Tony Robbins emphasizes the transformative power of turning “shoulds” into “musts.” He argues that when people only do things they think they “should” do, their commitment wavers in the face of difficulty. “Shoulds” are easy to ignore or postpone when challenges arise. In contrast, when something is a “must,” it becomes a non-negotiable priority. This shift from “should” to “must” creates a mindset where individuals commit to their goals regardless of obstacles, ensuring consistent effort and perseverance.

From Should to Must

Robbins categorizes standards into four distinct levels, explaining how each influences outcomes and rewards: 	1.	Poor: Minimal effort and low-quality work. Individuals with poor standards accept subpar performance, leading to equally poor rewards.	2.	Good: Historically sufficient for decent rewards, but in the modern competitive environment, merely good efforts often result in poor rewards.	3.	Excellent: Requires significant dedication and hard work.	4.	Outstanding: Involves consistently going above and beyond.

Standards Matter

Robbins highlights that in today’s world, good is often not enough to achieve high rewards. Exceptional efforts and performance are necessary to stand out. He uses examples from various life areas, such as work and personal relationships, to illustrate that those who are outstanding in their efforts are the ones who receive the highest rewards. Excellence in performance and relentless pursuit of improvement are essential to achieving success.

Rewards for Excellence

A significant part of Robbins’ message is the need for a mindset shift where mediocrity is unacceptable. He encourages adopting a mentality that strives for outstanding performance in every aspect of life. By rejecting the comfort of being merely good or even excellent, individuals can push themselves to reach their full potential and achieve their highest goals.

Mindset Shift

Robbins stresses the importance of pushing through perceived limits to achieve greatness. He speaks about the necessity of finding that extra effort even when one feels exhausted or believes they have reached their limit. This relentless drive to push beyond one’s comfort zone leads to the development of not only physical but also emotional and spiritual strength. By consistently challenging oneself and refusing to settle, individuals can achieve true greatness and satisfaction.

Push Beyond Limits

Tony Robbins advocates turning “shoulds” into “musts” and emphasizes relentless effort and higher standards. By striving for outstanding performance and pushing beyond limits, individuals achieve exceptional rewards and success, rejecting mediocrity in favor of excellence.

These 4 standards measurements have the potential to change your life in very impactful ways. What standards are you setting for yourself? Is it a should or a must? Tony Robbins speaks on raising the bar and quality of your life by raising your standards. 

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Mr. Robbins is the author of seven internationally bestselling books, including three #1 New York Times bestsellers: Money: Master the Game, Unshakeable, and Life Force.  He created the #1 personal and professional development program of all time, and more than 10 million people have attended his live seminars.
 
Anthony Robbins is the chairman of a holding company comprising more than 110 privately held businesses with combined sales exceeding $7 billion a year. He has been named in the top 50 of Worth Magazine’s 100 most powerful people in global finance for three consecutive years, honored by Accenture as one of the "Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World''; by Harvard Business Press as one of the "Top 200 Business Gurus"; and by American Express as one of the "Top Six Business Leaders in the World" to coach its entrepreneurial clients. Fortune’s recent cover article named him the “CEO Whisperer.”

He is a leader called upon by leaders, and has worked with four US presidents, top entertainers -- from Aerosmith to Green Day, to Usher and Pitbull, as well as athletes like Serena Williams, Andre Agassi, and the 2022 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors. Billionaire business leaders seek his advice as well; casino magnate Steve Wynn, and Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff are among those grateful for his coaching.
 
As a philanthropist, through his partnership with Feeding America, Mr. Robbins has provided over 985 million meals in the last 8 years to those in need. He is two years ahead of schedule to provide 1 billion meals. Through the Tony Robbins Foundation, he has also awarded over 2,500 grants and other resources to health and human services organizations, implemented life-changing curricula in 1,700+ correctional facilities and gathered thousands of young leaders from around the world with its teen programs. In addition, he provides fresh water to 250,000 people a day in India in order to fight the number one killer of children in that country-waterborne diseases.

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Mr. Robbins is the author of seven international bestsellers. His most recent book, LIFE FORCE: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life and Those You Love, released in February 2022, swept the #1 rankings on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Amazon, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller lists.  

