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For the past three decades, Anthony Robbins has served as an advisor to leaders around the world. A recognized authority on the psychology of leadership, negotiations, organizational turnaround, and peak performance, he has been honored consistently for his strategic intellect and humanitarian endeavors. Anthony Robbins nonprofit Anthony Robbins Foundation provides assistance to inner-city youth, senior citizens, and the homeless, and feeds more than two million people in 56 countries every year through its international holiday “Basket Brigade.” Tony Robbins has directly impacted the lives of more than 50 million people from over 100 countries with his best-selling books, multimedia and health products, public speaking engagements, and live events. Anthony Robbins calls himself a peak performance coach rather than a motivational speaker. Tony Robbins tries to find out what people do when they are at their peak and then help them access that peak state whenever necessary. He believes what he does is more effective than providing temporary motivation.
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His nonprofit Anthony Robbins Foundation provides assistance to inner-city youth, senior citizens, and the homeless, and feeds more than two million people in 56 countries every year through its international holiday “Basket Brigade.” Robbins is the founder of the Anthony Robbins Foundation, which proclaims its mission is to empower students, help prisoners to improve their lives, organize food drives, and fund Robbins' summer "Discovery Camp".According to the website, it has "products and programs in more than 2,000 schools, 700 prisons, and 100,000 health and human service organizations. The Foundation is committed to make a difference in the quality of life for children, the homeless, the prison population, and the elderly through its various programs." Charity Navigator gives the foundation an overall rating of four out of four stars.
What began as a young person’s desire to help individuals transform the quality of their lives has grown into Robbins’ lifelong crusade as he is called on by leaders from every walk of life— CEOs of multinational corporations, psychologists, peak performance athletes, world-class entertainers, presidents, political leaders, advocates for humanity, CEOs of multinational corporations, psychologists, peak performance athletes, world-class entertainers, teachers, and parents. Since fathering the life coaching industry, Robbins has been honored by Accenture as one of the “Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World”; by Harvard Business Press as one of the “Top 200 Business Gurus”; by American Express as one of the “Top Six Business Leaders in the World” to coach its entrepreneurial clients; by Forbes as a Top 100 Celebrity; by Justice Byron White as one of the world’s “Outstanding Humanitarians”; and by the International Chamber of Commerce as one of the top 10 “Outstanding People of World.” Robbins has produced the #1-selling audio coaching system of all time. He also is a corporate Vice Chairman, and Chairman overseeing five private companies.
Robbins was born Anthony J. Mahavorick in North Hollywood, California. He was raised in Azusa, California, and he attended Glendora High School. His parents divorced when he was seven years old, and his mother later remarried twice. Tony took on the surname of Jim Robbins, his second stepfather.
In 1994, a routine medical check revealed a tumor in Robbins' pituitary gland. Robbins explains in Personal Power that the tumor was actually an adenoma that had infarcted several years earlier. Due to the pressure of the adenoma on his pituitary gland, he had circulating levels of growth hormone several times higher than what would be normal for an adult his age. This had resulted in a subclinical manifestation of the disease known as acromegaly, which doctors told Robbins was responsible for his remarkable growth spurts as a teenager, as well as his large hands and feet. (He is 6 feet 7 inches tall, or 201 cm). After consulting with multiple physicians, Robbins decided not to have the adenoma resected, as it was not causing any clinical manifestations.
In a CNN interview in 2001, Robbins said it was difficult to end his 15-year marriage to Becky Robbins, saying it was the toughest decision of his life. He said that he also knew if he stayed with her, he'd be ruining her life and his. Robbins reiterates similar comments about his previous relationship in his recent Ultimate Relationship Program.
Robbins started his career promoting seminars for Jim Rohn, and then started teaching neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) after learning it from NLP co-founder John Grinder.
Grinder encouraged Robbins to look into the firewalking experience. In 1983, Robbins located Tolly Burkan and learned how to firewalk from him. Robbins then added firewalking to his seminars, which enabled him to gain media coverage and launch his celebrity status. Robbins later began to teach Neuro-Associative Conditioning (NAC) and "Human Needs Psychology".
In his Personal Power program, he says that the difference between NAC and NLP lies in the use of the word 'conditioning' instead of the word 'programming'. The word 'conditioning' implies that the subject has greater responsibility for his or her own change, as opposed to being programmed by someone else.
Anthony Robbins calls himself a peak performance coach rather than a motivational speaker. He tries to find out what people do when they are at their peak and then help them access that peak state whenever necessary. He believes what he does is more effective than providing temporary motivation.
Robbins also conducts seminars, including his four-day Unleash the Power Within (UPW) seminar, and his Mastery University, which includes Life Mastery, Date With Destiny, and Wealth Mastery.The UPW is also known as his firewalk seminar, during which the participants walk barefoot over hot coals at the end of the first evening. The aim of the seminar, demonstrated in the firewalk, is to illustrate that the main quality shared by those who achieve greatness is the ability to take action ('Personal Power'). Robbins' philosophy asserts that fear often holds people back from achieving what they want with their life, and that fear is a more powerful motivator than desire or attraction. Walking safely on burning coals (with the correct preparation of the coals, and instruction of the participants) requires no special physical skills, you simply have to have the courage to brave it. Applying that same principle to other aspects of life can empower the individual to attempt tasks he or she would previously (erroneously) have considered impossible.
