Unstoppable hunger: the secret fuel behind extraordinary succes

What if there existed a single, unstoppable force that could push you through every setback, amplify your strengths, and unlock a level of success you never thought possible?  This force is more than ambition or hard work; it’s an unyielding hunger—a relentless drive that refuses to accept failure.

Tony Robbins, one of the world’s most impactful motivators, calls this hunger the ultimate game-changer. It constitutes the spark that has propelled him from excruciating hardships —at a certain point in time deemed impossible to overcome — to a life of extraordinary achievements and lasting influence. In this article, we’ll explore the unique nature of this hunger and reveal how cultivating it can turn even the greatest challenges into stepping stones toward a future of unimaginable success. The following are core points of the article:

1. Kind of the hunger which will carry you into unimaginable success
2. Meaning of serving a thing greater than you and its close link with unending hunger for success
3. Robbins’s success and his assertion: hunger is the ultimate driver   

“Hunger is the ultimate driver. Hunger is the part of you that says, ‘I will not stop. I will not give up.’ Hunger will destroy your fear of failure,” says the American-Tony Robbins, one of successful personalities on this planet who has first experienced seemingly insurmountable adversities, before attaining incredible success. For more about him, you can click on this and here. But this hunger touted by Robbins isn’t any hunger. This hunger has to meet certain requirements clarified in this article, for it to actually enable you to accomplish any success that you determine.

Fortunately, as the article explains it, this sort of hunger can be nurtured in every human being of course including you. The hunger emboldens you to courageously and successfully face any hurdles arising on your path to success and allows you to ensure peak performance; which eventually takes you to stunning success. Robbins and other successful people have used it and achieved unimaginable accomplishments which they couldn’t otherwise have realized. If you employ it, you will also reach success which exceeds understanding, regardless of hardships you are now going through, how powerful they were.

Kind of the hunger which will carry you into unimaginable success

In the Holy Bible specifically in Mathew 5:6 we read “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” We believe that you know how the situation feels while you are hungry. You won’t feel peaceful while you are hungry and you will find yourself compelled to accomplish whatever reigns in your capacity, to get food and quench your hunger. There are even those who use wrong ways like stealing, just to obtain means to satisfy their hunger. Yet, we categorically hate and oppose these wrong ways; we instead recommend genuine and ethical approaches to satiate hunger.

However, it doesn’t prevent some individuals from resorting to desperate measures to assuage their hunger, underscoring the overwhelming weight of this basic human need “hunger”. The burden of hunger can drive people to implement perilous decisions, risking their lives in the process. For instance, thieves may face imprisonment or even death, yet the desperation stemming from their circumstances compels them to act.

Some resort to breaking into or burgling homes, stealing items they can sell for money to obtain food, pay bills or meet other financial obligations. This act poses significant danger; burglars imperil their lives, just as they might harm the homeowners they encounter. Nevertheless, the relentless pressure of their situation forces them to engage in dangerous acts that they would otherwise avoid.

A poignant case from last year highlighted this complex relationship between hunger and desperation. According to a November 16, 2023 article on Wesh, a homeowner shot and killed a burglar attempting to break into a house in Port Orange, Florida. While this incident may not directly involve satisfying physical hunger, it reflects a deeper hunger—perhaps for money or stability—that prompted the burglar to take such a dangerous risk, fully aware of the potential fatal consequences.

This scenario resonates with the unstoppable hunger for success that individuals like Tony Robbins embody. Just as Robbins has channeled his hunger into achieving his goals and inspiring others, the burglar’s actions, though misguided, illustrate a universal drive to satiate a fundamental need, whether for survival or personal fulfillment. Hunger, in all its forms, compels people to act, often leading them to dangerous paths in pursuit of something greater.

A group of 13 Indians beat a tribal man ‘Madhu’ to death in 2018 in India, for stealing food articles though a court sentenced them to a 7-year jail, saying “Even if the stolen items were found in Madhu’s custody, it could only be said that he stole ‘because of the clamour of his stomach’”. These people have been punished, but after finishing their punishment, they will return to normal life. Nevertheless, the guy’s life has ended. Moreover, we think that he was aware that he could die or meet other cruel acts, if caught. 

Back to our point in question, the type of hunger which will enable you to accomplish amazing success is the perpetual hunger for the success. This perfectly matches the verse of the Holy Bible which advises those wishing righteousness to experience hunger and thirst. These are unquenchable hunger and thirst for righteousness. It signifies that a person nourishing this type of hunger and thirst for righteousness will undoubtedly obtain the latter one. Such hunger and thirst will assuredly equip people with unwavering determination and energy to overcome any adversities that they will encounter.

Robbins corroborates our point, stating “It is our greatest power, our greatest gift. All over the world the most successful people are the ones who have a CONSISTENT, INSATIABLE HUNGER — one that NEVER goes away. The most successful people in the world have an insatiable hunger to do more, be more, give more and create more. Your hunger determines whether you talk about the life you want to live, or take massive action to make that dream a reality. Learning how to be a driven person is the key to an extraordinary life lived on your terms.”

“Hunger is also what gets you through life’s inevitable setbacks. It’s the inner strength that will push you to keep going, even when you think you’ve failed. It’s what will make you stronger, more capable and more powerful than ever. If you have a hunger to serve something greater than yourself, you’ll never hurt for energy. You’ll never hurt for excitement. If you master how to be driven and focused, you’ll be able to push yourself beyond your limitations – because we’ll all do more for others than we’ll ever do for ourselves. That’s the beauty of being human.”

