July 23, 2010 – Rene Lynch – Los Angeles Times – Los Angeles, CA
Tony Robbins doesn’t care if you chuckle at his infomercials or if you recognize him by his big head or his perfect pearly whites. Just don’t call him “Mr. Positive Thinking” or even “Mr. Motivational.”
–Why he’s not “Mr. Positive Thinking”: ‘Truthfully, I don’t believe in positive thinking. I don’t believe you should go to your garden and chant ‘There are no weeds’ … and do some stupid affirmation…. I’m more a strategist…. If you want to know what I am, I think of myself as the ‘Why?’ guy…. I want to find out what drives somebody …You are motivated to do certain things, you’re just not motivated to do things you [need to do to achieve your goals.] … so I want to know ‘why.’ And once I know ‘why’, then it’s ‘How? How do we move to the next level?’ So my life is really coaching…. I help people close the gap between where they are, and where hey want to be.”
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