Take charge of your life by waking up! Anthony Robbins, the nation’s leading authority on the science of peak performance and the author of the best-selling books Inner Strength, Unlimited Power, and MONEY Master the Game, shares his best methods and approaches for controlling your emotions, body, relationships, finances, and life.
Anthony Robbins, recognized as an expert on the psychology of change, offers a methodical curriculum that teaches the core concepts of self-mastery, empowering you to find your life’s purpose, take charge of it, and harness the forces that determine your future.
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About the Author
Tony Robbins is a global businessman, philanthropist, and the author of a #1 New York Times bestselling book. For two years in a row, Robbins was named one of the top 100 most important individuals in global finance by Worth magazine.
Robbins was named one of the “Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World” by Accenture. Robbins is a leader who is called upon by leaders; he has advised and trained four US presidents, Fortune 500 CEOs, and some of the finest sportsmen and entertainers in the world.
Helping individuals BREAK THROUGH and reach new heights in the areas that matter most, business, personal finance, intimate relationships, careers, and health, regardless of how successful they are now has been Tony Robbins’ passion for more than 30 years.
He keeps himself active as the chairman of five holding corporations and seven privately held enterprises in various sectors. From the award-winning Namale Resort & Spa in the Fiji Islands to Twinlab and Metabolife in the sports nutrition space to the Anthony Robbins brand in personal and professional development, several of his businesses have grown to become industry leaders.
Tony’s humanitarian efforts through the nonprofit Anthony Robbins Foundation are among his greatest accomplishments. He has always held the view that if we are fortunate enough to have financial opportunity and wisdom, we are also lucky enough to be able to give back. Many things are expected of individuals who have received a lot.
Through his International Basket Brigade, Tony Robbins is incredibly fortunate to be able to provide food for almost two million people annually in 56 countries.
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Review
Tony Robbins’ book, Awaken the Giant, provides a collection of advice aimed at improving your life. He emphasizes the importance of raising personal standards, making decisions, and living by the principle of CANI (Continuous And Never-ending Improvement). He thinks that making choices is vital to controlling your fate and that it’s your job.
Robbins says you should make three choices every moment: what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what to do to get the results you want.
Robbins emphasizes the importance of being committed to your decisions but flexible about your approach and learning from them. He also suggests living by the principle of CANI, which means getting better every day. He believes that true greatness comes from constantly trying to be a little bit better every single day. This idea is also echoed by James Clear in his book “Atomic Habits.”
To implement CANI, Robbins recommends asking yourself questions at the end of each day, such as what you learned, enjoyed, and could improve on for the next day. Dinner-table discussions with loved ones and family can facilitate this process. Better questions can change your identity, abilities, and willingness to pursue your dreams.
For example, when you are sad, ask yourself what makes you happy, and when you encounter a problem, ask yourself what’s great about experiencing it and what you are willing to do to improve it.
Robbins also encourages changing your habitual vocabulary to change your life. He believes that people with rich vocabularies live richer lives. Words serve as the foundation for our experiences, so if you find that the words you frequently use are disempowering, consider choosing new words that accurately reflect your life and surroundings. You can also break a pattern by choosing a sillier/lighter word to describe how you feel.
In essence, Tony Robbins’ book offers a wealth of advice for improving your life. By raising personal standards, making decisions, asking better questions, changing your habitual vocabulary, and incorporating these strategies into your daily routine, you can create a more positive and fulfilling life. By adopting these principles, you can create a more fulfilling life.
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Summary
The book “Awaken The Giant Within” emphasizes the importance of raising personal standards and believing in one’s ability to achieve them when seeking to make a change in one’s life. It emphasizes the importance of consistent actions and decisions that shape our destiny.
Your choices about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what to do to get the results you want are the three decisions that control your fate.
Everything we do is either out of the need to avoid pain or our desire to gain pleasure. It is not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean. Focusing on where we want to go, not on what we fear, is crucial for making a significant change in our lives.
The “Ultimate Success Formula” is an elementary process for getting you where you want to go: decide what you want, take action, notice what’s working or not, and change your approach until you achieve what you want. Making a true decision means committing to achieving a result and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility.
Your Master System comprises five components: core beliefs and unconscious rules, life values, references, habitual questions, and emotional states. By changing any one of these elements, you can immediately produce a powerful and measurable change in your life.
Success is the result of good judgment; experience is often the result of bad judgment. To achieve success, one must have a long-term focus, and God’s delays are not God’s denials. Persistence is key to success, and it is important to recognize the power of making decisions frequently and learning from them.
