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Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.
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Tony Robbins: You cannot have impact without being willing to offend
“If you're not going to offend anybody, you're not going to have any impact.”
Tony Robbins: Sharing problems offers support but prevents breakthroughs
“In a man's world, the more you solve problems, the more you move up the hierarchy of being a man. In a woman's world, no, you share your problems so you can connect and feel for the person, right? And you want to stay with it, and so forth. So what happens wit…”
Robbins: Breakthroughs Require Fixing Emotional State Before Strategy
“Your state controls your story. Your story and your state control whether you do anything. If no one showed you how to get the strategy, you'd figure out the strategy. You'd find the way you'd make the way with the right state. So all the work I've done most o…”
Robbins: Refused to Appear in 'The Secret' Over Oversimplified Premise
“When they did the secret, they came to me to be part of secret. I said, I will not participate in a million years. This is bullshit.”
Zoom Founder Modified Software Capacity for Robbins to Host 25,000 Attendees
“And then I called Eric Yon, the founder of Zoom, and said, 1200 people is not going to work. I need 25,000 people. And he's a fan of mine, so he changed the tech so we could do it.”
Tony Robbins Claims to Have Had Clients in 193 Countries
“I've been in every single major country in the world, clients in every country in the world. So, 193 countries give you an idea.”
Robbins: Never leave a decision without taking immediate binding action
“I always tell people never leave the site of making a decision without doing something that commits you to follow through.”
Robbins: Relying on techniques eventually turns them into operational limitations
“Techniques are cute, and they might work, but then eventually the technique becomes your new toy that will become your new limitation, right?”
Robbins: Pull motivation provides unlimited energy compared to push willpower
“Push is what most people use. I'm going to push myself through and I'm going to make this happen. Well, that takes enormous, you know, I would say, you know, inner strength and that you clearly have that. I clearly have that inner drive, but Everybody's only g…”
Robbins: Social Media Has Caused Culture to Overvalue Significance
“Our culture way over values significance today because of social media.”
Robbins: High performers who do not fit team culture will destroy businesses
“You know, you can have somebody who's a superstar, but they're the wrong team fit. They rub against everybody else, they piss everybody else off, and maybe they're like your top salesperson, or your top marketing person, your top whatever, and you don't want t…”
Robbins: Organization Lost $100M in Six Months Avoiding Pandemic Layoffs
“Like, we lost a hundred million dollars in six months because I didn't want to fire anybody.”
Robbins: I refuse to enter any partnership without full background checks
“What I do is a full background check on everyone now. And it saves me enormous amount. And I tell them upfront, listen, I'm an open book. Please do a full background check. Everything on me that you want to check, but I don't go into any partnerships without a…”
Robbins: Early Partners Stole $758,000 When His Business Made $1M
“I had two partners, and I brought them on board and made a deal with them that was ridiculously good for them, but it was based still on some results, and they absolutely stole seven or 58,000 dollars, 250 of the seven or 58,000 dollars, put me in debt, seven …”