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Tony Robbins, personal growth expert: 'The only way to feel gratitude is to get out of yourself and notice grace in your
🇦🇷 Argentina /Culture & Society

Tony Robbins, personal growth expert: 'The only way to feel gratitude is to get out of yourself and notice grace in your life and in others'

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Personal growth expert Tony Robbins states that excessive self-focus is the root of suffering.
  • He identifies gratitude as the quickest escape from this cycle, asserting one cannot suffer and be grateful simultaneously.
  • Robbins suggests replacing expectations with gratitude for immediate emotional transformation and a new life perspective.

Suffering stems from an excessive focus on oneself, according to personal growth expert Tony Robbins. He explained in a motivational talk that the human mind naturally identifies what is wrong, reinforcing negative emotions when attention becomes trapped in the ego.

There is only one reason you suffer. You are focused on yourself. The focus on oneself creates suffering.

— Tony RobbinsRobbins explains his core belief about the origin of suffering.

"There is only one reason you suffer. You are focused on yourself. The focus on oneself creates suffering," Robbins stated. While acknowledging the ego as a universal human trait, he warned that dwelling in selfishness deepens discomfort. "The nature of the human mind defines what is wrong. And we are all selfish sometimes, but if you stay in selfishness, you suffer," he added.

The nature of the human mind defines what is wrong. And we are all selfish sometimes, but if you stay in selfishness, you suffer.

— Tony RobbinsRobbins elaborates on the role of ego and selfishness in creating suffering.

Robbins proposes gratitude as the most effective and immediate solution to this cycle of suffering. "There is no better way. You cannot suffer and be grateful. You cannot be grateful and suffer at the same time," he asserted, describing it as an instantly accessible tool. He believes this shift is not dependent on external factors but on a conscious decision to alter one's focus.

There is no better way. You cannot suffer and be grateful. You cannot be grateful and suffer at the same time.

— Tony RobbinsRobbins describes gratitude as an immediate and powerful antidote to suffering.

"The only way to feel gratitude is to get out of yourself and notice the grace in your life and in others," Robbins explained. He also offered a practical exercise for immediate emotional change: substitute expectations with gratitude. "Do you want a different life right now? Do you want to transform your joy right now? Change your expectations for gratitude and you will have a completely new life," he concluded.

The only way to feel gratitude is to get out of yourself and notice the grace in your life and in others.

— Tony RobbinsRobbins defines the action required to cultivate gratitude.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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