This quote shares the spiritual side of Anthony Robbins and there are many other quotes similar to this that basically mean the same thing about being appreciative of what you have in life instead of constantly striving yourself for something. When you realize all that you have in life already or how fortunate you are compared to others you can realize what you strive for is already present in your life.
Fear usually manifests itself when you think you are missing something so it is important to realize what you really do have in your life.
Abundance also appears when you realize how much you have when compared to someone else. One time I was meditating by the lake and I had an overcoming feeling of Joy and realized that I had everything that I ever needed just sitting there listening to the waves. I did not think of any possessions in my life or people in my life. Just sitting there listening to the water was all that I needed in my life at that very moment.
Muhammad Ali has said this quote and I didn’t realize that he was a philosopher. Tony Robbins spoke of this as well, I wonder if he got it from Muhammad Ali from one of the many books that he read. It was a very important point to Tony and he has shared multiple times in his books.
Once you tell yourself enough affirmations that you want to belive it becomes a belief. You know that it CAN be true and CAN happen. But once your belief becomes a conviction you KNOW it is true and you KNOW that it can happen.
Be careful with your vocabulary if you used more words like know, can, etc. instead of words like maybe or possible then you will find that you can achieve more. Muhammad Ali is proof of that!
This Wayne Dyer quote reminds me of some success stories that I read in a Tony Robbins book.
The invention of the stick-it notepad was the result of a failure. The man was trying to develop a glue that would hold anything but ended up with something that hardly stuck at all for strength.
Instead of asking himself the wrong questions and getting himself into a frenzy he asked himself, “How could this be useful?”
By asking himself the right questions his brain came up with the answer. If he had asked himself, “Why am I a failure?” his brain would have came up with reasons why and that would throw him into a frenzy.
If any obstacles come your way think to yourself how can I turn this into an opportunity instead.
This quote is close to a Tony Robbins quote that says if you trade expectations for acceptance that abundance will appear in your life.
All-in-all if you get rid of expectations you will never be disappointed but do not follow the self-destructive guideline that some people follow. “Expect the worst and you will never be disappointed.” This is a horrible way to look at life and will only attract the negative into your life. Needless to say every person I know that follows that philosophy are miserable and are not happy with their lives.
Did you know that when people treat you harshly or are bullies are the people that are not happy with their own lives?
Being thankful and grateful on a regular basis will make your life so much happier. I just read an interview for Warren Buffet where he said that being grateful for everything in his life has made his life better.
If you think you have it rough just think of some people that have it rougher than you. It will build empathy and make your problems seem that much smaller. If people are grateful for what they have they will also feel rich inside.
“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears” – Tony Robbins
This quote is somewhere in this gallery as well. The abundance mentioned in this quote does not mean that riches will fall down from the sky. It is meant to mean that once you are grateful and realize all that you have you will feel the abundance that is already in your life.
Popular journalist Ernest Hemingway wrote this quote. How many times have you opened up your mouth too soon before speaking and get yourself into a whole lot of trouble? There is a zen quote that talked about thinking carefully before speaking and of course the famous three gates quote.
“Before you act, listen,” They say that in order to be successful you have to have the ability to act quickly and decisive but wouldn’t that contradict this? No, not really. Successful people have the ability to quickly make decisions by drawing on their past experiences and already knowing their surroundings and always paying attention (“Listening”) to everything going on around them. Another quote, “He who hesitates is lost” is also a contradiction to this quote, but I feel this quote only applies if you already draw on your past experiences, paying attention (“Listening”) to your surroundings, know everything going on around you but are hesitant because you are afraid of the circumstances. At that point, you may lose your chance for an opportunity if you look into these quotes deeper.
