Tony Robbins and Jerry Colonna (#742)
This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #37 “ Tony Robbins on Morning Routines, Peak Performance, and Mastering Money ” and #373 “ Jerry Colonna — The Coach with the Spider Tattoo .”
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#742: Tony Robbins and Jerry Colonna
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SHOW NOTES
[05:00] Notes about this supercombo format.
[06:03] Enter Tony Robbins.
[06:27] Tony’s daily routines.
[07:28] Cryotherapy.
[10:55] Priming.
[15:04] Tony’s ideal music for meditation.
[16:20] Richard Branson’s first pre-investment questions.
[17:05] What a 50% investment loss actually means.
[17:42] The Paul Tudor Jones 5:1 strategy.
[18:36] How Kyle Bass taught his kids about investing with nickels.
[21:34] What the world’s best investors know for certain.
[24:00] Enter Jerry Colonna.
[24:21] Jerry’s spider tattoo origin story.
[30:03] The 2002 Olympic bid meeting that changed Jerry’s life.
[35:47] Jerry’s suicide attempt at 18 and his psychiatric hospital stay.
[37:06] The difference between responsible and complicit in Jerry’s life in 2002.
[39:55] Three important questions from Jerry’s therapist.
[41:02] Something important Jerry needed to say but didn’t during this time.
[42:39] How Jerry overcame self-doubt and unanswerable questions.
[44:46] Jerry’s path to coaching and three influential books.
[51:46] How much of Jerry’s coaching stemmed from focusing outside himself and healing his younger self.
[53:12] Convincing high-achievers of the importance of self-discovery.
[54:10] Jerry’s first question: “How are you really feeling?”
[57:11] Working with the chronically busy.
[59:40] Examining my handling of busyness, saying “No,” and related difficulties.
[1:09:40] Three basic risks we all try to manage: love, safety, and belonging.
[1:13:06] Tools, books, and approaches for setting boundaries and saying “No.”
[1:14:50] “All beings own their own karma. Their happiness or unhappiness depend upon their actions, not my wishes for them.”
[1:16:11] A boundary tool that acknowledges compassion from a distance.
[1:17:30] The challenge is in the meaning assigned to a situation before applying a tool.
[1:18:11] Dealing with vexing “Newman” personalities in our lives.
[1:22:56] Moving from intellectual agreement to behavioral change.
[1:25:26] Benefits of journaling for personal growth.
[1:27:33] Guilt vs. remorse.
[1:28:12] Marie Ponsot, the crow, and letting the crow speak in the journal.
[1:32:00] Jerry’s bedtimes, mornings, and journaling process.
[1:35:09] Journaling for accepting life’s totality and our inner “multitudes.”
[1:37:14] Tara Brach’s Radical Acceptance .
[1:37:41] Using Marvel’s Hulk and Thor to understand and reconcile parts of oneself.
[1:42:39] A difficult but life-changing decision Jerry made to say “No.”
[1:49:19] Advice for anyone at a similar junction.
[1:51:07] Using journaling and meditation to cope with anxiety and inner turmoil.
[1:54:43] Learning about loving kindness (metta) meditation.
[1:56:49] A new behavior or belief that improved Jerry’s quality of life.
[1:58:36] Jerry’s billboard.
[2:00:55] Parting thoughts.
SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
Connect with Tony Robbins :
Website | Twitter | Instagram | Threads
Money — Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom by Tony Robbins | Amazon
Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life and Those You Love by Tony Robbins, Peter H. Diamandis, and Robert Hariri | Amazon
Awaken The Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Financial Destiny by Tony Robbins | Amazon
Cryotherapy | Wikipedia
Whole Body Cryotherapy | Cryohealthcare
How Should I Start Each Day? What’s Priming? | Tony Robbins
Controlling the Breath to Control the Mind | Himalayan Institute Online
Tony Robbins: Hour of Power | Fast Company [Breathwork at 1:10:30]
Meditation, Mindset, and Mastery | The Tim Ferriss Show #201
Sir Richard Branson — The Billionaire Maverick of the Virgin Empire | The Tim Ferriss Show #272
Invest Like a MultiBillionaire: Asymmetric Risk/Reward | Tony Robbins
Eight Paul Tudor Jones Trading Quotes That Will Change Your Trading | Forex Mentor Online
Kyle Bass’ Big Nickel Bet | Moneyness
Dive Into Scrooge McDuck’s Money Bin at D23 Expo | DisneyD23
What Is Asset Allocation and Why Is It Important? | Investopedia
Connect with Jerry Colonna :
Reboot.io | Twitter
Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up by Jerry Colonna | Amazon
J.P. Morgan Partners | Crunchbase
Flatiron Partners | Crunchbase
InformationWeek Magazine
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson | Amazon
What is Ecopsychology? | Gatherings
Argiope Aurantia (Black and Yellow Garden Spider) | Spider ID
Iktomi: Native American Spider-Trickster Spirit Whose Stories Teach Moral Values | Ancient Pages
JetBlue Airlines
Emotional Ups and Downs After 9/11 Traced in Report | The New York Times
Union Square Ventures
For Those Who ‘Worked The Pile’ At Ground Zero, Horrors Of Sept. 11 Haven’t Faded | NPR
142 Of The Funniest New Yorker Cartoons Ever | Bored Panda
Canyon Ranch
The Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home
Creedmoor State Hospital | Asylum Projects
Cabrini Medical Center | Wikipedia
Being Complicit | And Now This
The Benefits of Suffering and the Costs of Well Being: Secondary Gains and Losses | MentalHelp.net
New York Times Corrects Misquote of Thoreau’s ‘Quiet Desperation’ Line | Poynter
The Bhagavad Gita
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron | Amazon
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience by Sharon Salzberg | Amazon
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker J. Palmer | Amazon
The Dharma: The Teachings of the Buddha | Religious Literacy Project
Internal Family Systems
Life and Teachings of Jesus | Religious Literacy Project
Burning Man
This Man Makes Founders Cry | Wired
The Reality of Imposter Syndrome | Psychology Today
What is Karma? | The Yogic Encyclopedia
The Center for Nonviolent Communication
Seinfeld Saying “Newman!” | YouTube
The Living Art of Bonsai | Bonsai Empire
Who said, “Those Who Mind Don’t Matter, and Those Who Matter Don’t Mind?” | Quote Investigator
Guilt vs. Remorse | HuffPost
How to Cage the Monkey Mind | The Tim Ferriss Show #175
Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think | Wait But Why
The Artist’s Way Morning Pages Journal by Julia Cameron | Amazon
The 7 Levels of Consciousness | Tiny Buddha
Song of Myself by Walt Whitman | University of Toronto Libraries
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach | Amazon
City Living: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn’s Little Italy, Is Now Teeming with Diversity | AMNY
Market Crashes: The Dotcom Crash | Investopedia
Know Your Brain: Amygdala | Neuroscientifically Challenged
Metta Meditation (aka Loving Kindness Meditation) | Metta Institute
Jack Kornfield Wants You to Love Yourself by Tim Ferriss | Outside
The Klingon Hamlet by The Klingon Language Institute | Amazon
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Jim Rohn
Russell Simmons
Richard Branson
Paul Tudor Jones
Kyle Bass
Scrooge McDuck
Ray Dalio
Carl Icahn
Peter Thiel
Carl Jung
Bill Plotkin
Iktomi
Fred Wilson
Brad Burnham
Dr. Avivah Sayres
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump
Mike, Sam, and Emma Colonna
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Gautama Buddha
Ani Pema Chodron
Sharon Salzberg
Parker J. Palmer
Jesus
Seth Godin
Newman
Jerry Seinfeld
Dr. Seuss
Marie Ponsot
Tim Urban
Julia Cameron
Walt Whitman
Tara Brach
Hulk
Thor
Jeff Walker
Jack Kornfield
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