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It's the final day of the Date with Destiny event in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. We are asked to pair up with a stranger and look directly into their eyes and become really present for them.

This is difficult for me, and I'm a bit slow in finding a partner. It soon becomes apparent everyone has a partner other than me. There are 5,000 people in the room, but I can only see one other person that doesn't have a partner…

Tony Robbins.

Now picture the scene. I'm in Row 16 of around 100 rows of seating. There are security guards all around the stage stopping idiots like me from getting too close to Tony. However, I'm on a mission, and when some guards are distracted I get Tony's attention and motion to him to be my partner. To my complete surprise, he agrees. I proceed to spend five minutes with Tony Robbins that changes the entire direction of my life.

Now I don't know if he remembered I was the partner of the person he had helped, but I looked at him and I was so grateful for what he had done – for all the skill he had, the knowledge he had and the marketing efforts that reached out to me through TV. Tears were pouring from my eyes and to my astonishment I noticed tears rolling down his cheeks, too.

In that moment, I made a life-changing decision. I resolved that even though I was not an expert in any field – not a speaker, an author or a coach – I would learn what I could and seek to help those who like us needed inspiration.

I also secretly dreamt that one day I might share the stage with Tony Robbins.