Tony Robbins -- Who IS Tony Robbins ? Do Tony Robbins' Techniques Work? An Assessment of the Work of Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins saved my life. OK, well, of course many factors go into creating a happy life, but I must say the ideas of Tony Robbins have done a lot to moving me into a "mode" where life seems GOOD.

Tony Robbins first crossed my path in the early nineties, when I was given a set of his tapes. At the time, and for many years afrerwards, I found his style CHEESY. His packaging was very plastic, and his presenting himself as a management guru, so to speak, did not do it for me...

Tony Robbins' IDEAS however did seem to jibe with what I knew of psychology, and so I soldiered on with learning them.

Only recently have I rediscovered the work of Tony Robbins.

Tony Robbins has had a makeover.

Robbins always wore extremely cheesy clothes and had a dreadful hairstyle. He always seemed so eager to PLEASE. Not so any more...

I now find that his whole "look" is far more appealing. And this is important -- communication is as much, or more, non-verbal than verbal...

Ultimately, of course, the question is: Do the ideas of Tony Robbins work?

Tony Robbins brings a fresh new approach to questions like how to treat depression, how to see the world, to what degree are we determined by conditions, or to what degree do we have, or, can we develop, free will.

In short, in these times when people seem to like to debate words like (political) freedom in various cultures, circumstances, and nations, Tony Robbins puts his finger on an extremely important point:

Even if you are politically or culturally free, you are NOT FREE IF YOU ARE NOT FREE PSYCHOLOGICALLY.

Robbins offers the tools to become free on the psychological level.

Tony Robbins' system and methods are a path to PSYCHOLOGICAL FREEDOM.

Let us say, for example, you have a neighbour who loves to shout and make a lot of noise, which you can hear quite clearly through the walls (something I am experiencing as I write...).

Robbins points out that it is not the actual experience that bothers you: it is how you INTERPRET the experience...

So what, right? I mean, just knowing this alone may not reduce your irritation (although it might...). You still may need psychological TECHNIQUES to CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL.

At base Tony Robbins' philosophy is that, just as has been the case in other fields, there have been some dramatic developments in "technology" for changing how you feel, and how you respond to various circumstances (such as disturbance from neighbours, self-consciousness in crowded places or with people you don't know very well, hindrances to achieving your goals, etc).

Some of these developments are well-known in the mainstream of academic and clinical psychology (cognitive and behavioural psychology, for example), and some are better-known outside the official annals of the discipline: NLP for example.

Robbins has developed an approach, based on NLP, but certainly in practice ovrlapping with cognitive-behavioural psychotherapeutic principles and practices, which uses as its prime model, the notion that, just like the body, the MIND CAN BE CONDITIONED TO BEING A CERTAIN WAY.

I promise you that it is well worth your time to delve into Robbins' ideas. The potential is there for you to make changes you never dreamed possible, and do so in short period of time, perhaps days -- in some cases even minutes.

The key is to follow this model:

1) There are techniques you can learn to condition your mind and nervous system to act and feel certain ways on a consistent basis

2) The use of the word "condition" is important: just like food and hunger, for example, constant nourishment is essential to building a healthy mind, but nourishment employing the RIGHT TOOLS, AND THIS MUST BE DONE REGULARLY.

Ultimately for Robbins, the mind is a muscle: learn how to use it, then condition it like a muscle, and you will see results in your life you might only have dreamed of up to now.