I think this article should have a section on his infomercial campaign, seeing as that is one of the most famous things about him.
The FAQ on "Pseudoscience," above, Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/FAQ#Pseudoscience (adding link to explain after archiving Merkinsmum 00:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)) talks about majority views and minority views, and to describe disputes "fairly."
What is clear is that Tony SHALBS is a very polarizing force here at Wikipedia. People are trying to glorify him, and people are trying to vilify him. The more people push to glorify, the more other people want to "debunk" him, though that is clearly not the purpose of the article. When people write things that are decidedly NOT fair, intended to "debunk," it leads others to write more that is glorifying Robbins -- or at least removing the schlock that does not belong.
Look at the comment from "Balancing the Article," Above:
Imagraphicx was right, and is right. This is the only article I ever had the desire to edit. I have used Wiki for years, but when I looked Robbins up for the first time, I was appalled at the article. Sandwiched between a section on his "Personal Life" on top and "Celebrity Meetings" and "Acting" on the bottom, were three sections:
1. Seminars and Claims (a weasel word) 2. Lawsuits 3. Criticism
In those three sections, there were 366 words in "Seminars and Claims," including the weasel word in the title. There were 359 words in the other two sections combined. There were just about as many words in the negative as their were in the positive, and the positive was horribly outdated and focused primarily on irrelevant material (when you discuss the Mona Lisa, you do not spend half of the discussion on the frame).
I had never, in all of my years of reading Wiki, been compelled to edit an article. But this one was so misleading, and so slanted, that I had to register, log in, and do something. My inexperience showed, and I'm sure it still does. I read widely, and could critique the articles on Hegel, Einstein, or Baseball if I felt compelled to do so. But no article had ever driven me to get off of my butt and correct it before I read this one.
Today, the "meat" of the article is longer, as more relevant material was added, and the ratio has slightly improved: 872 positive words, and 755 negative. But still, that's an awful ratio.
The problem seems to lie in the fact that some people feel the need to "debunk," rather than fairly depict the majority and the minority views as what they are. Perhaps someone needs to take it upon him or herself to throw out this article, as imigraphicx suggested, and just start from scratch. It is better -- though Rray disagrees -- but it is still awful. The word that best described the criticism when I first read it was "petty." I'm sorry to say that the word still applies. 72.225.222.55 ( talk) 01:07, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, forgot to log in. MasterPrac ( talk) 01:08, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I revamped this section. I expanded on Robbins' theories and beliefs. There is no cheerleading here. I only state what Robbins states, and leave the reader to determine if it is true or not.
My sources are manuals from seminars I have taken with Mr. Robbins. They are, unfortunately, not for general distribution, but thousands of other people, who have taken the same seminars, have the same manuals.
As I am still relatively new at this, I was unable to get the footnotes to reflect the reference that shows that Robbins and Cloe Madanes co-wrote the Advanced Leadership manual. I also could not get the footnote to show the page numbers in the reference. If someone can help with this, it would be appreciated.
With this section, people coming to this article to see what Robbins believes and teaches can now see that. They can also see whatever criticism people have of him, and his work. MasterPrac ( talk) 05:01, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't recall the lead of this article being so short prior to all the changes that have been made recently. I added a template indicating that the lead should be lengthened. That template includes guidelines for the introductory paragraphs of articles. Rray ( talk) 06:20, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
The other pic was of his forthcoming book cover, and said it was his forthcoming book. It could be construed as advertising, also may not even come out as it's not scheduled for release until 2010. It was not a realistic pic. So I changed it for another one that was on Wikimedia commons. Merkinsmum 23:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I've removed this long section recently added by one editor, because of WP:RS, WP:NOTE and WP:OR, and also copyright concerns, as you may need permission from robbins to use your notes or handouts from one of his seminars on Wikipedia. Also stylistically it was in note form, not an encyclopaedic style. But please keep contributing! Your contributions are appreciated, but in order for them to last, you might like to have a read of some of the Wikipedia guidelines and policies. Merkinsmum 23:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Okay, as a result of your edit, there are now 620 words describing Robbins and why he warrants an article -- in other words the two remaining sections, "Career and Ideas," and "Seminars. There are now 752 words in the sections, "Lawsuits" and "Criticisms." Of the 1372 words that are the crux of the article, 45% are favorable, and 55% are unfavorable.
Merkinsmum, you wrote above: "You think the criticisms are petty because you are looking at it from a believer in Robbins' theories' perspective. To sceptics etc, they're probably not petty at all."
The day I discovered this article, this was the first line in the criticism (you can look it up -- I just did):
"Skeptic James Randi is a notable critic of Tony Robbins, calling Robbins' "applied kinesiology" a "scam". Problems with that:
The criticism section has grown longer since October, when I discovered the article. There were 359 words in the "Criticism" section in October; there are 660 words in that section today.
Yet, if it does NOT appear "to have too much criticism," it's probably because I recently removed all of the "debunking" and "weasel words" from the section.
Finally, this has nothing to do with being a "believer" or not. This has to do with fairness, which is a BIG part of the "Pseudoscience" FAQ (see above). For example, you have not read a word from me about the "lawsuit" section; the criticism of NLP, even though I am a Master Practitioner of NLP; or anything about his divorce. These are valid, verifiable, and accurate, and even though you may call me a "believer," those sections are both "Fair" and "Balanced" (to borrow from Al Franken's book title). There were, however, some very picyune and petty statements, including the Randi nonsense listed above. MasterPrac ( talk) 02:27, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't see how I can have removed any existing content prior to your long edit, because I don't think I removed anything much other than that. I've made some suggestioons about stuff we could cover, below. Merkinsmum 12:11, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Rray and Merkinsmum both suggest that I attempt to write articles on the individual seminars and books. In light of how they pounce anytime anything remotely resembles something that has the appearance of commercialism, I cannnot imagine writing an article about a product.
Also: Rray compares this article to the one on Stephen King. Stephen King is an author. He writes books for a living. Robbins does not. Robbins has ideas which he teaches, and he works with people who pay money to have Robbins help them. You may agree with his ideas, or disagree with them, or believe he actually helps people, or believe that he steals their money. But this is what he does. I would never compare the significance of his ideas to those of Einstein, or Hegel, or Freud, or even Milton H. Erickson. The reason any of these people warrant an article here is because of their ideas, theories, and work. Robbins' ideas, theories and work may or may not be to the standards or significance of the other people mentioned -- that's for the reader to decide -- but they are the only thing that warrants an article.
