In his book Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement, performance coach Tony Robbins shares 7 beliefs that he synthesized from hundreds of interviews with some of the most successful people.

Here, we quote a few points by Robbins that bring out the gist of these 7 beliefs well.

1. Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves us.

• Take a moment to think again about your beliefs. Do you generally expect things to work out well or to work out poorly? Do you see the potential in a situation, or do you see the roadblocks?

• Many people tend to focus on the negative more than the positive. The first step toward changing that is to recognize it. Belief in limits creates limited people… The leaders in our culture are the people who see the possibilities, who can go into a desert and see a garden.

2. There is no such thing as failure.

• People always succeed in getting some sort of results. The super successes of our culture aren’t people who do not fail, but simply people who know that if they try something and it doesn’t give them what they want, they’ve had a learning experience. They use what they’ve learned and simply try something else. They take some new actions and produce some new results.

• Think about it. What is the one asset, the one benefit you have today over yesterday?  The answer of course is experience. People who fear failure make internal representations of what might not work in advance. This is what keeps them from taking the very action that could ensure the accomplishment of their desires.

3. Whatever happens, take responsibility.

• Achievers tend to believe that no matter what happens, whether it’s good or bad, they created it. If they didn’t cause it by their physical actions, maybe they did by the level and tenor of their thoughts. Now, I don’t know if this is true. No scientist can prove that our thoughts create our reality. But it’s a useful lie. It’s an empowering belief. That’s why I choose to believe in it.

• If you don’t believe you’re creating your world, whether it be your successes or your failures, then you’re at the mercy of circumstances. Things just happen to you. You’re an object, not a subject.

4. It’s not necessary to understand everything to be able to use everything.

• You can spend all your time studying the roots, or you can learn to pick the fruit. Successful people aren’t necessarily the ones with the most information, the most knowledge. There were probably plenty of scientists and engineers at Stanford and Cal Tech who knew more about computer circuitry than Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak, but they were some of the most effective at using what they had. They were the ones who got results.

5. People are your greatest resource.

• To say you treat people with respect and to do it are not the same thing. Those who succeed are the most effective in saying to others, ‘How can we do this better?’ ‘How can we fix this?’ ‘How can we produce greater results? They know that one man alone, no matter how brilliant, will find it very difficult to match the collaborative talents of an effective team.

6. Work is play.

• Do you know any person who has achieved massive success by doing what he hates? I don’t. One of the keys to success is making a successful marriage between what you do and what you love. Pablo Picasso once said, “When I work, I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.”

• Researchers are finding surprising things about workaholics these days. There are some people who seem maniacally focused on work because they love it. It challenges them, it excites them, it makes their life richer. These people tend to look at work as the way most of us look at play. They see it as a way to stretch themselves, to learn new things, to explore new avenues.

7. There’s no abiding success without commitment.

• Individuals who succeed have a belief in the power of commitment. If there’s a single belief that seems almost inseparable from success, it’s that there’s no great success without great commitment. If you look at successful people in any field, you’ll find they’re not necessarily the best and the brightest, the fastest and the strongest. You’ll find they’re the ones with the most commitment. The great Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova once said, “To follow without halt, one aim: there’s the secret of success.”

Unlimited Power is a great read for anyone on the quest to change their mindset. And while there are many more beliefs that can help you nurture excellence; these will serve you as a great start.

We suggest that you note these seven along with your other positive beliefs and start practicing them today, regardless of whether you have identified your limiting beliefs yet or not.

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