Mastery University is promoted at the UPW seminar. Life Mastery, espouses Robbins' ideas about what makes for a healthy lifestyle, and has in the past featured guest lecturers including Deepak Chopra and John Gray (U.S. author). Date With Destiny, the only Mastery event at which Robbins is present for the entire event, is said to be designed to help participants align their values so that they are not in conflict, but rather are aligned with the participant's individual goals. Wealth Mastery teaches concepts which believers feel can facilitate financial wealth.
In 1997, Robbins initiated his Leadership Academy seminar, in which he invites participants to learn the skills he uses, with the stated goal of the program to enable the participant to "create an identity for yourself as someone who can help anyone, no matter what his/her challenge may be." Recently Robbins has appeared at many of The Learning Annex Real Estate Wealth Expos as a headline speaker, and at the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED conference) conference. Robbins promotes a mainly vegetarian and vegan lifestyle and endorses the views of Robert Young and Natural Hygiene practices regarding the need for an alkaline diet, in which proteins and carbohydrates are consumed separately. In recent events, he has included fish into his diet plan, citing the need for omega 3, 6, and 9 fatty acids in a complete diet. He has also praised John Robbins' book Diet for a New America.
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Wood case a 'jigsaw puzzle', jury told
The prosecution's case against Gordon Wood was like a
thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle, the jury at his murder trial has been
told.
Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi, QC, said that, despite three or
four pieces of the puzzle missing, the picture was still clear.
"This thousand-piece puzzle clearly shows this accused was
responsible for the murder of Caroline Byrne," he said.
Wood, 45, has denied throwing his 24-year-old girlfriend to her
death at The Gap in June 1995.
In his closing address today, Mr Tedeschi said that the scream
three witnesses heard about 11.30pm on the night of Ms Byrne's
death was most likely "Caroline being rendered unconscious or
incapacitated ... her death was not a suicide but murder".
The jury heard that the most colourful part of the trial centred
around Andrew Blanchette, a former boyfriend of Ms Byrne.
Mr Tedeschi said that Mr Blanchette was more concerned about
details coming out about an intimate relationship with a schoolgirl
while he was a police officer than he was about being a suspect in
a murder case.
But Mr Blanchette had "an iron-clad alibi" said Mr Tedeschi
"whereas the accused has no alibi at all".
The trial before Justice Graham Barr continues today.
Wood case a 'jigsaw puzzle', jury told
The prosecution's case against Gordon Wood was like a
thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle, the jury at his murder trial has been
told.
Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi, QC, said that, despite three or
four pieces of the puzzle missing, the picture was still clear.
"This thousand-piece puzzle clearly shows this accused was
responsible for the murder of Caroline Byrne," he said.
Wood, 45, has denied throwing his 24-year-old girlfriend to her
death at The Gap in June 1995.
In his closing address today, Mr Tedeschi said that the scream
three witnesses heard about 11.30pm on the night of Ms Byrne's
death was most likely "Caroline being rendered unconscious or
incapacitated ... her death was not a suicide but murder".
The jury heard that the most colourful part of the trial centred
around Andrew Blanchette, a former boyfriend of Ms Byrne.
Mr Tedeschi said that Mr Blanchette was more concerned about
details coming out about an intimate relationship with a schoolgirl
while he was a police officer than he was about being a suspect in
a murder case.
But Mr Blanchette had "an iron-clad alibi" said Mr Tedeschi
"whereas the accused has no alibi at all".
The trial before Justice Graham Barr continues today.
Qantas, Jetstar fly in face of curfew
FAULTY Qantas and Jetstar planes and equipment have been
responsible for almost half of all curfew breaches at Sydney
Airport over the past 12 months.
Records from the NSW Ministry of Transport list defects that
caused significant delays to passengers and inflicted aircraft
noise on residents after 11pm.
The defects further diminish the national carrier's tarnished
maintenance record, which took another hit yesterday.
A total of 77 planes, including 51 belonging to Qantas and
Jetstar, requested dispensation to breach the curfew; 50 requests
were approved.
Some of the reasons for the flights being delayed include water
leaks on vital electronic equipment, faulty reverse thrust, fuel
leaks, a cracked cabin window and faulty brake hoses in landing
gear.
Weather-related delays accounted for 13 breaches; passengers
missing flights or causing security concerns were responsible for
six breaches. Most breaches, however, relate to land-based
technology and defective aircraft, particularly those of Qantas and
Jetstar.
The ministry's logs reveal that in April a Qantas jet was given
special dispensation after it was delayed by a "refuelling truck
[that] was unable to disengage from the aircraft". Another flight
broke the curfew after engineers discovered "metal on the magnetic
engine".
On March 25, Qantas's "entire operations [in Sydney] were
operating from just two landlines and two mobile phones" after
lightning strikes caused a communications failure. As a result
Qantas was unable to arrange accommodation for 72 stranded
passengers and was granted permission to fly after curfew.