“Before you react, think” I’m guilty of this one. My face and body language react much faster than me thinking it through. This creates a misinterpretation if my first reaction does not match what I process (think) about a split second afterward and of course, makes a mess of things when trying to get points across from either side. It takes practice but now that you are aware of it you can catch yourself the next time and realize what you are doing. The more times you catch yourself the easier it will be to stop doing that seemingly automatic response the next time. One thing you can try is to think like Spock and just raise an eyebrow. That makes your reaction questionable about what your reaction is really about. This will give you time to think about it at least.
“Before you spend, earn” You would think this one would be obvious but many people have the idea, “How can I be out of money! I still have checks left!”. Robert Kiyosaki the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad. (Good book by the way even though he supports Trump) talks about how you should never borrow money unless you are making money from it. An example of this is if you want to buy a house on a nice lot of land make sure that you buy a big enough plot of land that you can sell to someone else on land contract. That way his payments to you would cover the payments of your loan and if they stop payments and leave then the money that you received from them would be free and clear then you can sell it to another interested party and start over again. On the Zen thought of this is to of course live as simply as possible. I remember a short Zen story of living simply because we are only here temporarily. Wayne Dyer has often said that if you get rid of more material possessions then you will have that much less to clean, maintain, repair, and insure that will ultimately give you more peace of mind. This part of the quote should be expanded to, “Before you spend, earn, think if you really need it, think if it would be the extra trouble down the road to maintain and insure it, and think if the money could be put to better use, elsewhere.”
“Before you criticize, wait” Maybe you shouldn’t criticize at all. What is the person that you are talking to you like? Can they handle constructive criticism? Some of the best teachers I know will bring up stories of their past or stories of someone else they know that matches the current situation so that the person they are talking to does not take things personally. Some people seem almost impossible to talk to because they take things so personally and this is a good method of teaching. Plato had a great way of teaching that would also help in this situation. He never told his students anything but would rather ask them questions instead so that they had to come up with the answer themselves. (I have a spirit guide that never speaks but makes me come up with questions instead and then only smiles when I seem to be going down the path.) Once the student comes up with the answer on their own they are more likely to remember the answer than when someone tells them the answer.
“Before you pray, forgive” Prayer for many people is like asking for something from a great vending machine in the sky. Praying should be for someone else or for asking guidance on how to solve your own problems. Forgiving before you pray helps clean the slate for doing a proper prayer or meditation. Wayne Dyer said that if praying is talking to God then intuition is God talking to you.
“Before you quit, try” I see too many people with not enough drive or ambition to keep going. After all, it’s never crowded along the extra mile (A great book by Wayne Dyer). Sometimes you have to step back when things are not working and try a different approach. Do not be like the fly trying to leave out the window and keep hitting the glass! Don’t ask yourself the wrong questions like, “why is this not working?” but instead ask yourself, “how can I make this work?” Asking yourself the right questions will help put your mind and body in a better state of mind that will make you succeed better. Tony Robbins has many books that help you with this.
Isn’t this the truth! I have always been a worrywart. This quote from Wayne Dyer reminds me of something he said he learned from one of his teachers. To paraphrase a teacher told him that if you can solve the thing that you are worried about then there is no point to worry. Wayne thought this was really good and wrote it down. Then the teacher said that if you cannot do anything about what you are worrying about then worrying will not do any good!
So that leaves out everything doesn’t it? Think about it if you are worrying all you are doing is pumping up the wrong emotions inside of you. If you are thinking about what could go wrong all you are doing is attracting that to yourself. Worrying does not solve the problem now, does it? All it does is make the problem worse.
Tony Robbins said that if you ask the wrong questions you will get the wrong answers. Don’t ask yourself, “How could he have done this to me!”. All this will do is make your brain think of reasons why. Instead, ask yourself, “How can I make this better?”. Then your mind will think of ways to resolve things and the worries will go down. Who knows? You may come up with a solution for your worries or realize that it wasn’t such a big thing after all!
One thing to ask yourself that will help you in this situation is, “Will this matter 24 hours from now? Will it matter one week from now? Will it matter one year from now?”. The answer more than likely is no and you will discover that it isn’t as big of a deal after all and that you could manage it.