Think about it: why is there an article on Tony Robbins? Is it because he wrote a few books? Is it because he is famous? Is it because he met Nelson Mandela or Lady Di? No, no, and no. It is because of what he 'does', and the ideas he teaches, and because millions of people now have paid millions and millions of dollars -- either being helped or scammed -- to learn what he teaches.
After all, what is it that the "criticism" section criticizes? It criticizes his ideas, theories, and work. In the articles of ANYONE analogous, it the ideas, theories and work are expounded upon, before being criticized. As important, they are expounded upon by people who have studied the ideas and theories at length, and understand them a lot better than most other people.
Yet, anytime I, or anyone, has attempted to expound on his ideas, theories and work, it is censored by people who believe it to be too much like a "commercial."
Well, I made quite a few edits in October, and left the article a lot better than it was when I started. You have now removed everything that I did back in October, and everything I added this past week. You say "But please keep contributing!" I don't have the time, nor apparently the expertise, to do so. I am going to attempt to remove the Randi nonsense once and for all, and then I'm going to take a break from this for at least a little while. MasterPrac ( talk) 02:27, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
I have actually read 'notes to a friend' 'awaken the giant within' 'unlimited power' and listened to the 'personal power' tapes years ago! So I can't be a complete sceptic lol:) Then again....I'm still on 'welfare' lol:)
I say write 'briefly' about Robbin's ideas, because I think there should be a section on Robbins'...
–:A 2004 article giving an account of an Anthony Robbins seminar in Sydney can be found in the University of New South Wales student magazine Tharunka via the Trove website - a digitized newspaper resource: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230223088?searchTerm=anthony%20robbins&searchLimits= Iggyc61 ( talk) 14:28, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
I'm very busy this week as I'm moving house and have to smarten up the old one to get my deposit back :) Also my router has died so I can only use internets at my partner's, and he expects me to talk to him sometimes.:) So my apologies if I'm not often at my PC (well, quite as often as usual.) or if it seems I'm not pulling my weight finding sources etc, for the week.
Our section on 'seminars' explains briefly what he says he teaches at each seminar, and I think it's quite good. We could do a similar thing for the books/tapes (covering only the most noteable ones.)
We could do it as 'his first book (insert title here) taught x, his second book said success could be achieved by Y. I know they're mainly about the same subject, but we could say how he says they're different. Merkinsmum 12:11, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I missed that comment of yours before.
Rray, one who "crews" at a Robbins event is a volunteer, and pays for the privelege. One also does so 4-10 days a year, at best. I have never received a dime from the Robbins Organization. I have no conflict of interest. MasterPrac ( talk) 02:39, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
"Questionable science: Theories which have a substantial following, such as psychoanalysis, but which some critics allege to be pseudoscience, may contain information to that effect, but generally should not be so characterized."
Rray has stated, above:
Is it just me, or has Rray stated the purpose of the article on its head?
Having used Wikipedia for quite a while, as a reader, not an editor, it seems to me that the purpose of Wikipedia, as with any encyclopedia, is that people want to know about particular subject matter.
We turn to the Wright Brothers, for example, if we want to learn about flight, about their lives, about how they did what they did, as well as the scientific principles that support what they did. If you read an article about Andy Warhol, you will find out about his life, and his work. It talks extensively about his paintings and his films, without any of the stringent requirements that Rray institutes here in his fiefdom. There are no references anywhere in the "paintings" or "film" sections at all.
But that's what the articles are about, because that's what people want to know.
What is this article about? Rray writes that "Tony Robbins has an article here, not because of what he teaches, but because he's received significant coverage from multiple reliable sources."
I completely disagree. Tony Robbins has an article in Wikipedia because people who read Wikipedia want to know something about Tony Robbins.
And the reason "he's received significant coverage from multiple reliable sources," as Rray states, is precisely because of what he teaches, and the celebrity of his following.
He received his first significant coverage 30 some years ago, when, in front of an audience in a Vancouver hotel ballroom, he took a patient of a local psychiatrist, whom he had been treating for a snake phobia for years, and cured the phobia in about 30 minutes. That gained some notoriety for him. I could fly to Vancouver and look in microfiche for the reference, but I don't have the time, and I don't have access to Lexus/Nexus. Perhaps someone who does can look that up, somewhere in the early 80's.
He gained more notoriety when he started doing firewalks. He gained more when he started getting unpaid celebrity endorsements in his infomercials. He gained more notoriety in psychiatric circles when Dianne Sawyer and 20/20 filmed him working with a woman with over 100 multiple personalites, integrating her in less than an hour (using the concept of the Six Human Needs). 20/20 did not run the piece until they determined that the woman remained integrated over a year later. I have seen the segment, once when it first aired, and then later from a friend who videotaped it. I can't seem to find a web reference to it, but I saw it, and her doctor's reaction that there was no scientific explanation for it that he was aware of.
But that's why "he's received significant coverage from multiple reliable sources."
More important, that's why people come to Wikipedia, or any encyclopedic sources -- to find out about the subject. Those who come to read this article -- as it stands -- do not succeed. MasterPrac ( talk) 03:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
We could mention infomercials in this coming section, as that's a method he's used to sell them.
This is all the ideas I have so far lol, not much as you can tell, I'm still uncharacteristically busy.