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How To Raise Your Standards To Get ANYTHING YOU WANT

•	Emphasize an internal mindset to achieve goals rather than relying on external motivations. 🌱	•	Develop self-discipline through daily practices to maintain focus and productivity even when initial excitement fades. 🧘‍♂️

Mindset and Internal Power 💡

•	Avoid juggling multiple hard projects simultaneously. Focus on one project at a time for better results and greater impact. 🎯	•	Deeper engagement and skill development lead to more significant opportunities in the long run. 🚀

Focus on Fewer Projects 📚

•	Adopt a slow and steady approach to productivity. Work smarter with consistent, manageable effort. ⏳	•	Avoid overloading yourself with activities and maintain a balanced schedule for better outcomes. ⚖️

Sustainable Productivity 🌿

•	Focus solely on writing during college led to a successful writing career. 🖋️	•	Patience and dedication to primary goals can yield more meaningful and fruitful results over time. 🌳

Long-term Focus and Patience ⏱️

•	Do fewer things but do them exceptionally well, particularly in educational settings. 📘	•	Quality over quantity: excel in a few areas rather than spreading yourself too thin across multiple endeavors. 🏅

Avoiding Overcommitment in Education 🎓

Cal Newport explains how to work on multiple projects with burning out.

Cal also provides feedback on viral YouTube videos that show people studying for 10 hours per day. More importantly, Cal explains why this shouldn't happen.

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The understanding of divine wisdom and mercy as it relates to the concealment of the future has practical implications for daily living. It encourages individuals to adopt a balanced approach to life, where they plan and strive for their goals while remaining flexible and adaptable to unforeseen changes.

This perspective promotes resilience, enabling individuals to recover from setbacks and view challenges as opportunities for growth. It also fosters a sense of gratitude, as people learn to appreciate the present moment and the blessings they currently enjoy, without being overshadowed by the fear of future losses.

The uncertainty surrounding death and other adverse events is not merely an act of mercy but also a profound expression of divine wisdom. This uncertainty compels humans to cultivate virtues such as patience, resilience, and faith. It encourages them to develop a deeper reliance on the divine and to seek solace in the spiritual rather than the temporal.

In the face of uncertainty, faith becomes a vital anchor. The belief in a wise and merciful divine being who orchestrates the universe with perfect knowledge and compassion provides a profound sense of security and peace. Trusting in the divine plan, even when the future is obscure, allows individuals to navigate life’s challenges with courage and hope.

This trust is not a passive resignation but an active engagement with life’s trials and tribulations. It involves striving to do one’s best in every situation, with the confidence that the divine wisdom will ensure the best possible outcome. It transforms the fear of the unknown into an opportunity for spiritual growth and self-discovery.

By embracing the uncertainty of the future and trusting in the divine plan, individuals can navigate life’s challenges with courage and hope. They can live more fully in the present, appreciating the moments of joy and tranquility without being overshadowed by the fear of the unknown. In this way, the veil of the unseen becomes not a barrier but a blessing, guiding humanity toward a more meaningful and purposeful existence.

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Third, discover where your intellectual arrogance is causing disabling ignorance and overcome it. Far too many people—especially people with great expertise in one area—are contemptuous of knowledge in other areas or believe that being bright is a substitute for knowledge. First-rate engineers, for instance, tend to take pride in not knowing anything about people. Human beings, they believe, are much too disorderly for the good engineering mind.

Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong. More often, people know what they are not good at—and even then more people are wrong than right. And yet, a person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weaknesses, let alone on something one cannot do at all.

The only way to discover your strengths is through feedback analysis. Whenever you make a key decision or take a key action, write down what you expect will happen. Nine or 12 months later, compare the actual results with your expectations. I have been practicing this method for 15 to 20 years now, and every time I do it, I am surprised. The feedback analysis showed me, for instance—and to my great surprise—that I have an intuitive understanding of technical people, whether they are engineers or accountants or market researchers.

Practiced consistently, this simple method will show you within a fairly short period of time, maybe two or three years, where your strengths lie—and this is the most important thing to know. The method will show you what you are doing or failing to do that deprives you of the full benefits of your strengths. It will show you where you are not particularly competent. And finally, it will show you where you have no strengths and cannot perform.

Second, work on improving your strengths. Analysis will rapidly show where you need to improve skills or acquire new ones. It will also show the gaps in your knowledge—and those can usually be filled. Mathematicians are born, but everyone can learn trigonometry.

Amazingly few people know how they get things done. Indeed, most of us do not even know that different people work and perform differently. Too many people work in ways that are not their ways, and that almost guarantees nonperformance. For knowledge workers, How do I perform? may be an even more important question than What are my strengths?

The second thing to know about how one performs is to know how one learns. Many first-class writers—Winston Churchill is but one example—do poorly in school. They tend to remember their schooling as pure torture. Yet few of their classmates remember it the same way. They may not have enjoyed the school very much, but the worst they suffered was boredom. The explanation is that writers do not, as a rule, learn by listening and reading. They learn by writing.

