What’s a Seminar?

About this episode

In this episode, Martin Grunburg reflects on the importance of persistence and storytelling in personal growth, inspired by Tony Robbins' origin story.

Happppppppppy New Year!!! 🎉 Here’s to a safe, prosperous, and phenomenally clear 2026 …a year full of growth, action, and gratitude. I’m deeply grateful for your readership, participation, and contributions. May the FORCE of UBM be with you! 🎉🍾🥂🎆Tony Robbins shares a story that he’s probably told a few thousand times. It’s his origin story. Same story. Over and over. You don’t get to write the bestseller and disappear. I used to think that was the case. Nope. You show up. Day after day. Again and again. And, you keep telling your story. Nobody records a podcast episode and vanishes. If your work really helps people, you keep showing up and producing. Over and over… 500+ episodes later... here we are… So, yes, it used to kill me to tell my Catalina Classic (32-mile, open-ocean paddle) story over and over. Now I get it. It’s just part of the territory. I love Tony’s origin story… and it goes something like this… He’s seventeen-ish… late 70’s A friend of his father’s invites him to earn some extra money moving furniture over the weekend. Tony’s hustle— energy—stood out. So the guy invites him to lunch; mid-sandwich, Tony asks: “How did you become successful?” The guy pauses…

Topics covered

• self improvement
• personal development
• motivation
• storytelling
• growth

Keywords

• Tony Robbins
• seminar
• origin story
• growth
• hustle
• success

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Catalina Classic

Books & works: The Habit Factor , The Pressure Paradox , Everything is a F cking Story

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