Ask yourself what’s positive about a problem and what you can learn from it. Stay committed to your decisions but stay flexible in your approach. Remember that it is your decisions, not your conditions, that determine your destiny.
In summary, the book emphasizes the importance of raising standards, changing beliefs, and making decisions that shape our destiny. By focusing on the long-term consequences of our actions, we can overcome challenges and achieve our goals.
The concept of pain and pleasure is not based on actual pain or pleasure, but rather on our perception of reality. Our beliefs about the events of our lives shape who we are today and tomorrow. Beliefs are the guiding force that tells us what will lead to pain and what will lead to pleasure. Our brain asks two questions: “Will this mean pain or pleasure?” and “What must I do now to avoid pain and gain pleasure?”
The challenge is threefold: most people do not consciously decide what they’re going to believe, often based on misinterpretation of past experiences. Global beliefs are the giant beliefs we have about everything in our lives, including identities, people, work, time, money, and life itself. These giant generalizations are often phrased as is/am/are: “Life is…” “I am…” “People are …”
Beliefs have legs, and the strongest and most solid are formed by personal experiences that we have a lot of emotion attached to because they were painful or pleasurable. If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.
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Beliefs can be classified into three categories: opinions, beliefs, and convictions. An opinion is a belief that is fairly certain but can easily change. We form a belief when we expand our base of reference points, particularly those that evoke strong emotions.
A conviction is eclipsed primarily because of the emotional intensity a person links to an idea. Not only does a person who holds a conviction feel certain, but they also become angry if anyone questions their conviction. They are unwilling to ever question their references, even for a moment; they are totally resistant to new input, often to the point of obsession.
To create a conviction, start with the basic belief, reinforce it by adding new and more powerful references, find a triggering event, or create one of your own. Associate yourself fully by asking, “What will it cost me if I don’t?” Ask questions that create emotional intensity for you. Finally, take action. Each action you take strengthens your commitment and raises the level of your emotional intensity and conviction.
NAC is a step-by-step process that can condition your nervous system to associate pleasure with those things you want to continuously move toward and pain with those things you need to avoid to succeed consistently in your life without constant effort or willpower.
There are three specific beliefs about responsibility that a person must have if they want to create long-term change: first, we must believe, “Something must change”; second, we must believe, “I must change it”; and third, we must believe, “I can change it.”
Each time we experience significant amounts of pain or pleasure, our brains search for the cause and record it in our nervous systems to enable us to make better decisions about what to do in the future.
Thinking is a process of asking and answering quality questions, which creates a quality life. Consistent, quality questions change our focus, emotions, and available resources. Modeling habitual questions of people we respect can increase the quality of our lives.
Changing our habitual vocabulary can instantly change how we think, feel, and live. People with rich vocabularies have a multi-hued palette of colors to paint their experiences, not only for others but also for themselves. To change our lives and shape our destiny, we need to consciously select the words we use and constantly strive to expand our level of choice.
Setting goals is the foundation for success in life, and it must be followed by both the development of a plan and massive and consistent action toward its fulfillment. The goal is not just getting a goal that matters, but the quality of life we experience along the way.
Values clarification is crucial for long-term happiness, and many people know what they want but have no idea of who they want to be. Your values are the compass that guides you to your ultimate destiny. When making important decisions, it’s essential to be clear about your values and prioritize them.
The hierarchy of your values controls the way you make decisions in each moment. When making decisions, our brain evaluates whether that action can lead to pleasurable or painful states. Designing your values enables you to determine what evidence is necessary before allowing yourself pleasure and to create rules that guide you toward your values, using criteria that you can personally control.
It is essential to design your rules in a way that allows you to be in control, rather than letting the outside world determine whether you feel good or bad. The “must” and “must never” rules are threshold rules, while the “should” and “should never” rules are personal standard rules.
The larger the number and greater the quality of our references, the greater our potential level of choices. A larger number and greater quality of references enable us to more effectively evaluate what things mean and what we can do. It’s not our references but our interpretations of them that determine our beliefs.
How we feel is determined by how we expand our references by seeking experiences that broaden our sense of self and organizing them in empowering ways.
We will all act according to our self-image, whether it’s right or wrong. As we develop new beliefs about who we are, our behavior will change to support the new identity. If you’ve tried to change something in your life repeatedly, you probably wanted to change your behavior or emotions, which conflicted with your self-image.
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