From: johnnyb@wagner.cbs.umn.edu (John Buscher)
Subject: Re: Anthony Robbins
Organization: College of Biological Sciences, U of MN
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:02:29 GMT


THe following is a reply to some E-mail i recieved and I thought someone
might find it interesting.

  Hi Johnny;
 I hope that you don't mind my emailing you.  But I'mvery interested in
Tony Robbins and the claims that he makes.   I have a couple of questions
for you if you don't mind.   1.  Why buy his tapes when the books cover
basically the same thing?   2.  My biggest problem is getting myself to
take action/or sticking  with something.     Does Tony Robbins really
address this sort of thing?  Or is it just  a "tell yourself to do it and
you will do it" sort of  Philosophy.   Basically, I'm looking for reasons
to buy his tapes, but I'm not real  wild about spending that much money on
it.  I've been burned by mail  order claims before.   Any more info that
you could give me would be great!  Thanks  James.

	Hiya,
	In answer to the first question the tapes are a different medium
than a book. There's something about his voice that conveys the ideas
better. He presents himself as a coach and if you were playing football
which would work better a voice in your ear or a book? I think that there
is a a higher motivational factor in the tapes. Also the tapes are
structured one tape every weekday and subliminals on the weekends. Each
day you'll have a "short" exercise to do. There's something about doing
something EVERY day to move towards your goals that builds momentum where
as the book has exercises too but there's no one there assigning them or
asking did you do your exercise? If your worried about getting burned I
think he now offers a 60- day money back guarentee! So try the 30 day tape
program and if your not satisfied send them back. Now the book "Awaken the
Giant Within" contains other tools not covered by the tape program. Let me
ask you this what is happiness worth to you? By human nature how much do
we value things we get for free or cheap? If you invest the money you have
another reason to create the changes in your life you want. Look you can't
loose on the tape program so why not. Now i didn't listen to the tape
program and BOOM i was this super happy man. It took me three tries to get
through the tapes not because Tony is a lame coach or this ideas are bad.
It was because I self sabataged myself and i took 4 days alone on and
island in the middle of the mississippi river to find out why. I had a
long standing belief from childhood that I was a failure, that anthing I
tried i would eventually screw up, and I did! Now with Tony's help I
destroyed that belief and decided that I wasn't going to settle for less
than I could be. What's the best I can be? Well I'm pushing the envelope
on that weeks sometimes even daily. Now soon after the island walk-about I
went to see Tony live and I had to borrow the money to do it but I walked
out a much better person and happier too. Anyways to summ this up Tony
does not build your life for you and he does not have all the answers.
Anyone who claims to have a sure fire method of changing you is a
shuckster. Tony gives you the tools to built the house your life will
reside in. What that house looks like and when it gets built is up to you.

OK to quickly summ up your second question. Motivation is the heart and
soul of tony's work. It's not simply posative happy thoughts. Tony helps
you figure out why this change is important. If someone has a big enough
WHY the HOW TO's will fall into place because most likely that person will
find a way. Also Tony's a big advocate of ACTION daily (small) congruent
ACTION! Tony got me excited about my future and enjoying the here and now.
This happiness is not materialistic but happiness in self and that's
something I'll never take away from myself again.

Sorry this is so long but I'm having a GOOD day an I'm very empassioned today!
 Write with any questions you may have.

	Sieze the day,
	Johnnyb

P.S. Please forgive the spelling, my dictionary is elsewhere.


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