(list of notable works based on amazon ranking, though we could list chronologically- I know amazon's figures are not all that encyclopaedic lol we need too get hold of more objective bestseller statistics)
unlimited power 1997 –The new science of personal achievement (about NLP)
awaken the giant within 2001 How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
8 minutes in the morning 2002 a simple way to shed up to 2lbs a week guaranteed
live with passion audio CD 2002 strategies for creating a compelling future
notes from a friend 1995 A Quick and Simple Guide to Taking Control of Your Life
energy tapping for trauma 2007 by fred gallo, foreword by Tony R. -Rapid Relief from Post-Traumatic Stress Using Energy Psychology (this is interesting as it shows by doing so he endorses the
Emotional Freedom Technique, which is a controversial therapy in itself, so he hasn't eased off on endorsing highly unscientific ideas such as he did with the Q-link.)
lessons in mastery 2002
giant steps 1994 365 daily lessons in self mastery
contact 2006 yoga of relationship, I think with
Deepak Chopra, another controversial figure
get the edge 2000 a 7 day program too transform your life (major infomercial that's been on for years, I can't remember his earlier ones offhand but then I'm in the UK)
personal power 1993 30 day program
If anyone can find brief quotes from WP:RS reviews of any of these books, or add any other info here so we can write this section, that'd be great. Merkinsmum 02:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
When it comes to "reputable evidence," few people are better at examining empirical evidence than Bill James, who writes about baseball. As it says in his article, "James' sabermetrics rejects much of the conventional wisdom that has been passed down by players, executives, and writers over decades." Two recent books have been written about him: The Mind of Bill James, and How Bill James Changed Our View of the Game of Baseball. He has become very well respected, both in and outside of baseball. He looks at the empirical evidence for statistical significance.
I mention this because there has been much debate over the years in the baseball world over the existence of clutch performance. Are there players who do better than others when the game is on the line? Several decades of studies have failed to prove "clutch" ability with any statistical significance, and James has rejected this as well.
But then, a couple of years ago, he wrote a provacative article in the Journal of American Baseball Research turning this on its head. He wrote that he is reevaluating his complete rejection of cluth performance in spite of the lack of statistically significant empirical evidence, and here's why: he argues that it is possible that we simply do not have the proper tools to provide us with the proper information to decide one way or another. His analogy is a foggy campsite, where you hear something in the distance, and turn on your flashlight only to see the fog reflected back at you. The fact that you can't see what is in the distance does not mean that nothing is there; it just means that you lack the proper instrumentation to record, measure, or see definitively what may or may not exist.
Some of -- not all, but some of -- the "New Agey stuff" that people reject as "pseudo-science," particularly regarding this article on Robbins, may possibly fall into this category. For example, there was radioactivity for eons before the geiger counter was invented, but we had no way of measuring it. The speed of light has been constant since the beginning of time (as far as we know), but nobody knew what it was until someone noticed that the moons of Jupiter appeared to slow down as the earth moved away from Jupiter, and sped up as we moved closer. Hypnosis was dismissed by the "Randi's" of the time as a "scam" until Dr. Milton H. Erickson and others rescued it from tent shows and brought it into the medical establishment. Freud dismissed hypnosis, for example, and it is speculated that he did so because he was bad at it. ;-)
So the point I'm attempting to make, in an admittedly long-winded way, is that just because we do not yet have the proper tools to measure something does not mean that the thing we attempt to measure does not exist. It also does not mean that it does exist, either. It means that the jury is properly "out," and that the science in question is questionable, but not necessarily pseudo. MasterPrac ( talk) 15:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
I moved the sentence: "Robbins' techniques, theories and business practices have been the subject of some criticism and legal actions," to lead the Criticism section. Having this sentence in the opening paragraph is driven by an agenda. Firmitas ( talk) 16:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
In a review of NAC, Grant essentially says that some of Robbins claims are unjustified and of the some techniques (e.g. future pacing) are not based on empirical research. Interestingly, he does say that some of the techniques draw from existing methods do have empirical support. ---- Action potential t c 11:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
The first paragraph of this section has no transition from a description of Robbins childhood to his career. This seems jarring and possibly needs to be rewritten, but I don't have the time for it tonight. Rray ( talk) 03:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Doesn't Tony Robbins have a biological son (Jairek Robbins) , born May 26, 1984? Should this be mentioned in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.201.167 ( talk) 11:39, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Much of the sourcing in the article is from primary sources. For example, in the section about celebrity endorsements, the references used are from Robbins' own products. In the absence of reliable secondary sources, those types of assertions shouldn't be included in the article. (Especially the part about the celebrities agreeing to endorse the products without compensations. That's a sales pitch, which is not an encyclopedic source.) If someone has reliable secondary sources to add, I'd be grateful if they added them. Otherwise that section will likely need extensive editing.
Other sections of the article have the same problem, but that's the one that stands out. Rray ( talk) 03:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I see that there has been an exhaustive discussion above about all sorts of pros and cons of Tony Robbins and what empirical research underpins his philosophies. I have a more practical interest (as, I suspect, do most readers). I have been offered some Tony Robbins CDs on Trademe (like ebay). But I don't know the difference between "personal power" and "personal power II" and "Get the edge" etc etc. Does one build on the other? Or supplant it? Wikipedia seemed to me the perfect place to find out that sort of information. I am disappointed to not be able to learn anything along these lines. I see there is a page on Personal Power, which is all of 4 sentences long.
I (and, I am sure, many other readers) would be REALLY grateful if those who knew would be willing to post either separate articles on Tony's books and CD's, or else include them in the bio. I really don't care which. I would just like the information. And I'd be really grateful -- if someone did post that information -- to not have someone else delete it because it was deemed to be commercial or biased.
I have no politics or agenda. I am not a tony fan; I am not a tony critic. I just want to learn more. Almost always Wikipedia is the place I can go to to do that learning. For now, however, it is not.
Help, please??? :) 125.238.45.167 ( talk) 10:19, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I thought I was logged in for the above posting. I am: Boxter1977 ( talk) 10:21, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Why did Anthony change his surname?
I removed this para as being an anonymous commentator from a personal website, it fails Reliable Source & Notability. Ashmoo ( talk) 15:49, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
Another participant who attended an "Unleash the Power Within" seminar and describes himself as "a former journalist" who is "greatly aware of being skeptical in all situations," writes: "To the critics who jumped on the bandwagon and then regretted it, where was your skepticism then? If all it takes is a weekend to get you excited enough to part with $10,000, then I'd have to say (a) some part of you got something out of it, and (b) you're looking for someone else to place the responsibility on."
