Book : Notes From A Friend A Quick And Simple Guide To...

-Titulo Original : Notes From A Friend: A Quick And Simple Guide To Taking Charge Of Your Life

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Simon & Schuster

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Now updated with new material, Notes from a Friend is a concise and easy-to-understand guide to the most powerful and life-changing tools and principles from Tony Robbins, bestselling author and an international leader in peak performance. Starting in 1991, a self-published version of this book has been handed out to thousands of people in need, as part of the Tony Robbins Foundation’s Thanksgiving “Basket Brigade.” The book helped so many individuals overcome the most challenging circumstances that people repeatedly asked to purchase it for themselves and for their friends. Now, for the first time, it is available to you in this special, updated edition containing new material. Buy this book and you change a life. Read this book and you’ll change your own. Review “More than a note from a friend -- an indispensable guide! ” -Arnold Schwarzenegger “Vintage Tony Robbins . . . It distills the complexity of the human potential movement into one single but powerful idea.” -James Redfield, author of The Celestine Prophecy “Tony’s warmth, passion, and commitment will inspire you to truly master your life and touch others in the process.” -Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D., co-author of The One-Minute Manager About the Author Tony Robbins is an entrepreneur, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and philanthropist honored by Accenture as one of the top fifty business intellectuals in the world. Robbins is a leader called upon by leaders: He’s consulted and coached some of the world’s greatest athletes, entertainers, Fortune 500 CEOs, and four US presidents. Robbins is a founder, partner, or early investor in 100 privately held businesses with combined sales exceeding $7 billion annually. Through his philanthropy and partnership with Feeding America, he has provided more than 800 million meals and is on track to provide 1 billion meals by 2025. He lives in Palm Beach, Florida. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Lesson One Feeling Overwhelmed...How to Turn It Around Often in life, events occur that we truly cant control. The company were working for downsizes and we get laid off. Our spouse leaves us. A family member becomes ill, or someone close to us dies. The government cuts a program weve depended on. In these situations, we may feel as if there is simply nothing we can do to make things better. Maybe youve had the experience of trying everything you knew to get a job, to help your family, to find your soulmate, or just to feel happier. But nothing seemed to work. When we try a new approach, try our best, yet we still fail to reach our goal, often we fear trying again. Why? Because we all want to avoid pain! And nobody wants to fail again. Nobody wants to give his or her all, only to be disappointed. Often, after many of these experiences of disappointment, we stop trying! We get to the point where we believe that nothing will work. If you find yourself at the point where youre not even willing to try, youve put yourself in a place called learned helplessness. Youve literally learned -- or taught yourself -- that youre helpless. The good news is that youre wrong. You can make things happen! You can change anything in your life today by changing your perceptions and changing your actions. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas Edison The first step to turning your life around is getting rid of this negative belief that you cant do anything or that youre helpless. How can you do that? Often the reason that people say they cant do something is that theyve tried things in the past that havent worked. But remember -- and Ive used this phrase again and again throughout my life -- YOUR PAST DOES NOT EQUAL YOUR FUTURE. What matters is not yesterday but what you do right now. So many people are trying to drive into the future using a rearview mirror to guide themselves! If you