is, in fact, an emotional desire for everything that money allows us to buy. Financial independence should ultimately be about your freedom — the freedom to say “no” to any person or situation in which you no longer feel good or free. One aspect of this kind of freedom is also our ability to help others more and more easily.
6. And how can it be even better?
This is a question you should ask yourself every day — not in a material sense, but in terms of self-awareness, because that is where all real change in life begins. Cultivate a hunger for goals that both attract and frighten you with their size and significance. Ask yourself: “Who must I become to achieve this goal?” and “Is this goal worthy of me?”
