Tony Robbins Discusses Sylvester Stallone's Success Story
You know a man has a strong sense of purpose and belief in himself and his vision when he's willing to turn down a $125,000 offer on his Rocky movie script, despite the fact that he's living in a state of poverty, because the offer doesn't completely match his vision. A couple of weeks later, they came back with another offer of $250,000 dollars for his script. Again, their offer didn't match his vision for himself so he turned them down. Then they came back again with yet another offer of $325,000 dollars for his script. Again, their offer didn't match his vision for himself, so again he turned them down. He turned them down several times until they finally came back with what he really wanted, albeit at a MUCH lower selling price.
Can you even imagine the courage that would take? To turn down that amount of money when you're completely broke, all because you want to stay true to your original vision for yourself? I find that fascinating and so inspirational. And we all know how it worked out in the end, don't we? He made the right decision.
This man came across his share of obstacles and naysayers just like Arnold Schwarzenegger did on his road to success. And I love what he told Tony Robbins about that: "The greatest revenge is massive success." Doesn't that make you smile?
I love Sylvester Stallone's success story. And I love all the Rocky movies, too. So inspirational. Such great examples of how to overcome obstacles and keep moving forward in life.
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