This article challenges readers to take responsibility for managing their futures, both in and out of the office.

Throughout history, people had little need to manage their careers—they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, they relied on their companies to chart their career paths. But times have drastically changed. Today we must all learn to manage ourselves. What does that mean? As Peter Drucker tells us in this seminal article first published in 1999, it means we have to learn to develop ourselves. We have to place ourselves where we can make the greatest contribution to our organizations and communities. And we have to stay mentally alert and engaged during a 50-year working life, which means knowing how and when to change the work we do. It may seem obvious that people achieve results by doing what they are good at and by working in ways that fit their abilities. But, Drucker says, very few people actually know—let alone take advantage of—their fundamental strengths. He challenges each of us to ask ourselves: What are my strengths? How do I perform? What are my values? Where do I belong? What should my contribution be? Don’t try to change yourself, Drucker cautions. Instead, concentrate on improving the skills you have and accepting assignments that are tailored to your individual way of working. If you do that, you can transform yourself from an ordinary worker into an outstanding performer. Today’s successful careers are not planned out in advance. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they have asked themselves those questions and have rigorously assessed their unique characteristics. This article challenges readers to take responsibility for managing their futures, both in and out of the office.

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Identify Patterns: Keep a mood record to recognize what impacts your mood positively or negatively.Break the Isolation Cycle: Increase your engagement in positive activities and social interactions to counteract depression.Focus on Vision and Attention: Pay close attention to your life and addressing issues proactively.

Self-Comparison for Improvement: Measure your progress against your past self rather than others, aiming for consistent improvement.Embrace Humility and Learning: Acknowledge the limits of your knowledge and remain open to learning, which fosters growth.Recognize Intrinsic Value: Understand your own worth and potential for positive impact, treating yourself with kindness and striving for betterment.Commit to Positive Actions: Dedicate yourself to making positive changes honestly and wholeheartedly.

•	Maintain a daily log to track mood and activities.	•	Schedule regular social activities and outings.•	Set daily or weekly personal improvement goals.•	Reflect on what you’ve learned each day and how you can apply it moving forward.

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🧠 Exercise and brain health: Physical activity boosts neurotransmitters like dopamine, serotonin, and noradrenaline, enhancing mood and focus. 💪 Immediate effects: A single workout can improve attention and reaction times for at least two hours post-exercise. 🔄 Long-term benefits: Regular exercise increases hippocampal volume and improves long-term memory.

🧍‍♂️ Attention and focus: Exercise enhances attention and focus, which depend on the prefrontal cortex.😊 Mood improvement: Sustained exercise maintains higher levels of mood-enhancing neurotransmitters over time.🛡️ Protective effects: Exercise strengthens the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, areas vulnerable to aging and neurodegenerative diseases.

🏋️‍♂️ Accessibility: Achieving benefits requires moderate exercise, like brisk walking, without needing a gym. 🔬 Personal journey: Suzuki’s own experience with exercise led her to shift her research focus to study its brain benefits.

👩‍🔬 Scientific backing: Suzuki’s findings align with a growing body of research supporting exercise’s positive impact on brain function. 🎯 Optimum exercise prescription: Ongoing research aims to tailor exercise recommendations to individual needs for maximum brain health benefits.

A single workout that you do will immediately increase levels of neurotransmitters like dopamine, serotonin, and noradrenaline. That is going to increase your mood right after that workout.

What's the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get inspired to go to the gym as Suzuki discusses the science of how working out boosts your mood and memory -- and protects your brain against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

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Now we have reached the stage where figuring out what to focus on becomes a real possibility.You have experimented with enough ideas to discover one or two options that seem to provide better than average results for you. You’ve overcome the hurdle of wanting more information and the fear of committing to something and now you’ve made a choice. You took the job. You started the business. You signed up for the class. You’re ready.Welcome to the grind. It’s time to put in a volume of work. Not just once or twice. Not just when it’s easy. But a consistent, repeated volume of work.

You’re going to have to try on a lot of clothes before you can simplify down to the essentials. You’ll probably have to buy a lot of clothes before you can really get a feel for what your day-in, day-out style is. I’m not a fan of promoting rampant consumerism, but if that’s the skill set you want to develop then it’s likely going to take some experimentation and effort.

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How many bad meals do you think you need to make before you can whip up a “simple, but tasty dinner” whenever you feel like it? I’d say hundreds at least. I don’t know many people who are amazing cooks after making their tenth meal ever. Developing a deep understanding of the fundamentals of cooking takes a while.

