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that we can all learn to be this exuberant
when we get to work every
morning.
Indeed, the dance moves are simple
enough for us to imitate at our seats:
jump and clap twice; clap to the left;
clap to the right. When the song
changes to “Gimme Some Lovin’,”
many in the audience climb atop their
metal folding chairs, where they continue
to whoop and clap. I stand somewhat
peevishly with arms crossed until
I decide that there’s nothing to be done
but join in and hop up and down along
with my seatmates.
Eventually the moment we’ve all
been waiting for arrives: Tony Robbins
bounds onstage. Already gigantic at six
feet seven inches, he looks a hundred
feet tall on the Megatron screen. He’s
movie-star handsome, with a head of
thick brown hair, a Pepsodent smile,
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