He concludes: "....I found value in the program, and ... I'm a natural skeptic. Some people are going to go, and hate it. Some people left by the 2nd day, and some on the 3rd. But everyone who stayed all the way through, I found, had a pretty rewarding experience. And I find it beyond insulting to think that everyone there was misled, stupid and/or ignorant enough to be mindlessly swayed as is being suggested." [2]
References
Agree. This commentary absolutely fails the reliable secondary source test. FinFangFoom ( talk) 07:58, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Your bias is clearly showing. I am "undoing" your change until you can explain, in an unbiased, rational way, how Michael Roes passes the "Reliable Source and Notability" test but Michael Mattux does not. MasterPrac ( talk) 14:56, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
"We regard the UPW as a great value and would recommend it to anyone who wants to make the most of their one-and-only precious life! Hell, we went for it: We've got some of Tony's nutritional formula, we're working through his CD sets, we're off the meat and dairy, and we've even signed up for the big $10,000 Mastery University program — complete with AR-Logo baseball caps — and we are looking forward to our trip to Fiji in November!
I'm removing this:
"On this ground, there is no doubt whatsoever that a "Robbins" diet that is heavily filled with healthy foods, particularly organic in nature and lacking in meat will produce vibrant human bodies."
Because it's POV and lacks any reference. Hoping To Help ( talk) 21:35, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Wow. So it was event worse PR POV back then. Zezen ( talk) 02:53, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Tony took on the surname of Jim Robbins, his first stepfather who was also a con artist.
The following section implies that Tony Robbins is a con artist.
Richardkselby ( talk) 21:28, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
I just cleaned the links in this article up per WP:EL and there were some interview links which could be used to add content to the article, since they would be reliable sources. I've listed them below if anybody wants to use them to work on the article.
I found a few references on him denying HIV is connected to AIDS (AIDS denialism). The most relevant source is his support for Christine Maggiore's book, though I haven't been able to confirm this by Tony's sources. Ref: http://www.aliveandwell.org/html/top_bar_pages/whatif_eng.html. I've read a customer review that he makes this claim on one of his audio tapes ( http://www.amazon.ca/Powertalk-Power-Paradox-Anthony-Robbins/dp/1559272678). Can anyone confirm this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.166.15.229 ( talk) 17:21, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Activist ( talk) 19:45, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
He also denies germ theory in general, for all diseases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.197.108.180 ( talk) 19:10, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
The text below has been removed because the alleged sources consist of links to a misc video page. If reliable sources can be found the text can go back in the article.
References
Is there any source for this? Granted he is big and tall, but does he have this specific disease? I'm removing the category unless a WP:RS can be found. Needless to say this is a possible BLP vios issue.-- Wlmg ( talk) 21:33, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
With all due respect to the editors who have worked on this article, it is poorly written and needs a complete re-write in my opinion. It is disjointed, and lacks integration. One problem is that the info is arranged by random topics instead of chronologically. There is no indication of how this person's live and career developed. Instead we have fragmented sections and sentences. Any suggestions or comments?-- — Keithbob • Talk • 15:44, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
This is bizarre. You only need one footnote and then you list your sources there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 ( talk) 08:47, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
I edited this page as there are some glaring omissions with regards to Tony Robbins and his marriages. His marriage to Becky Robbins was not finalized until June 21, 20001. He married Sage Robbins soon thereafter [nee Bonnie Humphries]. His daughter Jolie did not invite him to her wedding in the wake of the divorce from her mother and no longer speaks to him. She uses her mother's maiden name Jolie Jenkins in her acting career. This is all easily verifiable information [the Vancouver Sun defamation lawsuit filed by Tony Robbins] and you can go to Jolie Jenkins Wiki page to see that she is no longer known as Jolie Robbins.
I am sure that some Robbins friend/employee/fan will come along and edit this page to make Tony look like a dedicated husband and father. But there is nothing defamatory in my edits. The original page was inaccurate in terms of when Tony and Becky actually divorced and his relationship with his children. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisa kristin1 ( talk • contribs) 04:04, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Yes, I am sure you have never heard of Tony Robbins or his estrangement from his daughter Jolie Jenkinns "until today." That's why his Wiki profile is so dumbed down. People like you who will do anything to protect his image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisa kristin1 ( talk • contribs) 04:18, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
"That's why his Wiki profile is so dumbed down. People like you who will do anything to protect his image." Wikipedia isn't about image, positive or negative. It is a collection of factual information (verified), hence the "Pedia" as in encyclopedia, without bias or opinion. While some of the information you listed may be true and factual, it is not verifiable, not relevent in an encyclepedia style reporting and is phrased to point toward a certain opinion or bias, as in to make a personal point. The fact that he is divorced (the date etc.) is relevent to an encyclediac listing. The personal and emotional stuff is not. 24.255.234.72 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:19, 27 March 2012 (UTC).
Vegetarian; Vegan; Rawfooder
At some point in the past of Tony Robbins it was claimed that Tony Robbins was a rawfood vegan. Can this claim be validated? MaynardClark ( talk) 05:52, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
The height claimed by/for Tony Robbins is 6'7" or 2 meters 1 cm. He talks about using 'mostly psychology' in his well-packed seminars, but has any psychologist analyzed the popularity among others and worldly (financial) success of Tony Robbins and claims in terms of his considerable height? MaynardClark ( talk) 05:54, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
I found both the deleted and undeleted positions of the Wikipedia article useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.94.201.80 ( talk) 17:49, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
A single-purpose account has sprung up, repeatedly offering a OR-based edit to minimize the event. For example, "'Out of more than 6000 seminar participants, fire services in San Jose had to treat 21 people who suffered burns while firewalking at a Tony Robbins motivational event on July 19, 2012.'" [3]
I'm assuming we will be updating the articles on the movie theater shooting to explain that the 12 deaths were out of thousands of people who went that night? Or, perhaps, we'll state the number of Americans who were not killed on September 11, 2001?
So far, the editor in question has ignored all requests for discussion on their talk page and in edit summaries. Additionally, they have made no talk page comments and have refused to use edit summaries.
