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- NiftyG, on 11/12/2009, -2/+38Best line of the talk was when he asked why people fail.
Al Gore's response : "The Supreme Court" - stahlvee, on 11/12/2009, -5/+40TONY ROBBINS HUNGRY!
- NigelSheldon, on 11/12/2009, -11/+39I've never even heard of this guy, but if you notice, the only reason people listen to him is because of his enthusiasm/emotion. He is speaking about the very thing he is utilizing to distract people from the fact that he is saying absolutely nothing of value. If this speech was written on paper, it would be a series of buzz words that, when taken in summation, isn't profound in the least.
The entire concept of motivational speakers and books like "7 Habit of Highly Effective People" an other "self-help" resources is such bollux to me. If people were simply more confident in themselves and learned how to prioritize their lives around achieving well thought out goals, guys like this wouldnt be making millions of dollars a year feeding catchy phrases and scattered anecdotes to masses who ultimately wont benefit from their words in the first place.
Lots of people disagree with me, but at least I feel better now. - gozroth, on 11/12/2009, -3/+27If he can make Jack Black become attracted to fat chicks, I believe he can do anything.
- swantamer, on 11/12/2009, -22/+42Tony Robins has always set off my ***** detector like almost nobody else. So pompous, so utterly lacking in insight or even humor--just a total ass hat.
- Ydnar24, on 11/12/2009, -2/+22"If people were simply more confident in themselves and learned how to prioritize their lives around achieving well thought out goals"
Isn't that what he's trying to help people do? - wondertwins, on 11/12/2009, -0/+15I think this is the first TED I have heard that someone cursed.
- Jeff901, on 11/12/2009, -7/+21People need to hear why they are screwed so that it can be corrected....especially with "it isn't your fault" society, the blame is someone else's.
So he tells you why you can't (or wont) get the the next level...because many of us begin to sabotage our own success by listening to everyone tell you all the ways or whys you can/will fail, so chances we take are feeble as are the returns on those chances...
this is why he is a "motivational speaker"......people need to be told they CAN in this can't do world. - miggyb, on 11/12/2009, -0/+13Eh. His message is good, just don't drink the Kool Aid.
- Sloi, on 11/12/2009, -2/+12Yup. Came in to post this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBM0Plz10Ic - redcard, on 11/12/2009, -2/+12I've noticed one person in this thread slamming almost everything TR does.
Someone really has a problem with someone successful.
As for what TED is for, look at the cost of attending.
It's for making some people VERY wealthy. - NeddieSeagoon, on 11/12/2009, -1/+10I've got one, but I just can't get motivated to read it.
- epohs, on 11/12/2009, -1/+9Same exact thing I thought, but I was bored as hell so I watched and it was surprisingly pretty good.
- desertDenizen, on 11/12/2009, -4/+12TR's original 30-day program had a lot to do with my co-founding an ad agency 6 months out of undergrad and subsequently getting accepted into Wharton's MBA program in 1993. You might want to have that detector looked at.
- hellotyler, on 11/12/2009, -2/+10Tony Robins gets paid the big bucks because he produces RESULTS. He is corny, no doubt, but what he says is true and he does a good job motivating people. Vote me down as much as you want.
- desertDenizen, on 11/12/2009, -1/+8@Nigel, the market for motivational-type self-help products broadly breaks into 3 segments: 1) average people looking for a little pick-me-up, 2) chronic losers who move from one product to the next, always making excuses and never actually changing their behaviors long-term, and 3) achievement-oriented and very successful people who are looking for any idea, tip, habit, technique, etc, that will improve their own effectiveness. For this last group, just one important idea in a $1000 seminar can yield life changing results or millions of dollars in income down the road. So think of it as GIGO, but with a huge multiplier on the high-end only, because it doesn't harm those on the low-end.
Cynics who don't really understand the industry point to category #2 (chronic losers) and say "ah see? It doesn't work." But for every one of those, there may be a few people who got something useful out of it. Ask anybody who did Robbin's 30-day infomercial cassette program in the 90s whether they found it useful, and you'll get a torrent of stories about people who said not only yes, but that it changed their lives. I've personally known a ton of very successful people, mostly business owners, who would say so. I can point to my own anecdote for one, as listening to it in college prompted me to co-found an ad agency just 6 months out of undergrad. I don't think I would have done it had I not gone through the program, and it set me on a completely different trajectory that I enjoy to this day, 20 years later.. - EddiePotato, on 11/12/2009, -4/+11So... how happy are you?
