"Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant"
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Decision, in Tony Robbins vocabulary, is not a preference but a turning point. To decide is to cut off other options, removing the escape hatches that excuses rely on. The moment that cut is made, the energy that was diffused among doubts and what-ifs concentrates into action. Excuses are stories that protect comfort and postpone risk; a firm decision strips them of credibility and creates a new standard: from should to must.
This line sits at the core of Robbins philosophy of personal power. In his seminars and books, he argues that people change when they link overwhelming pain to the status quo and compelling pleasure to a new path. That leverage flips the switch. He often says your life changes in a moment of decision because identity shifts first. Once you decide you are the person who no longer smokes, ends a toxic pattern, or launches a new career, strategy and tactics become easier to find. The brain stops searching for justifications to stay and starts hunting for ways to move.
The phrase in an instant is not a promise that every external result appears overnight. It points to the inner pivot where commitment replaces ambivalence. Behaviors, habits, and environments take time to realign, but the trajectory changes immediately. Robbins reinforces that pivot with tools like changing state, upgrading language, modeling people who already have the result, and taking massive action so momentum supports the new choice.
There are limits to anyone’s control, and circumstances can be stubborn. Yet Robbins emphasis is on resourcefulness over resources. A true decision organizes attention, reshapes priorities, and makes excuses incompatible with the identity you choose. From that stance, the next call, the next conversation, the next habit becomes obvious. Change begins at the instant you stop negotiating with your old story and commit to a new one. The rest is follow-through.
This line sits at the core of Robbins philosophy of personal power. In his seminars and books, he argues that people change when they link overwhelming pain to the status quo and compelling pleasure to a new path. That leverage flips the switch. He often says your life changes in a moment of decision because identity shifts first. Once you decide you are the person who no longer smokes, ends a toxic pattern, or launches a new career, strategy and tactics become easier to find. The brain stops searching for justifications to stay and starts hunting for ways to move.
The phrase in an instant is not a promise that every external result appears overnight. It points to the inner pivot where commitment replaces ambivalence. Behaviors, habits, and environments take time to realign, but the trajectory changes immediately. Robbins reinforces that pivot with tools like changing state, upgrading language, modeling people who already have the result, and taking massive action so momentum supports the new choice.
There are limits to anyone’s control, and circumstances can be stubborn. Yet Robbins emphasis is on resourcefulness over resources. A true decision organizes attention, reshapes priorities, and makes excuses incompatible with the identity you choose. From that stance, the next call, the next conversation, the next habit becomes obvious. Change begins at the instant you stop negotiating with your old story and commit to a new one. The rest is follow-through.
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