Next steps include blocking the editor and/or semi-protecting the article. - SummerPhD ( talk) 16:03, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
There are two accounts, CPESQS and RRIESQ, that appear to have been created specifically to present biased information regarding the alleged firewalking injuries. Would it be OK to remove some of these changes to make the section readable again? Destro ( talk) 15:02, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
A summary of one of Robbins' topics sourced to Robbins is not unbiased encyclopedic content about Robbins. Please find independent reliable sources for the material you wish to add. - SummerPhD ( talk) 03:07, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Shall we mention his net worth?-- 88.111.129.157 ( talk) 12:01, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
6' 7" - What is the height of Tony Robbins?[ http://www.celebheights.com/s/Tony-Robbins-3030.html Celebrity heights: Tony Robbins MaynardClark ( talk) 05:51, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
This page isn't great, but I'm quite sure CSD G11 doesn't apply. In the worst case scenario, you could just stub it. Robbins is a best-selling writer and easily satisfies the GNG. -- Zagalejo ^^^ 15:35, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
This section says that he taught classes in this/that ...after training with NLP co-founder.... This could mean (especially in this domain) that he merely took a class given by the person mentioned. If, as the text implies, he was personally trained by said person there should be a citation. If not, the sentence should be rewritten. Arbalest Mike ( talk) 00:08, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Steve Consalvez boldly added a promotional bit about Tolly Burken teaching Robbins the basic physics of fire walking. We have been through this before, somewhere. I'm not sure whether it was in this article or one of several others. After a small edit war and a one-sided discussion, we had left the material out (the COI editor, IIRC, was blocked) and life went on.
So, I reverted the addition.
Following an un-revert of the material, I am starting discussion here. Comments? - SummerPhD v2.0 18:05, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
So far, this is a one-sided discussion. The editor(s) in favor of adding the content are insisting that their bold change must remain. He (they?) is insisting reverts (pending discussion, per WP:BRD) are vandalism ( WP:VANDALISM disagrees) and disruption. (It's remarkable that editors with very few edits know Wikipedia's terminology so well.)
Those opposed to the addition are here on the talk page. Incidentally, we've been through this before. For the moment, I've requested page protection. (We've done this before for this same issue.) Next up will be blocks. (Again.)
In a nutshell, contrary to the conflicted editor's claims, Burken is not a significant piece of Robbins' life. - SummerPhD v2.0 23:54, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
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Please add the below copy to Tony Robbins introduction, supporting evidence is provided in footnote. "Tony Robbins (born Anthony J. Maharovich, February 29, 1960) is an American life coach, author, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Through his personal development audio, video and life training programs, Robbins has impacted more than 50 million people from 100 countries. Approximately 4 million people have attended his live seminars. Robbins has advised and counseled Fortune 500 CEOs, elite coaches and athletes, actors, musicians and international leaders, including three U.S. Presidents. Notable individuals Robbins has worked with include Bill Clinton[1], Wayne Gretzky, Serena Williams[2], Hugh Jackman and Pitbull.[3] He has also counseled American businessmen Peter Guber, Steve Wynn and Marc Benioff[4] and was named one of the “Top 50 Business Intellectuals” by Accenture[5] and one of the “Top 200 Business Gurus” by the Harvard Business Press[6]. Robbins became well known through his infomercials and personal-development books Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within. In 2014, inspired by the financial crisis that cost many Americans their retirement savings[7], he published Money: Master the Game, which reached #1 on the New York Times best-selling list in December[8]. Robbins has founded companies in the areas of life strategy, media production, hospitality, health & wellness products and financial services, the total of which earns approximately $6 billion in annual sales. In 2015 he was listed #49 on the Worth Magazine Power 100 list[9]. His net worth is estimated at $480 million.[10] In 2014, Robbins partnered with Feeding America to match donations and provide 100 million meals to Americans in need by the end of 2015[11]. He has pledged to do the same in 2016 and has pledged to feed 1 billion in the next five years."
Change the order of content sections to reflect below (1 through 10) Please add a section for "Teaching," supporting content and citations below Change "Celebrity Status" to "Television & Film" Remove "Associated People", and change "Controversies" to "Legal" and titles, supporting documents within 1. Early life 2. Career 3. Authorship 4. Teachings 5. Philanthropy 6. Television & film 7. Legal 8. Personal life 9. References 10. External links
Please add the additional content section for Tony Robbins teaching efforts. “Throughout his writings, seminars and speeches Robbins espouses viewpoints, techniques and other practices he asserts can help adherents improve their lives. Among these are methods he calls the “controlling state” and “neuro-associative conditioning.” He speaks a great deal about various “human needs, influences that affect people, the power of making decisions” and the need to achieve “emotional mastery.” He has said that to live an extraordinary life, you must master two things: “the science of achievement” and “the art of fulfillment.”[27] In addition to his teachings on personal performance, Robbins holds multiple seminars annually. These seminars include Unleash the Power Within, Date with Destiny, Life and Wealth Mastery, Business Mastery and Leadership Academy[28]. He has identified seven “keys to business mastery”: create raving fan customers and culture; know where you really are and create an effective business map; strategic innovation; world-class marketing; sales mastery systems; financial and legal analysis; and optimization and maximization of people and processes[29]. Energy: The Fuel of Excellence, a chapter in Unlimited Power, is dedicated to a discussion of health and energy. It endorses the Fit For Life program of Harvey and Marilyn Diamond, food combining, and deep breathing. Robbins refers to Harvey and Marilyn Diamond as his “former partners.”[21] Later in his career, in his audio product Living Health, Robbins changed his teachings on health slightly. He attributes this change to the influence of Robert O. Young. In Living Health, he endorses natural hygiene, the alkaline diet, live blood analysis, and the works of Peter Duesberg and Antoine Béchamp.
