7 Human Emotions of Pain and Pleasure by Anthony Robbins

"Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning you give it. If you don't like the way you're feeling, change the meaning." – Anthony Robbins


What are emotions? Emotions are nothing but feelings or a state of mind where your conscious focus generated a certain mental and physical state. The way we feel is arguably the most important thing in life. No matter what we want whether it be more money, better relationships, more time or a better body, it all comes down to emotions. Huh? Yes! See it is not a better body or more money you are really after but rather the feelings you associate to having more money or a better body. Emotions form the core of our lives and more specifically the 7 human emotions that drive our behaviour.

All the emotions we experience are not only rooted in our own minds, but they are even "created" by us. Some people think that the emotions they experience are entirely out of their control and that emotions are spontaneous reactions to the events of our lives. If we are going to take control of our emotions, especially the 7 human emotions, then we need to understand that avoiding, denying or ignoring emotions will harm you more than actually dealing with them.

There are those that believe that there are 7 human emotions that drive all human behaviour. In reality there are only two human emotions that drive us. These two emotions are Pain and Pleasure. Everything we do in our lives we do either out of our need to avoid pain or our need to gain pleasure. These two categories of emotions contain all of either the positive or the negative of the 7 human emotions. Jeremy Bentham said it best: "Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it"

The positive spectrum of the 7 human emotions will drive us to pleasure and that is why we pursue them. The negative spectrum of the 7 human emotions will drive us towards pain and that is why we will do anything to avoid it. It is also important to notice that we will do more to avoid painful emotions than we will do to gain pleasurable emotions as this is instinctive to our nature as human beings.

The 7 human emotions of Pain are:

1. Fear
2. Hatred
3. Anger
4. Greed
5. Jealousy
6. Revenge
7. Superstition

These are the emotions we are all trying to avoid as the experience of them will inevitable be a painful emotion.

The 7 human emotions of pleasure are:
1. Love
2. Sex
3. Hope
4. Faith
5. Sympathy
6. Optimism
7. Loyalty


"The secret of success is learning to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that you are in control of your life. If you don't life controls you" - Anthony Robbins.


All emotions serve a purpose and a very important purpose as such. We all want to experience the positive side of the 7 human emotions and often we seek for it in the wrong places. Drugs, alcohol, smoking ex. are all devises we use to get out of pain and into pleasure. They are things we do to instantaneously suppress the negative emotions we may experience. The truth is that suppressing or ignoring an emotion will only amplify it until you deal with it. If we heed and utilize the signals that emotions give us we can change the quality of our lives and experience of life immediately.

Quality Questions Create a Quality Life By Anthony Robbins

Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential,” says Robbins. “Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”

It is in being honest with yourself and having an open internal dialogue that you will place yourself on the path to success. “You and I have that same power at our disposal every moment of the day,” says Robbins. “At the moment, the questions that we ask ourselves can shape our perception of who we are, what we're capable of, and what we're willing to do to achieve our dreams.”

How do you really want to live? What gets you most excited? When do you feel stuck? What kind of person will you have to become in order to achieve all that you want? These are some of the questions Robbins suggests you ask yourself and answer honestly. “The genuine quality of life comes from consistent, quality questions,” says Robbins. If you ask yourself a great question, your mind will automatically focus on finding better answers and solutions. Conversely, “If you ask a terrible question, you'll get a terrible answer,” he says. “Your mental computer is ever ready to serve you, and whatever question you give it, it will surely come up with an answer.”

Throughout his career, Robbins has been driven by a single question – what makes the difference in the quality of people’s lives? He has since come to realize that it is what we ask of ourselves and how well we look inside to find the answers that plays a key role. Not only does this help us understand our own internal motivations, but it also helps provide focus to our thoughts.

Every night before going to sleep, Robbins suggests asking yourself the following three questions:
What have I learned today?
What have I enjoyed today?
What have I improved or contributed today?

 Simple questions, yet with powerful effects. “Most people never feel secure because they are always worried that they will lose their job, lose the money they already have, lose their spouse, lose their health, and so on,” says Robbins. “The only true security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way, that you are increasing the caliber of who you are and that you are valuable to your company, your friends, and your family.” In asking yourself the above three questions, you can work on improving yourself each and every day.

Every individual has the right to live a life of fulfillment and questions are the key to opening that door. “The power was given to you at the moment you were born,” says Robbins. “Its source is unlimited. And when you seize it, you’ll have everything you need to create a life filled with more passion, excitement, confidence, and joy than you’ve ever dreamed. Isn't it time to unleash the power within and claim your extraordinary potential?”

Personal Power is the Ability to Take Action by Tony Robbins

 The path to success is to take massive, determined action,” says Robbins. “Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision…It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”

Robbins believes that if you want to change your life, you need to avoid taking a passive approach and change it. Set your goals and begin to work towards them, now. Don’t wait for an opportunity to present itself, for if you’re not willing to act now, it never will.

“You are now at a crossroads,” says Robbins. “This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully.”

