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How To DESTROY Negative Thoughts (And Rewire Your Brain) | Tony Robbins

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Codie Sanchez

Marketing, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.9 β€’ 970 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Most people think mindset is everything. Tony Robbins knows better β€” it's what comes before mindset that determines whether you break through or break down. After 49 years coaching everyone from world leaders to suicidal strangers, the legendary peak performance strategist has cracked the code on why most people set goals they never keep, make decisions they never follow through on, and stay stuck in patterns they know are destroying their lives. In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Tony breaks down the exact three-step formula for creating breakthroughs that actually last: state, story, and strategy β€” in that order. We dive into why your emotional state controls everything you perceive, how the stories you tell yourself become the limitations you live by, and why even the best strategy in the world won't work if you're in the wrong state when you try to execute it. Tony reveals why fasting is easier than dieting (absolutes beat negotiation every time), how a general made a 10-year Pentagon decision in 40 minutes, and why most people confuse deciding with committing when real transformation requires resolve. But this isn't theory β€” it's applied psychology from the trenches. Tony walks through his actual intervention process, why he asks 167 questions before making one statement, how he reads people's top two human needs in minutes, and why sometimes you have to offend someone to actually help them. We get into why positive thinking is bullshit without capability, how a $78,000 betrayal became his greatest teacher, and why the law of attraction is real but dangerously incomplete. If you've ever set a New Year's resolution and abandoned it by February, or if you're tired of knowing what to do but not doing it, this episode will rewire how you think about change, discipline, and what it actually takes to destroy the negative thoughts holding you back. Protect what you own. Next makes it fast, simple, and painless. Check it out: https://nextinsurance.com/codie Tony's hosting his final Time to Rise Summit β€” three days, completely free, January 29-31. Over a million people from 193 countries have transformed their lives through this event. Sign up at https://www.timetorisesummit.com ___________ 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:01 The Three S's to Breakthrough: State, Story, and Strategy 00:05:22 Why Your Story Controls Your Life More Than Anything Else 00:12:02 Decision, Commitment, and Resolve: The Three-Part Process 00:25:55 The Law of Attraction is Real But Not Enough 00:30:46 Why You Can't Please Everyone and Still Have Impact 00:35:21 The Oprah Story: When Support Becomes Enabling 00:43:51 The Six Human Needs and How They Drive Everything 00:46:00 Partnership Mistakes and the Three Questions for Evaluating Anyone 00:54:20 How Tony Prepares for Events: Obsessive Preparation Meets Improvisation 00:56:11 Time to Rise Summit: The Free Event Born from COVID ___________ MORE FROM BIGDEAL πŸŽ₯ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podcastbigdeal πŸ“Έ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigdeal.podcast πŸ“½οΈ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@big.deal.pod MORE FROM CODIE SANCHEZ πŸŽ₯ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@codiesanchezct πŸ“Έ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codiesanchez πŸ“½οΈ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realcodiesanchez OTHER THINGS WE DO 🌐 Our community: https://contrarianthinking.typeform.com/to/WBztXXID πŸ“° Free newsletter: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3XWLlZp πŸ“š Biz buying course: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3NhjGgN 🏠 Resibrands: https://resibrands.com/ πŸ’° CT Capital: https://contrarianthinking.biz/4eRyGOk 🏦 Main St Hold Co: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3YfGa8u Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There is so much. If you think it, you will get it. But I still don't think it's going to fix everything for me. No, no. I mean, listen, whatever you think about consistently, you tend to manifest in your life. But there are other things beyond just that one force of what you want. To think otherwise is think you're the center of the universe, which is absurd to me. So you're saying the law of attraction is going to say, no, law of attraction is real. It's one of dozens, dozens of laws.

0:22.7

And you're saying that's the whole game?

0:24.6

I'm sitting the law of attractions is real. I said, no, law of attraction is real. It's one of dozens, dozens of laws. And you're saying that's the whole game?

0:23.6

I'm sitting down with the iconic Tony Robbins, modern-day philosopher, author.

0:28.6

If you're sick of the platitudes and the manifesting and unable to build a tactical,

0:33.6

sustainable daily approach to improving your life, today's episode is for you.

0:36.6

Stop creating flimsy New Year's resolutions. Change your life for real today with me. So many people feel like they can't say the thing that might actually help because it might hurt somebody's feelings. Where do we get up this thing that you're not supposed to offend anybody? If you're not going to offend anybody, you're not going to have any impact. Sometimes you've got to do what's

0:54.2

uncomfortable. Otherwise, you're just making yourself feel good. I can make myself feel good and go, gosh, that's so horrible, I understand. F that. Some part of you wants transformation or you wouldn't be in my presence, and it's going to happen. We all tell ourselves stories about things. Our narrative of our life controls our life more than anything else. So you have to divorce your limitations and marry the truth of your unlimited ability.

1:15.5

One of the biggest lies that we are told because it seems nice instead of true today.

1:25.6

Okay, I want to talk about a million things with you. I've been so excited to have this conversation.

1:29.3

Great to have you. Thanks for taking the time. I want to talk about a thing that I used to think was

1:34.2

touchy-feely. And then actually, you were one of the first guys that made me realize you could have all the tools,

1:39.4

all the tactics, all the metrics. But if you don't have your mind right, none of it will work.

1:44.1

Right. And one of the things

1:45.3

that I love about you is you've beaten into my mind that peak performance starts with mindset.

1:51.1

Yes. And that that is not actually a touchy-feely thing. But you've also hinted that in some ways,

1:56.6

there's something that comes before mindset. And why is the order of that so important?

2:01.9

This actually came because for, oh gosh, this is going to be my 49th year. I've traveled the earth

2:06.9

at a really unique time. I've been in every single major country in the world. I've clients in every

2:11.3

country of the world. So 193 countries give an idea. And so after a while, you recognize patterns.

2:16.9

And one of the patterns that I began to recognize is what creates a breakthrough. Because I'm interested not in just managing something or making it better. I want to scale something. I want to see it grow. So or a breakthrough in your personal life. Same thing. Somebody's going along and they try to change, don't fall through, try to change, don't fall through, beat themselves up. What is the difference in the person who beat themselves up in the time when she finally, he or she finally broke through? And what I found is there's actually three elements to it. And the reason most people fail to have a breakthrough I experience is that they go after them in the wrong sequence. It's kind of like if you know the right numbers to a vault and you put them in the wrong order, you don't get the treasure, right? Same thing with your phone number. You don't

2:54.1

reach the person. So I'll give you the three Ss to a breakthrough. The first one is not the most

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