Please add a clause after the first sentence, “to make a significant difference in the quality of life for the youth, homeless and hungry, prisoners, elderly and disabled.[30]” Add a statement about the organization, “One of the foundation’s programs is the International Basket Brigade, in which groups of volunteers across the world assemble and deliver baskets of food and household items to needy families.[30]” Add copy about Feeding America and Robbins efforts through book profits, “The combined donation fed 100 million needy people in 2014-15 according to the charity[11]. Robbins is partnering with the charity again in 2016 to provide 100 million more meals.” “In 1991 Robbins founded the Anthony Robbins Foundation, a charity dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations to make a significant difference in the quality of life for the youth, homeless and hungry, prisoners, elderly and disabled.[30] According to the Foundation, it has products and programs in more than 2,000 schools, 700 prisons, and 100,000 health and human service organizations.[31] One of the foundation’s programs is the International Basket Brigade, in which groups of volunteers across the world assemble and deliver baskets of food and household items to needy families.[30] Independent charity watchdog Charity Navigator gives the Anthony Robbins Foundation a rating of four out of four stars.[31] In 2014, Robbins donated the profits of his book Money: Master the Game along with an additional personal donation to Feeding America. The combined donation fed 100 million needy people in 2014-15 according to the charity[11]. Robbins is partnering with the charity again in 2016 to provide 100 million more meals. “
Please change the section title to “Television and Film” from “Celebrity Status” Rewrite the first sentence to encompass all of Robbins appearances rather than just Shallow Hal Add a section about Robbins documentary on Netflix, Date with Destiny “Robbins has played cameo roles in the movies Reality Bites, The Cable Guy, and Shallow Hal. He also appeared in three episodes of The Roseanne Show and an episode of The Sopranos.[32] He plays himself in the 2010 film The Singularity Is Near: A True Story about The Future. He was lampooned in episode 22 of season 3 of Family Guy.[33] In a scene in Men In Black, Robbins can be seen on an array of screens which monitor aliens masquerading as humans. In July 2010 NBC debuted Breakthrough with Tony Robbins, a reality show that followed Robbins as he helped the show’s participants face their personal challenges.[34][35] NBC canceled the show, after airing two of the planned six episodes, due to low viewership of 2.8 million.[36] In March 2012 the OWN Network picked the show up for another season beginning with the original first season set to re-run and thereafter leading directly into the new 2012 season.[37] In April 2012 Robbins began co-hosting Oprah's Lifeclass on the OWN Network.[38] In 2015, acclaimed documentarian Joe Berlinger directed and produced a documentary film about the Tony Robbins’ event Date with Destiny after filming it in Boca Raton, Florida in December 2014. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in 2016 and won the Audience Favorite award at AmDocs in Palm Springs. The documentary was translated into languages for 190 countries and released by Netflix on July 15, 2016.”
Please change the “Controversies” title to “Legal” Updated and rewritten copy with supporting evidence below, “In May 1995, Robbins Research International (RRI) settled with the Federal Trade Commission over alleged violations of the agency’s Franchise Rule.[23] Under the settlement, RRI was not found to have violated any law and agreed to pay $221,260 in consumer redress.[39] Wade Cook sued Robbins for allegedly using copyrighted terms from Cook’s book Wall Street Money Machine in Robbin’s seminars. A jury awarded Cook a $665,900 judgment, which was appealed[40]. Cook and Robbins later settled for an undisclosed amount.[41] * In 2001, the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that The Vancouver Sun had defamed Robbins when it called him an "adulterous, wife-stealing hypocrite" and the court awarded Robbins $20,000 in damages and his legal costs.[42][43] In July 2012, the San Jose Mercury News published a story reporting that multiple people had been burned and hospitalized during one of Robbins' firewalking events on July 19, 2012. This story was picked up by other media outlets, including Fox News. These reports were later retracted as inaccurate.[33] A similar corrective article was published by The Huffington Post.[34][35] On June 24, 2016 thousands of people attending Unleash the Power Within in Dallas, Texas accomplished the firewalk, and it was reported that “dozens were burned and required medical attention.”.[36] Several attendees were transported to medical facilities to treat burns, and a bus was used as a staging-area for between 30 and 40 people who were less seriously hurt. Similar to the 2012 incident, several media outlets ran the same story. Soon after, other facts where reported: “Someone unfamiliar with the process of the firewalk called 911 reporting the need for emergency services vehicles […] there was no need for emergency personnel […only 5 of 7,000 participants requested an examination beyond what was readily available on site.[CITE THIS SOURCE: http://www.inc.com/bill-carmody/false-alarm-at-tony-robbins-dallas-seminar.html] CNN also reported that more than 1.5 million people have firewalked over the past 35 years, and less than one-half of one percent have had some blisters or hotspots afterward, and they quickly recover. Several other participants shared their positive experiences on the Huffington Post and Inc. Magazine, also observing that many of those with burns had stopped on the hot coals to take selfies. According to Robbins' website, the "fire walk" is intended to help people conquer their fears by walking across hot coals. It takes place during the "Turn Fear Into Power" portion of the event, and is entirely optional.” REFERENCES 1. Yakowicz, Will. “Why Bill Clinton has Tony Robbins on Speed Dial” Inc.com. Retrieved 16 Feb 2016. 2. Youngmisuk, Ohm. “Hot coals is a walk in the park for Tuck” ESPN. 3. Ryan Seacrest interview: Pitbull Motivated For Success By Tony Robbins, Addicted2SuccessTV. 4. O'Keefe, Brian (30 October 2014). "Tony Robbins, The CEO Whisperer". FORTUNE. Retrieved 20 April 2015. 5. “Accenture Study Yields Top 50 ‘Business Intellectuals’ Ranking of Top Thinkers and Writer on Management Topics,” Accenture newsroom, May 2002. 6. Harvard Business Press, “Top 200 Business Gurus” Retrieved from Forbes, Dec 2013. 7. Hellmich, Nanci (10 December 2014). "Tony Robbins' 7 steps to financial freedom in retirement". USA Today. Retrieved 15 July 2015. 8. "Best Sellers: December 14, 2014". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2015. 9. Worth Power 100, Worth Magazine, December 2015. 10. Kirkham, Elyssa. “Money Secrets from Tony Robbins” November 7, 2015. CNN Money. 11. “Tony Robbins Provides Millions More Meals to Feeding America to Help Families in Need” Feeding America. 12 November 2015. 12. “Who Inspires Tony Robbins?” SUCCESS Magazine, 4 December 2014. 