According to Robbins, there is no such thing as failure, just results. “Consider the adage: Success is the result of good judgment, good judgment is the result of experience, and experience is often the result of bad judgment,” he says. Begin to set your goals and work towards them even knowing that failure is a possibility. “You might say, what if I screw up?” asks Robbins. “Then screw up big! Go for it! Do a big screwup!”

Without goals, without committed action, without mistakes, you will never make a change in your life. You will continue down the same path of mediocrity that you always have. And, while you might find security on that path, you will never achieve a life of fulfillment, believes Robbins. “Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird,” says Robbins. “Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.”

Robbins committed himself long ago to CANI – Constant And Never-ending Improvement, setting new goals at every step along the way. “The most important thing you can do to achieve your goals is to make sure that as soon as you set them, you immediately begin to create momentum,” he says. “The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man who taught me to first write down the goal, and then to never leave the site of setting a goal without first taking some form of positive action toward its attainment.”

In the end, it isn’t the number of goals that you set for yourself that will determine your success; it is only your actions that will decide your destiny. “A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided,” says Robbins. “You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”

Transformational Vocabulary by Anthony Robbins

Did you know that the English language contains some 750,000 words? Yet the average person’s working vocabulary consists of 2,000 – 10,000. Put another way, the average person uses from 0.5 to 1.5 per cent of the words at his disposal. With such amazing resources with which to express our feelings and ideas, why should people accept such an impoverished vocabulary?

William Shakespeare used over 24,000 words and, when none would suffice, created his own, many of which remain in usage today.The power of words to shape our individual realities is tremendous. We need carefully to evaluate our own usage of,words and consistently aspire to elevate and improve our vocabulary. We should use words that constantly empower us to think in terms of positivity and excellence.

We Are What We Say
Linguists say that, culturally, we shape and are shaped by our language. Have you ever noticed yourself adopt the habitual vocabulary of someone you associate closely with or admire? Interestingly

Transformational vocabulary is the conscious use of specially- chosen words and phrases to intensify or diminish any emotional state, positive or negative.

Transforming our habitual vocabulary breaks unresourceful patterns, produces totally different feelings, changes our emotional state and allows us to think in a more qualitative and elevated way.

We cause problems for ourselves when we start habitually using words like furious and humiliated. We must consciously evaluate the impact of words we use on our emotional state or we risk creating more emotional pain than is necessary.

simply by changing your habitual vocabulary—the words you consistently use to describe the emotions of your life—you can instantaneously change how you think, how you feel, and how you live. This is the power of what I now call

Transformational Vocabulary—consciously using your words to empower your life.

How does this work?

Imagine that your five senses funnel a series of sensations toyour brain. You are getting visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and gustatory stimuli, and they are all translated by your sense organs into internal sensations.But how do we know what these images, sounds, and sensations mean? One of the most powerful ways to quickly decide what sensations mean (pain or pleasure?) is to create the labels for them, and these labels are what we know as “words.”However, in our need to make decisions quickly, instead of using all of the words available and finding the most appropriate and accurate description, we form habitual favorites—molds that shape and transform our life experience.

The words we choose—like “depressed,” “humiliated,” “insecure”—may not accurately reflect the actual experience, but the moment we use the word, that label becomes our experience!

For example, several years ago in a business meeting, I received some ratherupsetting news: someone with whom we were negotiating had violated the integrity of our understanding. While this angered and upset me, I couldn’t help but notice how differently the two people sitting next to me responded to the same information. One gentleman was “enraged,” “furious”—his face wasbeet red and he was totally out of control. Another friend seemed hardly moved. When I asked him, “You don’t seem to be upset by this. Aren’t you angry?” He said, “Well, I’m a little peeved. But it’s not worth being upset over.”Now, all three of us had an equal stake in the negotiations, so we should have been impacted equally. How could we respond in such radically different ways?

As I pondered this, I noticed we had all used completely different words to describe the same experience. I was“angry” and “upset,” one man was“furious” and “enraged,” and my friend was “a little peeved.” Peeved? I thought this was the stupidest word I’d ever heard! I would never use such a word to describe my emotions. But then I began to wonder, “What if I used the word ‘peeved’ to describe my emotions? How would I begin to feel?” For fun, I decided to give it shot. I got my first opportunity after a long night flight. I arrived at my hotel physically and emotionally exhausted, and stood at the front desk for 20 minutes while the clerk searched for my name in the computer at a pace that would make a snail impatient! I felt myself getting angry, so I said to the clerk, “I know this isn’t your fault, but right now I’m exhausted and I need to get to my room because I feel myself getting a bit peeved.” The clerk looked at me perplexedly and then broke a smile. I smiled back; my pattern was broken. The emotional volcano that had been building up inside of me instantly cooled. Could just putting a new label on sensations be enough to break my pattern and truly change my experience? Could it really be that easy? What a concept! word “peeved” over and over again,and I found that it immediately lowered my emotional intensity.Within two weeks, it became my first choice in describing my emotions, and found myself no longer getting into extremely angry states at all. By changing my habitual vocabulary, I was transforming my experience.

If we want to change our lives and shape our destiny, we need to consciously select the words we’re going to use, and we need to constantly strive to expand our level of choice.

