Tony Robbins and Jerry Colonna — The Tim Ferriss Show

This is one of Tim Ferriss's 'super combo' episodes celebrating the podcast's 10th anniversary and 1 billion downloads. In the first half, Tony Robbins details his daily routine of cold and hot exposure, cryotherapy, and a 10-minute 'priming' practice, then breaks down the common traits of the world's greatest investors he interviewed for Money: Master the Game. In the second half, Jerry Colonna shares deeply personal stories of depression and a near-suicide at Ground Zero in 2002, the spider tattoo and spirit guide that grew out of a 2007 retreat, and how he became an executive coach. The conversation explores his signature questions, journaling and meditation practices, radical self-acceptance, and managing relationships and an overflowing inbox.

• Tony Robbins explains that his Unleash the Power Within events run roughly 50 hours over three days, and he averages 26.5 miles walked per event day on a Fitbit, treating it like back-to-back marathons.
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• Robbins describes his daily 'priming' practice: explosive breathing (three sets of 30), three minutes of gratitude, three minutes of feeling presence/God, and three minutes visualizing his 'three to thrive' goals.
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• Robbins names four traits all great investors share: obsession with not losing money, asymmetric risk/reward, certainty they will be wrong (so they use asset allocation), and being lifelong learners and genuine givers.
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• Jerry Colonna recounts February 2nd, 2002, when he stood above Ground Zero wanting to die and nearly jumped in front of a subway, then called his therapist Dr. Saunders and took a cab to her office instead.
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• Colonna's therapist told him not to go to a hospital but to Canyon Ranch, a health spa, which became the beginning of his rebuilding; he had earlier attempted suicide at 18 and spent three months in a psychiatric hospital.
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• Colonna describes the moment he decided to become a coach: a young lawyer came to network, cried when asked why he became a lawyer, and Colonna handed him Let Your Life Speak and signed up for coach training within days.
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• Colonna shares the 'nasty little trick' he plays on high achievers: asking what they would want their children to feel at the same age, to motivate them to change how they organize their lives.
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• Colonna explains transforming his rage (the 'Hulk') through radical acceptance into 'Thor', recognizing the angry part of himself exists only to keep him and his loved ones safe.
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• Cryotherapy reduces body temperature to minus 220 degrees Fahrenheit for three minutes; Robbins says it was developed in Poland and Eastern Bloc countries and originally used for arthritis.
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• Robbins recounts Kyle Bass making $2 billion during the subprime crisis by risking only 6 cents to make a dollar.
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• Bass bought 40 million nickels because the metal content was worth more than face value, costing the US government nearly 10 cents to make a nickel.
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• Robbins says he has never lost someone to suicide who stood up at one of his events in 37 years, across over a thousand cases that were followed up.
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• Ferriss reveals he had roughly 68,952 unread emails plus 165 and 255 unread text messages across phone numbers.
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• Colonna references Tim Urban's Wait But Why article 'Taming the Mammoth' about the inner voice of social judgment.
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• Colonna explains the distinction that guilt is self-focused while remorse is focused on the other person.
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• Dr. Saunders taught Colonna three questions: what am I not saying that needs to be said, what am I saying that's not being heard, and what's being said that I'm not hearing.
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• Colonna has journaled by hand daily since about age 13 and never rereads his journals because it's about the experience, not figuring things out.
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• Colonna says the single belief that most improved his life is simply 'I am a good man.'
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