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Summary: Talk about clowns
Review: This goes to Theresa Savage and "A reader" from Santa FE. I can't believe you two clowns put that book down like that. Maybe you don't understand it, or you were drunk when you red it, but damn this book is a PRACTICAL one and the principles in it are true. It changed me, and thus my life in a radical way. I can't believe anyone interested in being the best they can and having the best life they can would write a review like you did. I'm curious to know what your lives are like. You guys seem to be the kind of people who yap alot but rarely act. You clearly don't understand the principles in that book because you didn't try them. It's one thing saying you don't like a book, or that you don't understand it, it's another to say that "talk is cheap" when the book is a practical one filled with exercises. So I suggest you take your heads out of your asses. Seems to me you woudn't see the difference between your faces and a sheeps ass if you saw one. Read the book again, and try to experience the principles that are in it. Only after will you be able to spit on it, and I doubt anyone REALLY using what's in the book would do so. Cheers.
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Summary: Should be Titled : How to Repeat the Same Thing to Make $$
Review: .People don't understand .. talk is cheap and it is easy advise people as they are ready to listen good talk and easy to talk about Unlimited Power ... blah .. blah ... I would give 1 star as there is nothing new science here and don't waste your $$$'s.
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Summary: Great book, takes the mystery out of NLP
Review: This is a great book. I do not always agree with Mr. hype (Robbins), but this is some of his finer work. It is too bad that he forgot what put him on top. When he ventured of and started promoting holistic charms and food products he lowered his standards. Maybe someday Tony will pick up where he left off and do another NLP or NAC book. Until then, this is a classic and can really help you make your life the way you want it. It worked for me!
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Summary: Best book on success and NLP!
Review: This is definitely one of the best books on personal achievement and the science of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in the market today. Anthony Robbins has probably been the most well known peak performance consultant and life success coach for the past two decades for good reason. Neuro-Linguistic Programming(NLP)is the study of excellence and the systemic study of human communication and is widely recognized worldwide as the most effective technology for achieving almost anything you want and has helped millions around the world. This book is not only an excellent introduction to NLP but also gives extremely useful advice on Success, Health and Personal Power. This is definitely a book everyone should own. Anyone can be a skeptic but less than 20 dollars to change your entire life for the better forever is a fantastic deal.
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Summary: A new science!
Review: When Aristotle inaugurated the concept of scientific study, "science" was just one component of the whole broader area of "learning". Since that time, new discoveries in science have often led to major technological and social developments in the world, not to mention quite a lot of excitement. Occasionally they can also lead to the invention of a "new science" in itself, as one area of inquiry gains focus and breaks off from its broader parent disciplines. I guess it's a sign of the times nowadays that when a new science emerges it's published as self-help literature. The fad for specialised scientific journals empirically following specific and specialised lines of enquiry has, like all such passing fads, died. If any of those olden-days scientists like Eisenstein or Newton-John were publishing today, they'd be up against the likes of this book in the competition for the attention of the scientific world and the public.
The new science of "Personal Achievement" is pithily summarised in faculty handbooks as "performing at your peak while gaining emotional and financial freedom, attaining leadership and self-confidence, and winning the cooperation of others". This book is surely worth at least 2 stars, since it's the ground-breaker for this brave new science, devoted to bettering quality of life for all humanity through extensive experimental research and dedicated data collection.
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Summary: Result come from Action - Action comes from Being
Review: Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within are cornerstone books by Tony Robbins. Within these two books, you will get 92% of all of this courses, live and home study. If you are like most people, you will get incredible results from either of these two books ...... IF, and ONLY IF you APPLY what you learn! So beware! If you want to buy these books (or any book or tape program for that matter) to place on your shelf and absorb the contents through osmosis, forget it! NOT GUNNA HAPPEN! You will need to APPLY YOURSELF to make these processes work!
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Summary: Wonderfull Book - it blows you into action!
Review: This is one of the most wonderfull selfhelpbooks I`v ever read!
It`s so much more than just NLP (NLP you can find everywhere) - this is a new raising standard of human transformation.
Change your life this second, you are only a click away....
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Summary: From author of Anthony Robbins Life Story
Review: I couldn't believe that Anthony Robbins wrote this book in a month, but he proclaims that he did. I read the book many times, and one of the best ideas was to leave your wallet, money, keys, everything behind, and go to a city you have never been before, and use what you have learned to survive. I must admit that I slept outside the first night, but after that I quickly found solutions with the help of this book.
