Tony Robbins Tony Robbins Bio ► Tony Robbins makes it his business to know why we do the things we do. The pioneering life coach has spoken to millions of people through his bestselling books and three-day seminars. What's less known about the iconic motivational speaker is the range and stature of his personal clients. From CEOs to heads of state to Olympic athletes, a wide swath of high-performing professionals (who are already plenty motivated, thank you very much) look to him for help reaching their full potential. ~GQ www.Ted.com ► “Why We Do What We Do” ► Presentation by Tony Robbins ► http://tinyurl.com/l8z5oe Emotion is the Force of Life ► What Drives You? ► We have 6000 words for different emotions. ► People usually have a repeating 12 different dominate emotions they feel during a week. Half of those emotions don’t make you feel very good. ► Which emotions drive you to your own personal happiness Emotions Continued ► This gives us basically 5 or 6 dominate emotions that make us happy on a given week. ► The quality of our lives is the quality of our emotions. ~ Robbins Effective Leaders ► “These people have the ability to consistently move themselves and others to action because they understand the “invisible forces” that shape us.” ~Robbins Two Master Lessons in Life ► 1. The Science of Achievement How do you make something happen How you make something invisible visible ► 2. The Art of Fulfillment This is about your appreciation and contribution You can only feel so much by yourself When people fail what is the reason? ► Most people will claim that there is a lack of resources Money Technology Time Contacts Experience Management The REAL reason why people fail ► “It is never resources why people fail it is resourcefulness” ► It is how people communicate with their emotions. ► If we get the right emotion we can get ourselves to do anything. ► We can get through to anybody with the right resourcefulness. What is Resourcefulness? ► Resourcefulness Creativity Determination Love/Caring Curiosity Passion Resolve Three Decisions that will shape your Destiny ► 1. What am I going to focus on? Focus=feeling Past/present/future ► 2. What does it mean? Is the end or the beginning Meaning will create the emotion ► 3. What are you going to do? Emotion will create the action Give up or move forward If you can look at these three things with your decisions you will gain ► 1. Emotional Fitness ► 2. Psychological Strength What shapes you? ► 1. Our State Our “in the moment” personality Emotionally or physically ► 2. Our Long Term Our model of the world The shape of meaning emotion and action. How to look at Goals ► Mr. Robbins calls them Targets Not your desires or wants but your actual targets. ► Map How are you going to get there? What is your path? What is your time? ► Fuel What type of emotions are you going to use to propel you on your journey? Human Needs ► 1. Certainty Certainty to avoid pain Need to be comfortable Need it to be easy, but not totally certain because then things become boring Human Needs ► 2. Uncertainty We need surprises Not just the ones we want People need variety in their lives Human Needs ► 3. Significance We need to feel important to someone or something We have to find a way to be unique or special Human Needs ► 4. Connection and Love Every person needs this Most people stick to connection because love is too scary. There are different ways to attain it ►Friendship ►Intimacy ►Prayer Human Needs ► 5. Growth If your not growing your dying We grow so that we have something to give of value Human Needs ► 6. Contribute to something bigger than yourself To love someone more than you love yourself To be apart of something that is more important that you. Secret to living is giving. People get excited to contribute once they have experienced it, not just talked about it. Human Needs ► Every person finds a way to meet the first four needs. These are the needs of the personality ► They can do it constructively or destructively ► The last two needs are called the needs of the spirit. ► Only if you reach the last two can you gain fulfillment in your life. Tony Robbins Presentation Conclusion ► What does this all mean to you personally? ► How are you going to start managing your emotions? ► Write a list of your targets/map/fuel? ► Can you make it happen?