Another breach occurred on Boxing Day last year when a Qantas
plane broke down at Perth Airport and could not be towed to a
parking bay for maintenance because all bays were being used by
other Qantas planes that had broken down. Records show Qantas
flight 566 was "kept standing on the taxiway until a bay could be
cleared", which took two hours and meant it could not land in
Sydney before the 11pm curfew.
The list of faults follows several incidents involving Qantas,
including the emergency landing of a Boeing 747-400 in Manila in
July after a large hole was blown in the fuselage, and the dramatic
midair plunge of a flight on October 7 that seriously injured 13
passengers.
A Qantas spokesman said that, like every airline, it requested
dispensations for several reasons including weather and technical
issues.
"Being the largest operator, with around 130,000 departures and
arrivals at Sydney Airport each year, the number of dispensations
for the Qantas group is extremely small - around 0.02 per cent of
total flights into and out of Sydney," the spokesman said.
A Qantas flight from Sydney to Christchurch was aborted
yesterday after a "technical issue" with a wing, a Qantas
spokeswoman said.
Passengers were provided with overnight accommodation and
rebooked on a flight scheduled to leave this morning.
Help, I've broken a fingernail
A RADIO advertising campaign designed to stop people calling an ambulance for "crises" such as broken fingernails, dropped pillows or pizza cravings begins this week. The State Government and the Ambulance Service of NSW want to stop people who abuse triple-0 by feigning a medical emergency to get some domestic help. Paramedics are reporting increasing instances of callers faking symptoms so they can be taken by ambulance to hospital, only to skip off to the nearest shopping centre after enjoying a free ride. More people are trying to use the service when they have minor ailments, hoping that by arriving at hospital by ambulance they will receive faster treatment. About 22,000 of the 1million calls received by the service each year are for non-emergencies. One caller requested an ambulance because he was too tired to pick up a pillow that had fallen from his bed. Another wanted help from officers because he couldn't get to sleep. A broken fingernail prompted another emergency call. Liverpool paramedic John Brotherhood said calls from people who expected ambulance officers to be at their beck and call drove him and his colleagues mad. "It's not unusual for people who have had their phones cut off to ring us when they want a pizza because you can always dial triple-0," he said. "They just see us as a service and feel entitled to call." Many calls came from people who were merely lonely and, in those cases, the attending officers would put them in touch with community services and organisations such as the Salvation Army. "You don't mind those calls because there is actually a problem and you can do some good," Mr Brotherhood said. Health Minister John Della Bosca said nuisance calls were potentially life-threatening, taking officers away from essential duties. "A significant number of triple-0 calls requesting an ambulance response are not an emergency and do not require medical assistance," he said. "Ambulance paramedics are there to provide an emergency service for people needing urgent attention for such conditions as shortness of breath, unconsciousness, chest pain, broken bones, traumatic accident, head injury, suspected heart attack or stroke and excessive blood loss. "We don't want to deter anyone with a genuine emergency from calling for an ambulance, but we are not providing a free taxi service." It was a common misconception that it was possible to jump the queue in a busy emergency department by arriving in an ambulance. "This is simply not true," Mr Della Bosca said. "Patients are treated … according to the urgency of their medical need." lcarty@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Put granny in the pool
PUTTING grandma six feet under could be the answer to Sydney's housing shortage. An architectural firm believes backyard swimming pools should be emptied and transformed into subterranean granny flats, complete with a small bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, garden alcove and rooftop windows. The concept, which came second in the Architecture Australia Prize for Unbuilt Work, would allow urban consolidation to take place without compromising some of the benefits of suburbia, such as spacious gardens and unimpeded views. The idea, by Nobbs Radford Architects, was created in response to former premier Morris Iemma's announcement in July that the Government would modify housing codes to make it easier for homeowners to build "secondary dwellings" in backyards. By 2036 more than 630,000 new homes will be needed to accommodate Sydney's population, which is expected to grow to 6 million. But instead of turning traditionally low-rise suburbs into vast stretches of apartment blocks, part of the growth could be housed within some of NSW's 360,000 swimming pools, Alison Nobbs said. "It's just making a suburban experience more accessible," she said. "It's a small, one-bedroom apartment. Rather than being stuck in an apartment building, I guess it allows people access to a suburban experience as well, with a garden and separate dwelling experience." Ms Nobbs said redeveloped pools could be adapted for all demographics. "This type of housing is applicable to a far greater demographic than grannies. "[In relation to the] trend for teenagers and adults to stay at home longer, you are still within the family confines but you have your own autonomy." Swimming Pool and Spa Association of NSW president Manfred Wiesemes, who has been building pools for 42 years, was pessimistic about the idea. "Impossible, in one word," he said. He said empty pools could "float" when rain saturated the soil, putting upward pressure on the floor of the pool and lifting it out of the ground. And the slopes of pool floors would be difficult to live with. "I would imagine it would be much cheaper to put a granny flat on the back of a house than in a swimming pool."
