6 powerful lessons from Tony Robbins on being outstanding

A few weeks ago I attended Unleash the Power Within, a 4-day seminar by Tony Robbins. It was a birthday gift from my husband. Tony Robbins is arguably the most successful coach in the world. You need to pay a million dollars to be coached one-to-one by him. He was coaching the president of the United States when he was 31. He has also coached Serena Williams among others.

You would assume he started with powerful connections but no. He was chased out of the house by his mother with a knife when he was 16. Now, he fills arenas with thousands of people. To say I was keen to see what he does in these seminars would be an understatement. Here are my top learnings from the experience.

We follow people for us, not for them.

So there I was in an arena with 12,000 other people. The participants had traveled from 62 countries. Twelve translators were working tirelessly in their booths. The conference lasted 13 hours every day.

When Robbins came to the stage, the crowd went wild. On the big screens, I saw the words: Let Tony hear you. And, surprisingly, I found myself cheering as loudly as I could!

I say surprisingly because I am not the “groupie” type of person. I never idolized stars, even as a teenager. I had a sore throat…