KEY 1
Feed and Strengthen Your Mind
If you’re feeling depressed, frustrated, fearful - you’ve got to feed your mind. Every single day you’ve got to feed and strengthen your mind. Leaders are readers. Don’t let a day go by without reading 30 minutes a day. Read something that’s gonna make you grow - a philosophy to guide your life or a strategy that makes you more successful. This saved me when I was homeless at 17. A few months earlier, I had worked for a man moving houses, and he shared with me how his life changed by going to a seminar. It cost $35, which was a week’s pay for me working as a janitor making $40 a week. But I decided to invest in myself. And those ideas from the seminar kept me going when I was at rock bottom sleeping on the streets. I took buses to a bookstore and bought a book, The Magic of Believing by Claude Bristol, with the little money I had. It was about training your mind for certainty and belief. I did the exercises, like writing my goals on the mirror with soap. It transformed me. I stopped being depressed and started conditioning my mind daily. I’ll never forget going to that bookstore in Claremont, California. I rode the bus 40 minutes each way to get there. And I remember sitting on the floor for hours reading, immersing myself. It was a success and spiritual bookstore. I couldn’t afford to buy a bunch of books, so I’d read them there, taking notes. I went to the library too, but I always invested in at least one book, so I had more skin in the game. I treated those books like gold. I never missed a day reading. And as I started to get my life together, make a little money, I started buying audio programs to listen to while I was driving or working out. I remember spending $300, an enormous sum for me then, on a set of cassette tapes and workbooks from a guy named Jim Rohn. I listened to those tapes over and over till they practically disintegrated. I was hungry to learn. Leaders are readers. Earners are learners. You’ve got to stand guard at the door of your mind and be proactive about feeding it, strengthening it, conditioning it for success and positivity every day. What you put in shapes you. I’ll never forget, Jim Rohn said, “Every day, stand guard at the door of your mind.” He gave the analogy of a cup of coffee. If your best friend drops a teaspoon of strychnine in there accidentally, you’re dead. What gets in your mind, even by accident, can poison you if you’re not careful. You have to proactively decide what goes in.
TONY ROBBINS’ 5 KEYS TO CONSTANTLY PROGRESS & AVOID FAILURE
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