Similar Wisdom, Different Language And Location

I listened to a 20 minutes motivational speech by Tony Robbins, at the following link.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cpc-t-Uwv1I

I couldn't help but notice the similarities between some of the points he mentioned and what we traditionally believe here in India.

Tony says that his life changed when he was 11 and hungry during Thanksgiving and his family received food from total strangers. 6 years after that incident, he started donating food every Thanksgiving starting with 2 families and now after 17years - 2million people. He calls it the most fun, fulfilling thing he ever did.
The importance of Annadaana has been told over and again by our seers. It's the greatest among all 'daanas'. Not only to fellow humans but we must feed the cows, crows, pretas, pitrus, devatas and neivedya to God Himself.

Tony makes another point saying death alone brings true meaning to life. He asks his audience if they knew that they had only 9 days to live, who would they call, what would they say and what would they do?
We already know the answer to that!! In Bhagavata, it is said that when King Parikshith knew he had only 7 days to live, he gave up his all and in total dispassion and complete devotion, spent all 7 days listening to the Bhagavata.

Emotion, Tony says is very important for anything. We believe so too. The bhava or bhavana behind a thought, word or deed is what is important.

Tony also says that fulfillment is the ultimate human need and that doesn't come from achievement. He says it comes from giving and contributing beyond yourself. True. The message of all shastras is do paropakara or service to others.