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Summary: hurray, I have read them
Review: Finally I find myself able to write a review on this book myself, after having read reviews here for months. It seems to be, that the main problem people have with Mr. Robbins is, that he is a salesperson, continiously advertising himself in his books, and, like so, evoking the impression or fear in some, that he is some sort of a "soul-catcher". After finishing this book I must agree to parts, however, would also like to comment on how I perceive the quality of his books themselves, which I find excellent. Okay then, he is a salesperson, he calls different ideas of his "technology", "system", "technique", like man is a machine, and so on and so forth, hyping up or at least labeling what otherwise might as well be referred to as simply "positve thinking" (which I agree isnt a nice label) and trying to put some money into is pocket at the same time. I dont know whether or not to agree on the "soul-catcher"-part, after all there are so many salespeople out there and I think if his works werent related to human behaviour/psychology, he would not have to face these accusations. The process of "creating/discovering a problem"/offering a solution is vital in sales, and would not every other doctor, though trusted by most people, do the same thing.
Robbins, for sure, does not offer a cure-all or "immediate" solutions, since he is offering concepts that can be put into action only by the reader - this has been commented on and endlessly elaborated about by many reviewers on this site. The question could, in my opinion, never be: "does it work", like he is prescribing some pill, but "could a person possibly make this work for him/herself?", even in small parts, in other words, is he offering merely fluff, or is the book better than.....no book at all, lets say. I would certainly say yes. However, the book is amazingly thick and rich in content, it takes at least two weeks to read it, maybe 4 or 6 is more like it. So, is he a charlatan because he is a sales-person, or is he a charlatan because his writings are fluff (no quality, only making money)? To answer the first question with "yes" would according to my personal evaluation not yet qualify to make him a charlatan (=every writer/salesperson is a charlatan), and the latter I, personally, would chose to answer with no anyway. I like to acknowledge that I consider him knowledgeable and also that he is a very good writer, regardless of whether or not his "system" deserves to be called "scientific" - or not. What means "scientific" in the field of human behaviour, nothing can be distilled in a glass tube and examined under a microscope thereafter. Speaking of pills, are there cure-alls? A good writer, which is necessary to be a good coach, he is. Being german myself I appreciate the fact that I can read this highly annecdotional and entertaining book almost as easy as a comic-book. A good read, though definately not for the reader who does not want to deal with "change" and "improvement" in the long run (talking more than those 2-6 weeks). Also I do not suggest that this be the only book you ever read, you must be kind of "commited" (Robbins-slang:) to the whole thing. Robbins has probabl read thousands of books himself and distilled his own ones out of them, no doubt. He is certainly not inventing anything that hasnt been before, however, he has been able to focus his thoughts and accumulated knowledge into an impressive piece of work. His knowledge gives him credibility, for he did not just copy other peoples wisdoms, but he must, just must have spent many hours or years thinking about how to bring his personalized message across. And THAT is what he is all about, that is what coaching is all about. You dont need to invent grapes in order to be a wine-maker. Hey, he still sometimes makes me laugh, e.g. when in Unlimited Power (though I prefer ATGW) he tells this story about how his brother used to turn green at the thought of eating raw carrots and divulge in the pleasures of Kentucky Fried Chicken instead. So he just made him visualize both of these food-groups, exchanging "submodalities" and in a matter of minutes his brother hated chicken wings and loved carrots. I must admit, I roared (yes, exactly) with laughter. Found that a bit hard to believe. But this so-called "swish pattern" (NLP-slang) is only one example of how he uses what has been around before, which brings me to think that if you would like to read "The structure of Magic" by Richard Bandler and John Grinder, be prepared to read something excellent about language and therapy, but, in case u are not an expert in any of these fields, also be prepared for something really complex that may, just may drive you nuts. Robbins has read all these BS-books (or certainly not BS.....who knows) and written something light and challening just the same. "For the masses", if you want so. So enjoy (if you, like me, are part of the "masses"), dont feed out of anybodys hand, but stop being all too paranoid about him. Just a sales-guy with something to offer: An entertaining, logical, easy to grasp and at times very inspiring little booklet (500+ pages....)
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I think sometimes Destiny smites someone on the forehead, allows them to do really good deeds, and at the same time make a snootful of money while doing so. This, clearly, has been Anthony Robbins' life experience. Anthony teaches principles that are Very Hard Work to apply. None of his teachings are easy -- and if you were looking for an easy way out of Life's hard lessons, you should look elsewhere. But, if you commit to doing the Hard Yards and applying the lessons that Anthony teaches, you will not be disappointed by your results. This is a personal investment in your own self-worth. The harder you work, the better your reward. Tony's presentation is overtly American, and it p*sses me off for its overt simplicity that borders on patronizing. Remember, tho', Tony *is* All-American and he can't help it. Read his works thru that filter, and you will find Unlimited Power. It's up to you to apply it. Tony gives full value for money, full-stop. And then some.
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