Transformational Vocabulary gives us the power to change our experience in life by taking the most negative feelings in our lives and lowering their intensity to the point where they no longer bother us, and taking the most positive experiences and moving them to even greater heights of pleasure.

At this point you may be saying, “This is just semantics, isn’t it? What differenc does it make to play with words?” If all you do is change the words, then the experience does not change. But if using the word causes you to break your habitual emotional patterns, then everything changes. Effectively using

Transformational Vocabulary—vocabulary that transforms our emotional experience—breaks unresourceful patterns, makes us smile, produces totally different feelings, changes our state, and allows us to ask more intelligent questions. It’s so simple: the minute you use it, it can immediately increase thequality of your life.

What would your life be like if you could take all your negative emotions and lower their intensity? Or if you could take your most positive emotions and intensify them? Try it right now—write down three words you currently use on a regular basis to make yourself feel lousy (like bored, frustrated, disappointed,angry, humiliated, hurt, sad, etc.).

Then have some fun. Put yourself in a crazy and outrageous state and brainstorm some new words that you could use to either break your pattern or at least lower your emotional intensity in some way. What would happen if instead of saying you feel “humiliated” you began to describe your experience as “a little uncomfortable”? Pick a word that you’ll want to use in place of the old, limitione.

Here are some examples:
Depressed . . . to . . . A Little Down
Disappointed . . . to . . . Under
Lonely . . . to . . . Open for Love
Exhausted . . . to . . . Recharging
Failure . . . to . . . Learning
Frustrated . . . to . . . Fascinated
I Hate . . . to . . .I Prefer
Overloaded . . . to . . . Stretching
Sad . . . to . . . Quiet
Terrible . . . to . . .Different

Transformational Vocabulary also allows you to powerfully intensify your experience of positive emotions. When someone asks how you’re doing, instead of saying “Okay” or “So-so,” knock their socks off by exclaiming, “I feel spectacular"

The three words you use to describe how you’re feeling on a regular basis that are“just okay”—“I’m feeling off,” “I’m fine,” “All right.” Then come up with new ones that will absolutely inspire you.

Here are some fun, empowering suggestions:
All Right . . . to . . . Superb
Determined . . . to . . Unstoppable
Excited . . . to . . . Ecstatic
Fine . . . to . . . Awesome
Good . . . to . . . Dynamite
Happy . . . to . . . Stoked
Interested . . . to . . . Enthralled
Okay . . . to . . . Perfect!
Resourceful . . . to . . . Brilliant
Smart . . . to . . . Gifted
Terrific . . . to . . . Ecstatic

Now it’s your chance. Take control. Notice the words you habitually use, and replace them with ones that empower you. But start today. Write down your words, make your commitment, follow though, and discover what the incredible power of Transformational Vocabulary can accomplish.

inspirational words of wisdom by Anthony Robbins

THE PERSONAL POWER

PERSONAL POWER....The power to change.

The main intention for the person is to anticipate for some changes to take place in his life so that he can get all or some of the above things.But how do we get it,awaiting for the luck or some magic to happen will never bring this.

Then how can we get this? The answer is the to take action ,that is true committed action.What I mean by this to Decide what exactly that you want to achieve in your life.

In one of the books written by Anthony robbins quotes"Its in the moments of your descision that your destiny is shaped."

The decision to take a action or not to take action ultimately shapes your destiny.A true committed descision to take action will make your dreams come true.

All Successful People Are......BIG DREAMERS

When you were a child you dared to dream of anything. Nothing was impossible. It doesn’t matter whether you had big dreams, small dreams or crazy dreams. What matters most is that you had the POWER TO DREAM. Look how you are now. Do you still have the power to dream? Have your dreams died? Are you playing it safe? Do you compromise your happiness and accept being among average people who know neither victory nor defeat? Are you living with people who live in the gray light?

Here is “THE" fact: ALL SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ARE BIG DREAMERS.

To succeed in life you MUST have a dream. You can’t live without a purpose that gives your life meaning and joy. Let me tell you the TRUTH… You have to either DREAM or REGRET. Yes, regret! Someday, you will lie on your deathbed looking back to your past. If you had no dreams you will regret your meaningless life and hope that you can be given the chance to live your life again to DREAM BIG.
Mohamed Ali once said, “The one without dreams is the one without wings".
Aim for the top. The world needs you.

What are your wildest dreams? Set aside sometime today and re-dream. Bring your dreams to life again. Dream, set goals, develop a plan, and TAKE ACTION NOW. Your life is waiting. Remember, DREAM or REGRET. Which one are you going to choose? My brother in humanity…

STAND UP FOR YOUR DREAMS.
STAND UP FOR YOUR GREATNESS.
STAND UP FOR YOUR LEGACY.

Do it now. Do it now. Do it now. You’ve got it within yourself to create an amazing life. Dig deeper within yourself and search for your dreams; for your unique purpose in life. Don’t let your fears kick in. Rebuff the naysayer and say to yourself, “I CAN DO IT". Set your sights for the top of the mountain! STAND UP FOR YOUR DREAMS. My friend, you can make a difference. I believe in you.
Discover your purpose in life now and regain your power to dream.

nambi