Want to become a great cook?

The more I study successful people from all walks of life—artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, scientists—the more I believe focus is a core factor of success.But there is a problem with this advice too.Of the many options in front of you, how do you know what to focus on? How do you know where to direct your energy and attention? How do you determine the one thing that you should commit to doing?

The best answer I can give is to pay attention. Usually, this means <a href="https://jamesclear.com/measuring">measuring something </a>. <ul><li>If you’re an entrepreneur, track your marketing and promotion efforts. </li><li>If you’re trying to gain muscle, <a href="https://jamesclear.com/workout-journal">track your workouts </a>. </li><li>If you’re learning an instrument, <a href="https://jamesclear.com/stop-procrastinating-seinfeld-strategy">track your practice sessions </a>. </li> </ul>Even when you do measure things, however, there comes a point where you have to make a call and decide what to focus on.

It is through this sheer number of repetitions that you’ll come to understand the fundamentals of your task. You might know what greatness looks like before this point, but you won’t understand how to achieve greatness until you’ve put the work in yourself. In the <a href="https://jamesclear.com/ira-glass-failure">words of Ira Glass </a>, “your taste is good enough that you can tell that what you’re making is kind of a disappointment to you.” You’ll bridge that gap between what you know is good and what you can produce yourself by <a href="https://jamesclear.com/repetitions">putting in the reps </a>. This applies to so many areas of life.

Now, finally, after trying many things and figuring out what to focus on and putting in enough reps, you can begin to simplify. You can trim away the fat because you know what is essential and what is unnecessary. As the Frenchman Blaise Pascal famously wrote in his Provincial Letters, “If I had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter.” Mastering the fundamentals is often the hardest and longest journey of all.

The more I study successful people from all walks of life, the more I believe focus is a core factor of success. But how do you know what to focus on?

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But whenever I talk about the stages of grief, I have to remind people that the stages aren’t linear and may not happen in this order. It’s not a map but it provides some scaffolding for this unknown world. There’s denial, which we say a lot of early on: This virus won’t affect us . There’s anger: You’re making me stay home and taking away my activities. There’s bargaining: Okay, if I social distance for two weeks everything will be better, right? There’s sadness: I don’t know when this will end. And finally there’s acceptance.

Understanding the stages of grief is a start

Unhealthy anticipatory grief is really anxiety, and that’s the feeling you’re talking about. Our mind begins to show us images. My parents getting sick. We see the worst scenarios. That’s our minds being protective. Our goal is not to ignore those images or to try to make them go away — your mind won’t let you do that and it can be painful to try and force it. The goal is to find balance in the things you’re thinking . If you feel the worst image taking shape, make yourself think of the best image. We all get a little sick and the world continues.

Let’s go back to anticipatory grief

Acceptance, as you might imagine, is where the power lies. We find control in acceptance. I can wash my hands. I can keep a safe distance. I can learn how to work virtually.

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You can also think about how to let go of what you can’t control. What your neighbor is doing is out of your control. What is in your control is staying six feet away from them and washing your hands. Focus on that.

Finally, it’s a good time to stock up on compassion. Everyone will have different levels of fear and grief and it manifests in different ways. A coworker got very snippy with me the other day and I thought, That’s not like this person; that’s how they’re dealing with this. I’m seeing their fear and anxiety. So be patient. Think about who someone usually is and not who they seem to be in this moment.

Yes. Sometimes we try not to feel what we’re feeling because we have this image of a “gang of feelings.” If I feel sad and let that in, it’ll never go away. The gang of bad feelings will overrun me. The truth is a feeling that moves through us. We feel it and it goes and then we go to the next feeling. There’s no gang out to get us. It’s absurd to think we shouldn’t feel grief right now. Let yourself feel the grief and keep going.

During the global pandemic, a palpable sense of collective grief has emerged. Grief expert David Kessler says that grief is actually multiple feelings that we must manage. In an interview with HBR, he explains how the classic five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, sadness, acceptance) apply today, and the practical steps we can take to manage the anxiety. Those include balancing bad thoughts with good; focusing on the present; letting go of things you can’t control; and stocking up on compassion. Kessler also talks about a sixth stage of grief: meaning. After acceptance, he says, we will find meaning in the hard-to-fathom events and we will be stronger for it.

That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief

Jim Rohn, a sage in the world of personal development, kicks off his success strategy with a clear directive: “Get Serious.” But let’s unpack that. What does it actually mean to get serious about your life? It’s about infusing your daily existence with intense purpose and unwavering commitment. It’s a call to stop drifting and start steering – deliberately and passionately – towards your dreams.

