Tony Robbins Conference - Unleash the Power Within

[Julia]

Back in, I think, the 80's there was a great book by Susan Jeffers called:

"Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway".

Just reading the post above reminded me of this book and how reading it changed my life in that I realised it usually costs nothing to 'have a go'. Even if you fail, you are not back from where you started and you could be way ahead.

 

[the phantom]

Robbin's was so 15 years ago, is he still pushing his stuff ?

What was the phrase back then, NLP, you could 'basically' study someone, and then become them ... please.

The word study is being abused, and mass marketed.

I remember mentioning to a psychiatrist, the self-help book crap to become an expert, he laughed his tit off.

Mild gigantism still helps I guess, with still influencing people.

You want to do anything , it requires alot, I mean alot of work, and it hurts, find some one to model if you are lucky, but do not forget about individual discovery, new ground, even if you find a model.

 

[ChaoSI]

In terms of those 3 links, I'm not sure how a few paragraphs of writing covers a the material covered in 50 hours over a 4 day seminar. If a person who attended is prepared to use the material is will assist them greatly. If they are not then it's not Tony's fault but the individual.

you make a good point that i didn't consider. [btw so awesome that you got so much out of the seminar dude. kudos to you =)]
although the knowledge and theory he uses isn't original by any means, it's about the bringing together of a bunch of knowledge and presenting it in a way that is easily palatable by people who probably would see "Maslow's Hierachy of Needs" and say "i don't really care or i cbb to read about it." Where really Maslow was a bit of a TR back in his day much like any psychology theorist. Freud, Skinner, Pavlov, Rogers, etc etc etc.

The way he's been able to put it all together to 'help' people I will concede really is a skill. I mean i doubt people could really cover all of the pieces of his seminars in any real depth of understanding in 50 hours. So really he's capitalising on the laziness of many in a way

 

[Wysiwyg]

What was the phrase back then, NLP, you could 'basically' study someone, and then become them ... please.

Robbins book, Unlimited Power, uses much of Richard Bandler and John Grinder's work on modeling. Being in such a heightened state of awareness where senses are working overtime assessing every tone, scent, movement, vibe, taste and more is possible but to the average pleb. like me (self confessed ) just isn't that appealing (modeling). Besides that I think mimicking/miming someone else is somewhat fake. At the core we are who we are.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

I am travelling First Class to the US quite soon.

Does anyone know when this niterc is leaving Australia, as I'm booking my flight and would hate to be stuck in the same space as him for 12 hours?

gg

 

[Tightwad]

He probably has his own jet.. or a hovercraft that floats on a stream of his hot air.