- Maelok, on 11/12/2009, -0/+6Yo Tony, I'm real happy for ya and I'ma let you finish, but Billy Mays was the loudest pitchman of ALL TIME!
- bmiami69, on 11/12/2009, -1/+7his voice is weird at times and he also says some corny things but he is a great speaker with simple and at the same time deep and important information.
- lolwatermelon, on 11/12/2009, -15/+20I'm sorry, is it 1990? No? So why the ***** are we talking about Tony Robbins?
GTFO, scam artist. - DonAlfred, on 11/12/2009, -4/+9I know Robbins might sound like pure bull crap, but he is right on many on "his" points.
He is just a good salesman, and any good salesman will eventual set off peoples ***** detectors. - bluesman3535, on 11/12/2009, -0/+5I agree, there's really nothing negative in this particular lecture. He's been around a long time with some good advice, and inspires healthy introspection.
- spworm, on 11/12/2009, -1/+5I wonder if he occasionally uses cocaine.
- carbonetc, on 11/12/2009, -3/+7Ehn. Strip out the stuff that psychologists, cognitive scientists, and linguists knew already and you're left with a lot of mumbo jumbo. It's good to discover the connections between the disciplines, but there are better ways to do it than pseudoscience.
- catvllvs, on 11/12/2009, -8/+12Might be my last TED talk... TR is a classic snake oil salesman.
- ihate2regist, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3Ok, Fred.
- Maelok, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3And you too. And probably me for that matter!
- mavedatthews85, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3I need to go to bed.
- ExplodingBears, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3Without speaking to the effectiveness of motivational seminars, it's still wrong to say that the speech is just a collection of buzz words. For one, the needs he presented are modeled clearly after Maslow's Hierarchy, he is not just pulling this out of his ass.
- Navicerts, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2When he said that I was thinking about how Al went on from that point to pursue his goals without the supreme court, just what they were talking about.
- desertDenizen, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2@watermelon: I'm sorry, but you don't seem very knowledgeable about this topic. If you want to attack something for its fluff, I'd recommend "The Secret." It's much closer to the type of uselessness you're describing. A lot of TR's material is practical and useful, which is why he's still around twenty years later. Sure, some people go for the "feel good" part, but that's fleeting. Most people walk away with some actual tools.
- desertDenizen, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2True. TR is nothing if not a synthesizer and popularizer of many pop-psych and personal management best practices that come from many different sources.
- anthropodeus, on 11/12/2009, -1/+3this is definitely the worst TED video i have ever seen.
it reminded me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q38N9QvsdzU - MonoDede, on 11/12/2009, -2/+4No mind blowing going on here
- desertDenizen, on 11/12/2009, -1/+3What scam?
- NigelSheldon, on 11/12/2009, -1/+3It doesn't take twenty minutes and, over his 30 YEAR!!! career, millions of unhelped people's money to convey that fundamental message.
Look at yourself, and know who you are. Decide what it is that you most want to be. Start down the path to getting there, and don't give up, or ***** up, or lose sight of where you are going. If you don't make it, you tried your best and are probably in a good place. Or you didn't try hard enough and can only blame yourself. Your life is up to you. Focus.
You guys are great paypal accepted. - Maelok, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2Heh, I like that 'occasionally' part.
- Maelok, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1Wow he sounds like Penn Jillette!
- LarkStew, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1I like how he got to be successful by telling people how to be successful.
- THELEECH, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1Ed is Dead
- Navicerts, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1He doesn't get religious tax breaks and actively try to ruin peoples lives?
- inigomntoya, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1BILLY MAYS HERE WITH READ-A-BOOK!
SIMPLY PICK UP A BOOK, OPEN THE FRONT COVER, AND FORCE YOUR SPOUSE TO READ IT TO YOU!
ITS THAT SIMPLE! - anthropodeus, on 11/12/2009, -1/+2he couldnt have kept my attention otherwise.
- settlesdown, on 11/12/2009, -1/+2cmon. thats not the ONLY difference. don't be a putz.
- Maelok, on 11/12/2009, -1/+2And apparently you will be buried like never buried before.
- Navicerts, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1more like set him up...
- bmiami69, on 11/13/2009, -0/+1deeper is better until you reach your chest and brain
- davidw00t, on 11/12/2009, -0/+17 Habits completely changed my life. Maybe it was because I was vulnerable at the time, or impressionable, but little things like seeing that smaller circle of influence inside the bigger circle of concern just made things click. People just need to learn that hard work is always going to be required and there is no "secret formula" for success in life.
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