13. Robbins, A., Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny, 1992. ISBN 0-671-79154-0 14. Jason Fell (21 January 2014). "Tony Robbins on the Importance of Being Fearless". Entrepreneur.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015. 15. "Guthy-Renker Corporation,” International Directory of Company Histories. Ed. Karen Hill. Vol. 119. Detroit: St. James Press, 2011. Shawna Brynildssen and Dawn M. Smith. 16. Granberry, Michael. (1 October 1991). "A True Believer: Tony Robbins Has Attracted Converts – and Critics – to His Positive-Thinking Empire". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 August 2015. 17. Robbins, Anthony (2005). Leadership Academy Manual. San Diego, California: Robbins Research International, Inc. p. 3. 18. "The 20 most-watched TED Talks as of August 2012 | TED Blog". Blog.ted.com. Retrieved 2013-09-28. 19. "Robbins-Madanes Center for Strategic Intervention Products". Robbins-Madanes Center. Retrieved October 10, 2011. 20. O’Keefe, Brian. “Dream team? Magic Johnson, Mia Hamm, Tony Robbins, among deep-pocketed investors betting on soccer in L.A.” FORTUNE. 30 October 2014. 21. Robbins, A (1987) Unlimited Power. Publisher: Fawcett Columbine (Ballantine Books) ISBN 0-449-90280-3 22. Moryl, John (1986). "Unlimited Power" Library Journal 111, no. 13: 158. 23. "Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Advancement". Magill Book Reviews. January 1990. 24. "Book Review Desk; 7". The New York Times. 8 December 1991. 25. "Self-help guru Tony Robbins tackles financial advice". Chicago Tribune. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2015. 26. Forbes, Steve. “Here's That Rarity – Money-Making, Money-Saving Investment Advice That's Worth Paying For,” Forbes.com. 1 December 2014. 27. Robbins, Tony. “12 Keys to an Extraordinary Quality of Life” LinkedIn Influencer. 26 January 2016. 28. Heller, Karen. “Tony Robbins, self-help guru, is larger than life” The Washington Post, 1 December 2014. 29. Fell, Jason. “Tony Robbins on the 7 ‘Forces’ of Business Mastery” Entrepreneur.com. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2016. 30. "Our Mission". Anthony Robbins Foundation. Retrieved 15 July 2015. 31. Charity Navigator (2013). "Anthony Robbins Foundation". Charity Navigator Ratings. Retrieved January 4, 2014. 32. Tony Robbins, Internet Movie Database, Retrieved February 2016. 33. "Tony Robbins Hungry". YouTube. 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2013-09-28. 34. Schneider, Michael (February 9, 2009). "Variety: "NBC Picks Up Breakthrough with Tony Robbins"". Variety.com. Retrieved October 17, 2011. 35. "Breakthrough with Tony Robbins to Debut July 27". TVGuide.com. 36. "Tony Robbins' series pulled from NBC schedule". 37. "Tony Robbins, Parts 1 and 2". Oprah.com. 2012-02-19. 38. Gallo, Carmine (February 24, 2012). "How Tony Robbins Gets in Peak State for Presentations" Forbes.com. 39. Federal Trade Commission (1995). "Anthony Robbins Agrees to Pay More than $220,000 in Consumer Redress to Settle Alleged Franchise Rule Violations". Federal Trade Commission. Retrieved September 20, 2007. 40. "Wade Cook Jury Award vs. Tony Robbins Upheld by 9th Circuit Court.".thefreelibrary.com. 41. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Morning Briefing. From Bloomberg News, Associated Press and Business News Reports. 23 January 2001. 42. "2005 BCSC 1634 Robbins v. Pacific Newspaper Group Inc. et al". Courts.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved October 17, 2011. 43. Mickleburgh, Rod – with a report from Oliver Moore. “Robbins defamed by Sun, court rules” The Globe and Mail, 29 November 2005. 44. Kurhi, Eric; Gomez, Mark (July 21, 2012). "San Jose: 21 people treated for burns after firewalk at Tony Robbins appearance". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved July 22, 2012. 45. Doocy, Steve (August 8, 2012). "Fox News". 46. Schnall, Marianne (July 31, 2012). "Tony Robbins Sets the Record Straight About Fire Walk 'Controversy'". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2012. 47. "Tony Robbins: An Awakened Giant Within… Life & Lessons". One Life Success. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2015. 48. Robbins, Anthony J. (2002). "Business Leader Profiles for Students". pp. 390–394. 49. Tony Robbins’ True Love, OWN, Oprah.com video. Retrieved 16 February 2016. 50. “Tony Robbins larger than life” The Miami Herald, 15 December 2014. Juszenski ( talk) 17:16, 18 January 2017 (UTC) |
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I, Jenna Uszenski (Juszenski), am making request edits for my client, Tony Robbins, on behalf of my agency, JConnelly.
This entry’s infobox was out of date, indicating that Tony Robbins is still primarily a self-help author, motivational speaker and actor, none of which are his main occupations, particularly not the latter.
The title “Life and Business Strategist” is the one most commonly used by mainstream news outlets when they introduce him for interviews. See CBS, ABC (exact quote below), FOX and Huffington Post Live.
He's one of the most respected life and business strategists in the world. But it wasn't always that way. The bestselling self-help author launched his career as the infomercial pitchman.
He is admittedly very well-known as an Author, with decades-worth of personal development books as well as the recent personal finance book, so that is preserved.
Listed third is Entrepreneur, as he “ owns or is a partner in several companies” and has built an estimated net worth of $480M (via TIME Money) through these holdings.
Philanthropist is warranted (see updated Philanthropy section for full proof points and citations.)
Finally, Robbins’ birth name is spelled Maharovich, with an “h” at the end. Juszenski ( talk) 17:18, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
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Please remove the first two sentences of the second paragraph, there is no evidence of Tony's parents well-being in regards to financial support and abuse of alcohol and drugs. Add that Robbins worked as a handyman to help provide for his siblings at the end of the second paragraph. Add during high school to the start of the third paragraph. Remove that Tony's mother chased him out of the house with a knife due to no supporting evidence. "Robbins was born Anthony J. Mahavorich in North Hollywood, California, on February 29, 1960. His surname was originally spelled 'Mohorović' and is of Croatian origin. Robbins is the eldest of three children and his parents divorced when he was 7. His mother then had a series of husbands, including Jim Robbins, a former semi-professional baseball player who legally adopted Anthony when he was 12. Robbins was raised in Azusa and Glendora, California, and attended Glendora High School. He was elected student body president in his senior year. While growing up, Robbins worked as a handyman to help provide for his siblings. During high school, Robbins grew 10 inches, a growth spurt later attributed to a pituitary tumor. Robbins has said his home life was “chaotic” and “abusive,” and when he was 17 years old, he left home and never returned. Robbins later worked as a janitor, and did not attend college[4]."