Meaning of serving a thing greater than you and its close link with unending hunger for success

Serving something greater than yourself means serving a cause greater than yourself. According to the website—Medium, to serve a cause greater than yourself, one writer explains, is to act “in ways that are beyond personal concerns and direct personal gain”. For example, this involves establishing businesses and organizations and these serve a very big number of people. Unless you remain consumed with or aching for this type of hunger, you can’t create successful institutions like the multinational companies, philanthropic organizations and the social media which tend to retain most of our attention.

You also need this kind of hunger, for you to succeed amazingly in other fields such as the mastery of a given field, being one of the best managers or the best person in your field. In fact, this hunger applies to all fields. For you to become the best farmer, you need to cultivate this endless hunger for farming. For you to be the best educator, you will do the same. For you to transition successfully from one field to another one of your long-standing dream, you have to develop this hunger for the field you intend to enter. This hunger will unquestionably galvanize you to work to your full capacity. Working to full capacity or peak performance will prompt you to accomplish wonderful success, if you do it properly. 

Robbins’s success and his assertion: hunger is the ultimate driver     

Robbins’ success in different spheres justifies his statement on this infinite hunger as a password for you to certainly attain success. CNN in its 2019 article confirms it, saying “Tony Robbins knows what it’s like to be hungry. Robbins has a hunger to help. Feeding millions. As Robbin’s public image grew, so did his commitment to help hungry Americans. The philanthropist estimates that he eventually was feeding four million people each year. It still wasn’t enough as far as Robbins was concerned, especially as he watched congress make massive cuts to the federal SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) program.”

CNN adds that therefore three years before then, he’d partnered with Feeding America, the United States’ largest domestic hunger-relief group with a network of over 200 food banks. It further says that their joint project, aptly named “100 Million Meals Challenge,” strives to provide one billion meals by 2025 (100 million meals each year.) “They are the most efficient organization in the United States around hunger relief,” Robbins said about his Feeding America partner.

Robbins’ relentless hunger doesn’t just lie in helping hungry souls in the country. He has always kept the hunger in the business realm. According to the website-Clever Tykes, Robbins is known for his high-energy seminars and ability to motivate people to take action and achieve their goals. It adds that he’s helped millions of people across the globe to overcome their issues and achieve success. It further states that Robbins became a best-selling author and millionaire by the time he was 26 years old. Blinkist Magazine in its August 23rd 2o23 article reports that according to an assessment in 2023, Tony Robbins’ net worth stands at around an impressive $600 million US Dollars, highlighting his immense success and financial achievements.

This magazine however points out that it is a fairly small amount of money which has increasingly risen to $600 Million.  “In the early stages of his career, Robbins faced modest financial beginnings, earning an annual income of around $40,000 in 1984. However, his relentless dedication and talent for motivational speaking and coaching led to a rapid transformation of his fortunes. Where Robbins net worth comes from: investments, books sales and more. Tony Robbins’ empire of 33 companies spans diverse industries, contributing significantly to his substantial net worth”.

“In just a year’s time, by 1985, he had catapulted his earnings to an astonishing $1 million, a testament to his growing popularity and the effectiveness of his methodologies. From that point onwards, Tony Robbins continued to flourish, consistently earning no less than $1 million each year. His remarkable success as a motivational speaker, author, and life coach allowed him to amass a substantial income, and in recent years, his earnings surged even further. By 1991, his company was generating an impressive $50 million in annual revenue, solidifying his position as a leading figure in the personal development industry.”

The magazine adds that- in recent years- annual earnings of this author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and self-made multi-millionaire have registered a steady increase, owing to his diverse range of ventures and engagements. It specifies that he nearly earns $100 million annually from speaking engagements, book sales, investments, and other business endeavors, although “precise figures may not be publicly disclosed.”

It’s Robbin’s hardships which have paved his path to the incredible success and have also immensely benefitted countless people. According to Entrepreneur on 20th June2017, he’s coached everyone from Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey to Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela and is held in awe by blokes and billionaires. “Perhaps no other life and career coach today can make that claim.” People whom he has helped to also succeed magnificently include those who have also gone through apparently impossible-to-defeat adversities. A typical example is Oprah as we will come back to her in one of our next articles. Interestingly, Oprah has surpassed him beyond imagination since her net worth is estimated to stand a staggering value of $ 3.5 billion since May2023.

All these people have applied Robbins’ methodologies proven extremely successful, for them to also accumulate superb success. Note that the first of these methodologies is unending hunger for success. This hunger will permit you to effortlessly possess other necessary ingredients of such success. These include, among others, hard work where for instance Robbins worked for 12-14 hours a day, passion toward your work or field of intervention and discipline or rigid determination to remain on your chosen path to achieving your success. He worked extremely hard. But he couldn’t feel the pain or toil because he’d already informed his mind with the spirit of insatiable hunger and that he was working in fields which constitute his passion. All this has developed his incredible resilience to advance past any adversities on his way.

Robbin’s hardships have paved the way since it is they that have emboldened and inspired him to work extremely hard for him to get out of those horrendous difficulties. Instead of disheartening him, these hardships have strengthened him and prompted him to develop insatiable hunger for success. For example, working with Jim Rohn as his mentor before engaging in work which has contributed to accumulating the wealth, Robbins worked 12-14 hours per day.