Awaken the giant within
by Tony Robbins · first published 1991
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Self-help guide built on the pain-pleasure principle, showing how to control your emotional state, raise standards, change limiting beliefs, and build habits. Suits readers wanting motivation.
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on “Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?” ↗Cliché, but "Awaken the Giant Within" by Tony Robbins. It wasn't the book itself that changed my life, it was the exposure to all of the underlying ideas & philosophies that then significantly changed my life. I know many people can't stand…
on “Ask HN: What book changed your life?” ↗It's kinda cliched, but Tony Robbins' stuff always helps me. I'd try Awaken The Giant Within and/or Unlimited Power. Another good motivational book is Relentless by Tim S. Grover. There's also Unleash The Warrior Within by Richard Machowicz.
on “Ask HN: Books to read when you are down and lost” ↗I'm not sure if this is non-fiction enough for you but, Tony Robbins, "Awaken the Giant Within" is one of my favorites. It is a good self help type book. It comes in Kindle too. http://www.amazon.com/Awaken-Giant-Within-Immediate-Emotiona...
on “Ask HN: Good books?” ↗…dilemma & Innovator's solution- why big companies almost always get beaten by startups and how to overcome this 10x Rule by Grant Cardone - you must take 10x more action than you think to get success Awaken the Giant Within - you can motivate yourself to do anything via the "Pain Pleasure Principle" Bold: How to go big, make wealth, and change the world - some strategies from Musk, Bezos, Diamandis/Singularity U The Art…
on “Ask HN: What books have made the biggest impact on your mental models?” ↗…vacuous books of the kind Chesterton talks about. I guess he thought I wasn't 'successful', and it would teach me how! By then I'd already read and got a lot from some of the useful books in the field - Awaken the Giant Within, Life 101, How to Win Friends and Influence People, The New Guide to Rational Living, Effortless Mastery, The Art of Possibility etc. For the kind of success I value most, I've been inspired for decades…
on “How to Be Successful” ↗Even within a single language the words that we chose to use shape our mental and emotional states. Tony Robbins talks about this in his book Awaken the Giant Within (highly recommend)
on “How the Languages We Speak Shape Our Realities” ↗David Allen - Getting things done Steven Pressfield - The War of Art + Turning Pro Tony Robbins - Awaken the giant within (maybe he's released a better book than that now, but it was impactful personally back in the 90s)
on “Ask HN: What book should I buy for my 18th birthday?” ↗Will probably get downvoted here, but read a self-help book. Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins is one of the better ones based on the various areas of your life. (Raising Standards, Limiting Beliefs, Change your Strategy) If you don't read this book, there's plenty of others regarding…
on “Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?” ↗You should talk to some close friends and ask they to tell you about your strengths. After that, I highly recommend that you read the "Awaken the Giant Within : How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny" by Tony Robbins. Author said that you should focus on your strengths
on “Ask HN: How to find what I am really good at?” ↗I have finally been able to form a habit that I wanted for more than a few decades and the book which helped me finally get it was "Awaken the Giant Within" by Anthony Robbins. This was my third or so reading of the book and this time it clicked! It's a bit dense book which seems to have aged well (and you may have to look past some of marketing for his…
on “The Simple Guide to Building and Breaking Habits” ↗Where are you? What are you doing now? What is your next big project? Love Awaken the Giant Within. I've been trying to sell online guitar courses for many years, but now I've settled on doing well-paying remote IT contracts and taking months off in between to practice jazz guitar improvisation. I…
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on “Ask HN: Psychology Books” ↗…while you are learning and not earning. But that's how it was with your original degree - wasn't it? If you have a keen desire, then you will accomplish your goals. Read some Anthony Robbins, e.g. Awaken the Giant Within. Everything is possible, and you have to work for it, which means you really have to want it.
on “Is this really realistic: self-taught programmer?” ↗…Whereas others associate going to the gym with "I want to feel good and have more energy". The trick is being able to combine the power of habit (cue) with pain and pleasure. All of this can be read in Awaken the Giant Within by T. Robbins. Oldie but a goodie classic on this stuff.
on “Ask HN: Are there any systematic and scientific ways to develop a habit?” ↗