Quotes from Anthony Robbins

I think one of the greatest gifts our Creator has given us is the gift of anticipation and suspense. How boring life would be if we knew how it would all turn out in advance! The truth is that in life, we never know what's going to happen next! In the next few moments, something could happen that could change the entire direction and quality of your life in an instant. We must learn to love change, for it is the only thing that is certain.

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere. —HENRY KISSINGER

the purpose of business is to produce happiness, not to pile up money.

So if you think you can time the markets, you're wrong.

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When you buy a company, what you're really buying are its assets. So you've got to look at those assets and ask yourself, "Why aren't they doing as well as they should be?" Fully 90% of the time, the reason is management

Of course, not many of us have the experience or time to do this level of research. That's where a talented fiduciary advisor who's an expert in the area might come in handy.

Remember, clarity is power. When your brain knows a real number, your conscious mind will figure out a way to get there.

diversify across time. And that's what dollar-cost averaging does for you.

success leaves clues. People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky; they're doing something differently than everyone else does.

Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they're trying to find someone who's going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.

Para mí, el éxito está en la continuidad del esfuerzo de quien aspira a más.

Here's an example that might prove valuable to you: a friend of mine recently bought a New York City bond where he's getting a 4% return tax free—which, for someone in a high tax bracket, is the equivalent of an approximately 7% return in a taxable bond!

it's not conditions but decisions that determine our lives.

You can also lose everything you've saved and invested. So whatever you put in your Risk/Growth Bucket, you have to be prepared to lose a portion or even all of it if you don't have protective measures in place.

Financial Freedom would mean you're independent, you've got everything you have today, plus two or three significant luxuries you want in the future, and you don't have to work to pay for them either.

Remember, the goal is to take emotion out of investing because emotion is what so often destroys investing success

whatever your favorite investment might be, at some point in your life, you can count on it dropping 50% to 70% in value. While there's unlimited potential for upside in this bucket, never forget that you could lose it all (or at least a significant portion). That's why I call this the Risk/Growth Bucket and not the Growth/Risk Bucket, because growth is not guaranteed, but risk is!

Para la mayoría de la gente, el temor a la pérdida es mucho mayor que el deseo de ganar.

if you make the decision to master your own mind, you'll be mentally equipped to handle whatever challenges come your way.

Las preguntas que solucionan problemas 1. ¿Qué hay de grande en este problema? 2. ¿Qué hay que no sea perfecto todavía? 3. ¿Qué estoy dispuesto a hacer para lograr que sea como yo quiero? 4. ¿Qué estoy dispuesto a no seguir haciendo para lograr que sea como yo quiero? 5. ¿Cómo puedo disfrutar del proceso, mientras hago lo necesario para lograr que sea como yo quiero?

The financial crisis caused tremendous pain, but it also made us reevaluate what's most important in our lives—things that have nothing to do with money. It was a time to get back to basics, to the values that have sustained us through troubled times before. For me, it made me remember the days when I was sleeping in my car homeless and searching for a way to change my life. How did I do it? Books!

A lot of brilliant people are terrible investors. The reason is that they don't have the ability to make decisions with limited information. By the time you get all the information, everyone else knows it, and you no longer have the edge.

Often CEOs get that top job because they're like the guy in college who was the head of the fraternity. He wasn't the smartest guy, but he was the best social guy and a very likeable guy, and so he moved up through the ranks.