Tony Robbins is a positive person indisputably so. As a life coach, the I Am Not Your Guru star has spent decades empowering people to live the lives they want, and he always seems to do it with a smile. Robbins seemingly boundless positivity has prompted many to ask him a pointed question: How does he stay so up all the time?

As Robbins tells Oprah during an interview on SuperSoul Sunday, the key to maintaining his positivity begins with a 10-minute ritual that he does each morning. Once Robbins changes his body with a radical breathing pattern , he feels ready for the ritual and starts with a focus on gratitude.

[I do] three and a half minutes of pure gratitude about three things, Robbins says. I pick one of those three to be simple... the wind on my face, my childrens faces, anything.

The reason he starts with gratitude, Robbins explains, is because of its ability to overpower the dangerous emotions that can sidetrack us.

The two emotions that mess us up the most are fear and anger, and you cant be grateful and fearful simultaneously. They dont go together, Robbins says. And you cant be angry and grateful simultaneously.

After spending a few minutes on gratitude, Robbins then shifts his focus to envisioning three larger successes hed like to see six to 12 months down the line.

I do three minutes of my Three to Thrive what are three outcomes or results Im really committed to? he poses. I see them as done and fulfilled ... When I feel its fulfilled and done, I give thanks for it.

With that, Robbins says he is primed to have a positive day.

At the end of those 10 minutes and usually its 15 or 18 for me I am so wired, he says. Ive done that for years.

SuperSoul Sunday airs Sundays at 11 a.m. ET on OWN. You can also watch full episodes online for a limited time through SuperSoul.tv.

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