Why Seriousness is Your Passion Game Changer

Here’s where many of us falter. It’s one thing to set a goal, it’s another to act on it. To truly get serious, you must transform your aspirations into actionable plans. This means breaking down lofty goals into tangible steps you can start on today – not someday.For example, if you aim to be a thought leader in your field, start by consistently reading current research, writing your insights, and engaging with the community. Each of these actions should be as habitual as checking your Medium feed.

From Dreaming to Doings

Part of getting serious, as Rohn teaches, is setting crystal-clear goals. And these aren’t just any goals; these are detailed visions of where you want your life to be in the next five to ten years, spanning your finances, career, and personal achievements. This level of specificity in goal setting does more than provide clarity – it fuels motivation and guides your daily decisions.

The Science of Goal Setting

This is where the rubber meets the road. Discipline and consistency are the engines of long-term success. They keep you moving forward when motivation dips and when obstacles loom large. Discipline means you’re committed to a regular routine that edges you closer to your goals, day in and day out.And let’s talk about consistency. This isn’t just about sticking with it – it’s about making your goals so embedded in your daily life that working towards them becomes as routine as your morning coffee.

Discipline and Consistency: Your Secret Weapons

Getting serious isn’t just the first step; it’s the foundation of all the success that follows. It’s about making a pact with yourself that your goals are worth pursuing with all the vigor you can muster.As you navigate through your journey, think of getting serious as more than a step – it’s a commitment to excellence in your personal and professional life. Let this be the year you transform “one day” into day one of your success story. Here’s to getting serious about your greatness!

Wrapping Up: Your Serious Commitment

Getting serious means your goals are no longer items on a wish list; they become the core of your daily agenda. This shift is profound because it turns passive hopes into active engagement. Every choice and every action starts to matter – a lot.

Think about it this way: if your goal is to run a marathon, every workout, every meal, and every night’s sleep is part of your training regimen. Similarly, if your ten-year plan includes financial freedom, every financial decision you make today should be a step toward that goal.

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In our world, richly woven with threads of progress and prosperity, stark contrasts between affluence and poverty persistently remind us of unresolved global disparities. Two ancient phrases resonate with unsettling clarity amidst this modern backdrop: “I am full, what does it matter to me if someone else dies of hunger?” and “You work, I will eat.” These statements, far from being obsolete, provide profound reflections on the enduring human conflict – the tug-of-war between self-interest and collective welfare.

Two Phrases

The first saying sheds light on a troubling truth – the ease with which personal satisfaction can foster indifference to the suffering of others. This observation is not an indictment of personal success; rather, it is a call to broaden our horizons of empathy. It prompts us to extend our concern beyond our immediate social circles to include the broader community. Cultivating true empathy transcends grand gestures; it begins with simple, everyday acts.

The Call to Empathy in a Divided World

The second phrase lays bare the grim reality of exploitation – an imbalance where the labor of many disproportionately benefits a few. This stark realization compels us to advocate for fairness and equity in our interactions. Ensuring that everyone receives just recognition and reward for their labor is not merely an act of fairness but a foundational principle for maintaining a society’s moral compass. Striving for equity means acknowledging and valuing each individual not merely for their economic utility but for their inherent human worth.

Advocating for Justice in Systems of Inequity

These ancient expressions do more than reverberate through the annals of history; they challenge us to examine and redefine our societal roles. They encourage us to reflect on how we, as individuals, can contribute to fostering a world that prioritizes compassion over apathy, justice over exploitation. Engaging in community service, supporting initiatives that promote equality, or extending simple acts of kindness are practical ways we can embody these values. Each gesture of generosity creates a cascade of goodwill, inspiring further acts of kindness and strengthening the fabric of our societ

Drawing from Ancient Wisdom to Inspire Modern Change

A Call to Integrate Ancient Insights into Our Daily Lives These ancient aphorisms remind us that our greatest strength lies not in our independence, but in our profound interdependence. They guide us towards a more empathetic and equitable existence and urge us to build a future where every individual is not only acknowledged but cherished and valued.

These timeless insights offer us the keys to a richer, more fulfilling human experience – a clarion call to create a world where empathy and fairness are not merely ideals but the bedrock of our daily interactions. As we move forward, let us carry these lessons in our hearts and actions, striving to forge a world that reflects our deepest values of dignity, fairness, and human solidarity.

In our world, richly woven with threads of progress and prosperity, stark contrasts between affluence and poverty persistently remind us of unresolved global disparities. Two ancient phrases resonate…

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