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They’ve entered a Tony Robbins stateof mind. But what exactly does thisconsist of?It is, first and foremost, a superiormind—the antidote to Alfred Adler’s inferioritycomplex. Tony uses the wordpower rather than superior (we’re toosophisticated nowadays to frame ourquests for self-improvement in terms ofnaked social positioning, the way wedid at the dawn of the Culture of Personality),but everything about him isan exercise in superiority, from the wayhe occasionally addresses the audienceas “girls and boys,” to the stories hetells about his big houses and powerfulfriends, to the way hetowers—literally—over the crowd. Hissuperhuman physical size is an importantpart of his brand; the title of hisbest-selling book, Awaken the GiantWithin, says it all.126/929
His intellect is impressive, too.Though he believes university educationsare overrated (because they don’tteach you about your emotions andyour body, he says) and has been slowto write his next book (because no onereads anymore, according to Tony),he’s managed to assimilate the work ofacademic psychologists and package itinto one hell of a show, with genuineinsights the audience can make theirown.Part of Tony’s genius lies in the unstatedpromise that he’ll let the audienceshare his own journey from inferiorityto superiority. He wasn’t alwaysso grand, he tells us. As a kid, he was ashrimp. Before he got in shape, he wasoverweight. And before he lived in acastle in Del Mar, California, he rentedan apartment so small that he kept hisdishes in the bathtub. The implication127/929
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His intellect is impressive, too.
Though he believes university educations
are overrated (because they don’t
teach you about your emotions and
your body, he says) and has been slow
to write his next book (because no one
reads anymore, according to Tony),
he’s managed to assimilate the work of
academic psychologists and package it
into one hell of a show, with genuine
insights the audience can make their
own.
Part of Tony’s genius lies in the unstated
promise that he’ll let the audience
share his own journey from inferiority
to superiority. He wasn’t always
so grand, he tells us. As a kid, he was a
shrimp. Before he got in shape, he was
overweight. And before he lived in a
castle in Del Mar, California, he rented
an apartment so small that he kept his
dishes in the bathtub. The implication
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