Rewrite the section in chronological and correct order: 1984 he had a son with former girlfriend, then in 1985 he married Becky Update the sentence on his current wife to remover her occupation “Robbins and former girlfriend Liz Acosta had a son, Jairek Robbins, who is a personal empowerment trainer, in 1984.[47] Later the following year, in 1985, he married Rebecca “Becky” Jenkins, after meeting her at a seminar. Jenkins had three previous children and the couple later divorced.[48] He married Bonnie Humphrey, now known as Sage Robbins, in October 2001.[49] They reside in Palm Beach, Florida.[50]
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Add information about Jim Rohn, “According to Robbins, Rohn taught him that “happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life.”[12].” Remove statement on “without any educational background in psychology” In third paragraph add statement about on “gaining strong public recognition and lucrative sales” after TV infomercials. In third paragraph add sentence about the infomercials about on “The infomercial helped Robbins gain wide exposure and sell his Personal Power series of self-help audiotapes.” Update TED talk from 2006 to 2007 Update TED talk viewership from “As of May 2016, his talk was the seventh-most viewed TED talk” to “As of August 2012, his talk was the sixth most popular TED talk in history.” Add background information to the franchise, “currently referred to as the Los Angeles Football Club Los Angeles FC.” Update the competition launch to 2018 from 2017 “Robbins began his career promoting seminars for Jim Rohn. According to Robbins, Rohn taught him that “happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life.”[12] Later, Robbins began his own work as a self-help coach. He taught neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and Ericksonian Hypnosis after training with NLP co-founder John Grinder[12]. In 1983, Robbins learned to firewalk and began to incorporate it into his seminars[13]. Robbins’ usage of firewalking in his seminars is intended to help participants learn to push past their fears[14]. Robbins promoted his services as a "peak performance coach" through his books and TV infomercials, gaining strong public recognition and lucrative sales. His first infomercial, Personal Power, was released in 1988 and produced by Guthy Renker[15]. The infomercial helped Robbins gain wide exposure and sell his Personal Power series of self-help audiotapes. Early infomercials featured celebrities such as Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Trakenton and actor Martin Sheen[16]. By 1991, an estimated 100 million Americans in 200 media markets had viewed his informercials[16]. In 1997, Robbins began the Leadership Academy seminar, in which he said participants learn to "create an identity for them self as someone who can help 'anyone', no matter what his/her challenge may be."[17] Robbins is a featured speaker on the seminar circuit sponsored by Learning Annex. Robbins appeared as a featured speaker at the 2007 Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference. As of August 2012, his talk was the sixth most popular TED talk in history.[18] Robbins is involved with the Robbins-Madanes Center for Strategic Intervention, which focuses on personal, family and organizational psychology, and claims to help people "find breakthrough strategies and solutions for overcoming the problems that confront us all."[19] In 2014, Robbins along with a group of investors including Magic Johnson, Mia Hamm, and Peter Guber acquired rights to launch a Major League Soccer franchise in Los Angeles, California, currently referred to as the Los Angeles Football Club Los Angeles FC. The soccer team is scheduled to begin competition in 2018.[20]”
Add statement on Awaken the Giant Within after publish date of 1991, “was an expansion of his personal development techniques and strategies taught through a motivational self-help type approach” Make his third best seller a new paragraph and reads, “Robbins’ third best-seller, Money: Master the Game, was published in 2014 and reached number one on The New York Times’ Bestseller list in December of that year.[8] The book contains information stemming from interviews conducted by Robbins with over 50 financial experts including Charles R. Schwab, Carl Icahn, Warren Buffett, Steve Forbes, Ray Dalio, and John Bogle over the course of four years.[25] The book contains what Robbins considers the seven steps to financial freedom. According to Steve Forbes in an article in Forbes Magazine, the book’s target audience is both beginning and experienced investors.[26]” “Robbins has written three best-selling books: Unlimited Power, Awaken the Giant Within, and Money: Master the Game. Unlimited Power, published in 1986, discusses the topics of health and energy, overcoming fears, persuasive communication, and enhancing relationships.[21] In the book, Robbins argues that by using neuro-linguistic programming “anyone can become successful at almost anything.”[22] According to Magill Book Reviews, in the book Robbins develops “a systematic framework for directing our own brain.”[23] Awaken the Giant Within, published in 1991, was an expansion of his personal development techniques and strategies taught through a motivational self-help type approach. According to The New York Times, the book contains “ways to take control of your emotional, physical and financial destiny.”[24] In 1994, Robbins published Giant Steps, a daily instructional book, in a small pocket size. Robbins’ third best-seller, Money: Master the Game, was published in 2014 and reached number one on The New York Times’ Bestseller list in December of that year.[8] The book contains information stemming from interviews conducted by Robbins with over 50 financial experts including Charles R. Schwab, Carl Icahn, Warren Buffett, Steve Forbes, Ray Dalio, and John Bogle over the course of four years.[25] The book contains what Robbins considers the seven steps to financial freedom. According to Steve Forbes in an article in Forbes Magazine, the book’s target audience is both beginning and experienced investors.[26]”
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@ SummerPhDv2.0: I appreciate your help and advice. This whole process is extremely overwhelming and I am just trying to make factual updates and act ethically and honestly. I will certainly break down the edits more clearly by section. Appreciate the help! Juszenski ( talk) 22:39, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
Adding these moves the article from something about him to something overtly promotional. This sort of stuff belongs on his website or elsewhere but not in an encyclopedia. His actions, beliefs, thoughts, deeds etc are not encyclopedic information - even if true and cited. I am posting this here to invite comment and without serious support from non-affiliated WP contributors I will delete this content. Arbalest Mike ( talk) 15:07, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
I have removed this and more, as per the advert tag challenge:
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It did read much too much like PR, COI and worse.
Please check and advise if I can remove the warning template as well. Or do restore some bits.
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Wasn't there an entry in this article about Tony Robbins's opinions on the Me Too movement? I seem to remember it because it was the last thing I expected Mr. Robbins to be talking about. Or it could just be my faulty memory.... Alphapeta ( talk) 15:52, 17 February 2019 (UTC)