Few people in the “money” space are as well known as Tony Robbins. He’s been offering advice about how to build wealth for decades. Robbins has published six books about money and motivation, several of which have reached the top spot on the New York Times best-seller list.
He is prolific on social media and has over 20 million followers between Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, and X where he shares content daily.
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One of Robbins’ best-sellers is “Money: Master the Game,” now considered a personal finance classic. Reportedly, his net worth in 2025 is $600 million, so when he talks about money and how to build wealth, he’s talking about it from his own experience.
Tony Robbins is popular on social media, with 20 million followers. He has also written a string of best-selling personal finance and self-motivation books.
Tony Robbins shares valuable insights about money and power
Here are some of Robbins’ wisest words about money and how he thinks about it.
For some of us, money is vital and crucial but not paramount. It’s simply a tool, a source of power used in service of others and a life well lived. Others are consumed with such a hunger for money that it destroys them and everyone around them.At its core, money is about power. How you deal with money reflects how you deal with power. Is it an affliction or a blessing? We’ve all seen how money can have the power to create or the power to destroy. It can fund a dream or start a war. You can provide money as a gift or wield it as a weapon. It can be used as an expression of your spirit, your creativity, your ideas — or your frustration, your anger, your hate. What we’re really after are the feelings, the emotions, we think money can create: empowerment, freedom, security, of helping those we love and those in need, or having a choice and of feeling alive.
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Tony Robbins believes money is a game — one that can turn dreams into reality
Robbins believes money is a “perception, an abstract concept,” but writes it doesn’t feel that way for people who don’t have enough of it.
You either use money, or it uses you. You either master money, or on some level, money masters you. The best way to change your (money) life is to find people who have already achieved what you want and then model their behavior.Many of the wealthiest people in the world think of money as a game — that’s why they will work 10 or 12 hours a day even after they’ve made billions of dollars. Money is a game that no one can afford to lose.
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Tony Robbins believes it’s possible to transform your financial life
As Robbins notes in Money: Master the Game, many of the wealthy people he has interviewed over the years came from nothing — as did Robbins. Take Ray Dalio, the son of a jazz musician and homemaker who is worth around $14 billion.
People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky; they’re doing something differently than everyone else does. The financial system is designed to be confusing, so that you’ll give up control to the professionals who reap enormous fees by keeping you in the dark — but investing your way to freedom isn’t confusing at all. Remember: Compound interest is such a powerful tool that Albert Einstein once called it the most important invention in all of human history.
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