Tony Robbins is a big name in the personal development world, but would you want to know his success lineage? It goes back to this…

Level 1 – Thomas Scott

thomas a scottThomas Scott started as an entry-level clerk at the Pennsylvania Railroad around 1850 and worked his way up to eventually becoming President and CEO of the company, which at the time was the largest corporation in the world.

He also was in charge of the railroads for the Union Army during the Civil War and was an advisor to President Abraham Lincoln.

Scott grew up in poverty in Pennsylvania and his father died when he was about 12.

This is the start of the tracable success lineage.

Level 2 – Andrew Carnegie

andrew carnegie

Andrew Carnegie is one of the most famous figures in American business history. He founded and grew Carnegie Steel in Pittsburgh to become one of the largest companies in America and it later became what is today US Steel.

The US Steel logo is what is used on the helmets of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. Carnegie came to America as a very poor child from Scotland and only had a third-grade education.

At one point he was one of the wealthiest people in America and gave most of his money away. Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Carnegie Hall in New York City are named after him.

While this brief summary of Carnegie does not do him justice, Carnegie learned about success from Thomas A. Scott. That’s the power of the success lineage.

Level 3 – Napoleon Hill

napoleon hill

Napoleon Hill is one of the most famous success experts in American history. He wrote the very famous book, “Think and Grow Rich,” spoke about success to thousands and was an advisor to two US Presidents: Woodrow Wilson and FDR.

Napoleon Hill grew up in poverty in Appalachia in South West Virginia and eventually found a job at the local county newspaper.

As a reporter, he had the fortunate luck to interview Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie was so impressed by Hill that he challenged him to devote his career to studying success and gave him personal introductions to titans of American industry like Henry Ford.

‘Think and Grow Rich’ is the result of Hill’s 30 years of studying some of THE most successful Americans. As mentioned, Hill first learned about success from Andrew Carnegie.

Level 4 – James Breckenridge Jones

jb jonesJames Breckenridge Jones mentored Shoaff and wrote a famous book about success that you can still buy on Amazon.com today called “If You Can Count to Four…”

Like Rohn and Shoaff, J.B. Jones was an immensely successful salesman and was born into poverty in Tennessee—and he was one of 14 children.

How this success lineage continues is that Jones learned about success from Napoleon Hill.

Level 5 – James Earl Shoaff

James Earl Shoaff

James Earl Shoaff is a little known, but highly successful and highly influential figure in American history.

Like Rohn, he too was a successful salesman in the vitamin industry and also parlayed his success into public speaking.

Shoaff not only mentored Jim Rohn, but he also mentored Mary Kay Ash—who went on to found Mary Kay Cosmetics and Zig Ziglar—one of the most famous salesmen in America and himself a speaker to thousands about success.

Mary Kay Ash grew up very poor outside of Houston. Zig Ziglar grew up very poor in Mississippi. Shoaff himself came from a very poor family in Pennsylvania and he was born with a congenital heart defect and was not expected to live past childhood.

He ultimately succumbed to his heart condition rather early in life, but not before having a major impact on success in America. Shoaff learned about success from J.B. Jones

Level 6 – Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn was a remarkably successful salesman in the vitamin industry in the 1960s and 1970s. He then parlayed that success in sales into public speaking. Jim Rohn was sort of the ‘Tony Robbins’ of the 70s and 80s.

Jim Rohn started from very humble beginnings in Yakima Washington and grew to national success. Jim Rohn learned about success from James Earl Shoaff.

Level 7 – Tony Robbins

jim rohn tony robbins

Probably one of the biggest success ‘superstars’ today, Tony Robbins has coached success to millions of people around the world through his audio tapes and in-person seminars.

Additionally, Tony Robbins personally coaches CEOs like Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff and has coached US Presidents in the past. Tony Robbins started from nothing as a child in Southern California.

Tony Robbins learned about success from Jim Rohn.

Conclusion – The Success Lineage

True knowledge of success always comes down from a high plane.  It’s passed down from generation to generation.

Some of the best teachers are the best students. Deductive knowledge is always more powerful than self-proclaimed inductive knowledge or experimental knowledge.

