Tony Robbins has been a fraud for a long, long time. It’s simply not possible to help people in a mass marketing sort of way. For an outrageous personal profit, he sold on-stage performance charisma as a means of genuinely improving the lives of the members of his audience, and it was profoundly dishonest. People who are lost and in trouble need personal, one-on-one help, not the hackneyed bromides of a distant guru.
Having said that, he’s not wrong about the deeply corrosive effects of the “victimhood” mentality. We’re all victims of something or other at one time or another in our lives. If we let victimhood define us, we’re doomed.
I disagree.
I purchased his self-help tapes several decades ago, and they made a profound difference in my life.
One of the most important accomplishments was learning about how TV controls your mind, and how to fight back.
Some have read the Bible without any one on one guidance, and have been transformed.
No, I am not equating Robbins with God.
Some people can benefit directly by reading, some cannot.
I am an introverted autodidact. Most of what I know that has most benefited me I learned by reading alone and then applying.