Episode 035 Tony Robbins Peter Diamandis

Summary

• Tony Robbins is a peak performance strategist and has consulted or advised people including Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Di, and Mother Theresa.
• He is the creator of the No. 1 personal and professional development system of all time called Personal Power.
• Peter Diamandis has been named one of the world’s 50 greatest leaders by Fortune Magazine.
• He is chairman and CEO of the X Prize Foundation, cofounder and vice chairman of Human Longevity Inc., cofounder and exec chairman of Singularity University, and cofounder and cochairman of Planetary Resources.
• Tony and Peter discussed thinking big and how to 10x, 20x, and what is involved in that.
• Peter recommended The Spirit of St. Louis by Lindbergh, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert Heinlein, and The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil.
• Tony recommended As a Man Thinketh by James Allen and Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl.
• Tony Robbins has been feeding 42 million people for the past 37 years, and is aiming to feed 55 million people this year.
• Peter Diamandis is the founder of the XPRIZE, which incentivizes entrepreneurs to tackle the world's biggest problems.
• The Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE is a current project which aims to create a device similar to the one used by Dr. McCoy in Star Trek.
• Tony Robbins believes that meaning is what really matters in life, and that understanding the seasons of life and how thoughts control life is invaluable.
• Peter Diamandis believes that individuals can do extraordinary things if given guidance and incentives.
• Partnered with Qualcomm to create a handheld mobile device for parents to use when their child is sick
• Device has AI and can do RNA and DNA analysis of bacteria in sputum and blood chemistries
• Goal is to diagnose independently of medical system
• 300 teams entered the competition, down to top 10, winner in 15 months
• Peter Diamandis left traditional track to become an astronaut and decided to open up private space frontier
• Raised $500,000 in seed money and announced $10 million XPRIZE with no money in place
• Tony Robbins was driven by a passion to light people up and help them improve their quality of life.
• He read 700 books over seven years and listened to cassette tapes to learn about physiology, psychology, and emotion.
• He was inspired by Jim Rhone, a personal development teacher, who taught him that the quality of life comes down to one's capacity to add value.
• He was also influenced by John Grinder, who taught him NLP and showed him how to create changes in people in minutes.
• Tony Robbins was able to use what he had learned to help a person in distress in a room full of therapists.
• Tony Robbins shared his experience of using his passion and commitment to save his fatherinlaw's life and how this led him to create the concept of coaching.
• Peter Diamandis discussed the Global Learning XPRIZE, which is focused on creating a world of literacy.
• 215 million children are illiterate and two thirds of them are women.
• Bill Gates has stated that making a population healthier and more literate will stop population growth rates.
• XPRIZE works to create solutions to the world's biggest problems.
• XPRIZE is an organization that brings together the smartest people on the planet to focus on a challenge each year.
• The challenge for this year is the Global Learning XPRIZE, which is to create a piece of software that can teach a child basic reading, writing, and numeracy without the help of literate adults or schools.
• Nicholas Negroponte and Mat Keller have already done an experiment in Ethiopia to test the idea.
• The challenge is to create software that is engaging and personalized for the child.
• The prize is $15 million, with the winner receiving $10 million and the right to open source the software.
• The software will be tested on 5,000 tablets in SubSaharan Africa over 18 months.
• Tony Robbins has taken a large position in supporting the challenge because he believes that learning is the most important factor in improving the quality of life for any human being.
• Peter Diamandis is committed to helping people in India and other parts of the third world gain access to the same education as those at MIT and Stanford.
• He believes that providing access to learning is the most important way to give back to society.
• He believes that people who are frustrated and don't have access to resources can turn to violence.
• He believes that progress equals happiness and that technology now allows people to learn no matter where they live.
• The Learning XPRIZE is a competition to create software to help people become literate.
• People can register for the competition at xprize.org.
• People can also support the Global Learning XPRIZE through an Indiegogo page.
• Peter Diamandis and Tony Robbins are raising money for the Global Learning XPRIZE, which provides tablets to 5,000 kids in SubSaharan Africa.
• The goal is to double the number of kids receiving tablets and to reach 200 villages.
• People can donate from $10.00 to $10,000.00.
• For $25.00, people can get access to the winning software 18 months before it goes open source.
• For $50.00, people can become digital visioneers and vote on which XPRIZE should be focused on next year.
• For $10,000.00, people can attend the 10th Anniversary Ansari XPRIZE event and spend time with Peter Diamandis, Sir Richard Branson, and others.
• People can also attend Tony Robbins' Date with Destiny program for $10,000.00.
• Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis encourage people to find their passion and get around people who are passionate in order to be inspired.
• Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis discuss the importance of passion and the XPRIZE competition.
• They emphasize that passion is the key to success and that it is important to surround yourself with people who are passionate and think on a higher level.
• They suggest that the XPRIZE competition is a great way to find passion and be challenged.
• They also mention that technology and crowd sourcing can be used to help achieve goals.
• Lastly, they encourage people to check out the XPRIZE website and Indiegogo page to find passion and intellectual stimulation.