Critique of Tony Robbins at TED

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	Critique of Tony Robbins at TED

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1-26-2009 4:53 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f081c280-8472-4c1f-82b8-f8e1a85a566f/DF09DAB8-F992-48F9-B54B-53752727297B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html" href="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html" style="font-size: 11px;">publicwords.typepad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html"><H3 class="entry-header">How does Tony Robbins Do It?</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html">When asked who they think the best public speaker around today is, many people say “Tony Robbins.” </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html">The good news is that before you put down lots of money for one of Robbins’ self-help seminars, you can check him out on TED</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html">My analysis:  Tony makes the 20-minute talk seem long.  Several times during the video I looked at my watch, thinking, is it over yet?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html"><STRONG>First of all, Tony has the mechanics of public speaking down</STRONG>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html">He moves purposefully in relation to the audience, going toward them to make his points, and stopping and planting his feet to complete the thought</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html">there’s a lot of motion, which is interesting, but it’s not random, which is irritating</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html">His face is mobile, and he uses the basic four facial gestures easily and naturally</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html">That pace and intensity would rapidly become overwhelming if he had more than 20 minutes</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://publicwords.typepad.com/nickmorgan/2009/01/how-does-tony-robbins-do-it.html">I suspect it’s at the center of his success: he’s figured out how to project tremendous emotional intensity and that makes him charismatic. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DF09DAB8-F992-48F9-B54B-53752727297B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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