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Have you heard of this guy before? Most people affectionately call him Tony. Well, if you haven’t heard of him, you might want to know that today’s his birthday (Born: 29th February 1960) and this happens only once in 4 years (leap years)-so if you do the math, he’ll just be 12 years old instead of 48 (since his birthday only happens once in 4 years)

Tony’s a handsome giant, standing at 6’7” and as wide as a shed. During his seminars, people press in close to meet him personally, take photos and asking for autographs on their books and audio-visual products. He has a face of a young man, the wisdom of an aged sage and the world-wide fame of a distinguished celebrity!

Now for some background about this incredible guy whom I truly respect & learned a lot from: If you have not read about him, you might think that he must have a nice family who supported him with all the love and necessary education for him to get to where he is today. Well, you might be surprised to know that in his books, he often talks about his mother having several partners and he having several fathers during his upbringing. The Robbins family often did not have much money for a decade and he talked about charity being offered to them on Thanks Giving. He was kicked out of his house at age 17 on Christmas Eve 1977 and faced multiple challenges as he was left to take care of himself afterwards. (I think he probably had more challenges than most of us).

Before his was kicked out, he attended a seminar by Jim Rohn and it gave him the necessary self-motivation to go through his ordeal. Tony worked part-time doing sales so as to support his studies. By 18 years old, he was labelled the “Wonder Kid” and was even written about in the national press and was earning US$10,000 per month (and that was in 1978!) By his late teens he had already found himself studying NLP (Nero Linguistic Programming) with John Grinder, one of the founders of NLP. He did this by just pure determination and by not excepting a no for an answer, so that John finally agreed to show him the skills. Still in his late teens he developed his own successful method and became very popular in helping peoples’ fears and phobias.

But with success came self-destruction and soon after, Anthony Robbins found himself sitting in a bachelor pad, overweight and in debt. He described a friend coming around to his apartment and convincing him that he was wasting his life away at the turning point of his life. Anthony clearly had the tools and skills; he just was choosing not to demand more from himself. From that day his friend advised him, he never looked back. (Determination & action on the skills we learned-this is something we could learn from him).

Anthony’s big break came in Canada, where on a local radio station he challenged that he could cure anyone with a phobia or fear instantly. He was challenged by a local psychologist, who had a patient he had been working on for years and had never been able to cure her. That night on stage at a local hotel, many people had turned up to see this dual between Anthony and the psychologist. So many, that the audience was forced to stand around the walls. The patient had been afraid of snakes and nothing that she had tried in the past had worked. Tony used his skills that he had learnt with NLP and a bit of entertainment too, and sure enough within seconds, this lady was quite happy to have snakes around her. The publicity from this event sent Tony’s career forward at an incredible speed, everyone wanted a piece of Anthony’s knowledge and skills.  

By age 24, Anthony was a multimillionaire living in a castle above the cliffs of California, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. His books became instant best sellers and his motivational tapes were sold over the world and became the best selling motivational tapes ever. Tony was pretty much elevated to superstar status.

He now found himself helping the rich and famous. Names that publicly support Tony’s work are Michael Douglas, Andre Agassi, Quincy Jones and countless more. He has also been associated with 2 presidents, Nelson Mandella and even Princess Diana. Clearly a seriously impressive portfolio!But at his peak, Anthony disappointed his fans by announcing his divorce from his wife of many years Becky. Becky had appeared on many of his tapes, had a book dedicated to her, but what really upset his followers was that his divorce seemed to contradict his teachings in his books and tapes. He had often used his relationship with Becky to show that people are different and that happy relationships can be formed and can be lasting if you follow some of Anthony’s lessons.

Although some people never forgave Tony for these events, most people moved on from this realising that Tony is just as human as everyone else and happiness has to be the major factor of life. Becky apparently is still a friend with Robbins and she still works at one of his companies. Robbins used the lessons from his own divorce, to put into his seminars and books to make him more popular than ever and now with his new wife is as active as he ever was.

Now in his forties, he sleeps only a few hours a day, has relentless energy and never accepts anything less than the best. Even after his seminars, which often finish at the early hours of the morning, he still goes to work to find out what he could have done better. Of course there are still those who criticize him and what he teaches and even those who think he is a fraud. But you cannot deny that Anthony Robbins has had an extraordinary life, and like him or love him, extremely successful. He love to say “Live with Passion!”

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Let’s check out a FREE video presentation of Anthony Robbins at one of his Seminars by clicking on the picture above ;-) In the video, he’ll teach you about the 6 Human Needs (Certainty, Uncertainty/Variety, Significant, Love & Connection, Growth & Contribution). I’ve bought he home study programs & attended his live Seminars. They changed my life for the better indeed!