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My personal take on it

posted 8 years ago by Ricardo-36
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I've known about Tony Robins for quite a few years, and it's quite apparent what a communication genius he truly is. He is the epitome of the perfect public speaker, he is fast, articulated, has a deep voice that he perfectly projects to the audience, knows how to captivate and keep a high energy speak for HOURS. Few have the skills to pull that off.

He has some very interesting insights on motivation, and his lectures on the subject are fascinating. I'd be very interested in attending a 1 or 2 hour lecture from him on that subject matter (or perhaps about leadership skills). His coaching technique is far from being "fraudulent", albeit not being anything new.

HOWEVER, this particular 6 day course really feels a bit off to me. It's too vague (what is it about? fixing problems? achieving dreams?), it's too sparse and unfocused, and doesn't quite seem to be a perfect fit for everyone, unless having that empowered motivational "buzz" for a few days is what you're looking for. The documentary focused only on the "miraculous" testimonial parts, ignoring there's hours and hours of lecturing and theory material presented that may be a little bit more interesting for those who are truly expecting to learn something - and not witness miracle cures like some loud, fast talking televangelist preacher. It was like a turbo-mode fast paced therapy session (all he did is pretty much go through the motions of a therapy session) in front of THOUSANDS of people. It looks like borderline brain washing, and, judging by the way this documentary was edited, it might have been their original idea - to show two sides of the whole thing (kinda like "Jesus Camp" did). What is the line that separate religious charismatic preaching and motivational speaking?

While I'd gladly attend a short seminar or talk by Tony Robbins, I'd not put up 5 grand on that Destiny 6 day seminar. Of course a lot of content was missing from the documentary (partially because I doubt Tony Robbins wished to have it all out there, he wants people to pay), but the little I saw did not convince me.

"You keep him in here, and make sure HE doesn't leave!"

[–] shadowpawn-885-307342 8 years ago

Ive not been to a TR speaking event but to a few of his student's ones. You are right they do want to upsell you on the longer coaching session, "You will only experience on this day course a small part of what I can offer you. Sign here for the one year monthly phone call with us for ...." So there is the fact you need to keep the people hooked on what you are selling fakeness I do hate. Who can put their hand up and say they dont have a problem. or a relationship issue or spiritual concern they have not solved?

You are right as a public speaker he hits all the marks but should realize that F-Bombs used very sparingly are much more powerful than every other word.

[–] Ricardo-36 8 years ago

I am absolutely fine with his colorful language and F-bombs, if it helps motivates and achieve the talk's goal. These are all adults, and words are just words. I really did not think twice about it, and I wouldn't mind. I don't know why people are so bothered by this, while other things he does and says doesn't get people's attention.

"You keep him in here, and make sure HE doesn't leave!"

[–] ericjstacey 8 years ago

Totally agree. I think he would be a great life coach to see once a week-group hugs and crying may be great in a room with 2,000 people, but it would just totally not be for me. I'm not sure how Dawn can go into the seminar feeling so much pain, then coming out feeling life is wonderful...I think the euphoria would crash after a few days

[–] ericbxxxxx 8 years ago

You don't have to put up five-grand. That's the fee for his Date With Destiny course.

His introductory course is Unleash the Power Within, it's a 3-day course (with an optional health day) and it starts around $695 (with early-bird pricing specials making it even lower, I believe).

You're not gonna get much out of a one or two hour lecture. I'd suggest going on eBay and picking up his Personal Power cd set (which is a 30-day course of about an hour a day).

There's no way you can capture a six-day course in a two-hour documentary.

The coaching upsell . . . nobody is forced to sign up for it. A lot of very successful business professionals have coaches.

I attended his 3-day course a few times. The style of hugging, high-fiving, etc, wasn't for me but there is a lot of good information to be gleaned from the course.

[–] ozmariana 7 years ago

I agree with you, he i a master on what he does, no doubt. good for him, i feel that he is sincere when he is trying to help those people, but something were off.

The whole time i was watching it i kept thinking that people who really needs this kind of talk and help would never be able to pay $5000, or even $700...

He talks so much about helping other people, it is like an obsession for him... He is worth around 500 million dollars... Why is he not helping the ones in really need...
The ones who cannot afford to pay...

i don't know if i wrote is relevant to the off felling, just something i kept thinking about while watching it.

Thanks