It’s faster to succeed by just following in the footsteps of those who have achieved it.


Sidz is a college drop-out, "musician turned digital geek", a spiritually grounded minimalist, father of 2, and husband of a loving wife. He founded the Internet Lifestyle Hub in 2018 to fix the education and employment system for good. Currently, he is helping over 20,000+ coaches, teachers, and experts digitize their knowledge. He’s an international best-selling author of the book You Can Coach and is on a mission to help 1,000,000 people live a lifestyle of freedom!

    35 replies to "Discover The 7 Generation Success Lineage Of Tony Robbins"

    • Madhukar Raj

      Great blog! Thank you for sharing the lineage of the world’s biggest influencers!

      • Siddharth Rajsekar

        You’re welcome Madhukar!

      • Author Kumar Gaurav

        I am fortunate enough that have learnt from each one of these people’s tapes ????

    • Madhumita

      Thank you for sharing the success stories of great coaches in the world who earned their success through determination and perseverance.

    • Yadav Balaji

      Good one! there is no success generation to generation stories of any Indians??

    • SSJ RAMAPHANI CHALLA

      Excellent inspiring article on Success lineage. Thanks for sharing.

    • Rajbir Singh

      A crispy, concise summary of great people!

    • Ravi Sachan

      Yes .
      Success leaves clue .

    • George Kochu

      Superb Sidz……Gave me a lot of insight on the subject…
      Proud to have you as my mentor….

    • Sreeveni V

      It’s Amazing to get to know about the Lineage. Truly the best teachers are the best students.
      Thank you Sidz for sharing this.

      I’m loving it to be in this community.

    • Johnson Awungchui

      Man are social animals. Forefathers history and a New born child chapter’s are intertwined . Thank you brother for the extra ordinary effort’s of steps you’re sharing with the purpose of answer for a better world. God bless you abundantly too.. Best wishes

    • Om

      Sidd .Good research.Came to know some missing connections.You could have mentioned Brian Tracy also in list of rags to riches and salesman

    • Anil Bhaskar Patil

      Very interesting information Sidz. Thank you so much for sharing it. I hope it starts from you and other Indian success coaches in our country.

    • Sanjay

      Very interesting

    • Abhishek verma

      Wow, I always knew Tony’s mentor but never knew about lineage thanks sidz for this blog.

      Quick question: who according to you will be next Tony Robbins. And if someone ( me ) wants to be on this path how should I go about.

    • Hargovind Kamdikar

      It’s Great blog! Thank you for sharing the 7 lineage of the world’s biggest influencers!
      My job is that to carry forward the torch of knowledge whatever I got from you without deviation.

    • kanchan thakur

      its such a great insight and beautiful words of wisdom,
      truly commendable

    • Srinivas TR

      Thanks for Sharing this on this Pious Day of Guru Purnima. You are great mentor and continuing the lineage and building a new school of Teachers, Mentors, facilitators for the New World.

      Cheers

    • Sudhir Mahale

      Level 8 – Siddharth Rajsekar.
      Level 9 – 11000 +
      Wonderful lineage. Proud to be part of it.

    • Brian Rao

      I always learn something new when I read your articles. Thanks so much

    • Subhendu kumar

      Sidhartha,On the occasion of Guru purnima My heartiest gratitude to you for your endeavours to enable people to attain the freedom by finding the neich.The legacy of Gurukul is the contribution of India to the universe. let your mentorship take the community to a new hight.
      Subhendu.

    • G. Vaani

      Thanks a lot sidz for your valuable depth information to create bright young energetic generation

    • PALCIDUS PATRICK

      Interesting Post and content!

    • Irene Gonsalves

      Thanks for sharing these great insights of the successor lineage ..way to go!!

    • Sridhar Pai

      Lovely read
      Thanks for a great piece again Sidz!

    • shashanka

      Nice research. I feel jealous of these people.

    • Purnendu S

      This is awesome. One student following onn th foot steps of his teacher and achieving more.

      Every student is able to provide a bigger shadow than their teacher because the teacher had made the foundation stronger for the next generation student.

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