Reasons come first:
“Reasons come first, answers come second.”
– Tony Robbins / Jim Rohn
The meaning behind the quote:
Victor Frankl in his book man’s search for meaning says, “a man who has a why can bear any how.”
If you have enough reasons for doing something you’ll find the answers.
The ideal is you want to be selective in the things you search for, don’t let the world dictate 100 different desires simultaneously because the results will be sporadic and non-meaningful.
Select but a few things to focus on at once, and be very careful of the questions you ask. That’s the meaning behind the quote:
“If you keep knocking on the devil’s door, sooner or later someone will answer you”
Tony says,
“The brain’s like a computer ask it a question it’ll have to come up with an answer. It may say, “because you deserve it, you idiot.”
Some one will say, how come I can never lose weight?
You can lose weight, but if you keep saying, ‘how come I can’t ever lose weight?’ then we’ve got to come with an answer and it goes, because you’re a pig.
Lousy questions, create lousy answers, ask a better question, get a better answer. Now, here’s what I want you to get. I want you to get that you can change your state. And if you get the habit of doing it, you’ll have have a different life.”
“Basically, if you go looking for trouble, it’ll come find you.”
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Success
Quotes
“In life you need either inspiration or desperation.”
Happiness
Quotes
“I can tell you the secret to happiness in one word: progress.”
Time Management quotes
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Self Discipline
Quotes
“Complexity is the enemy of execution.”
Questions
Quotes
“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”
Change Your Life Quotes
“We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.”
Fear
Quotes
“It takes no courage to be a pessimist, to say it’s not going to work”
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