Green Jobs asked:


He looks like king tut mummy with lipstick. why doesn’t his lips move when he talks. I turn the channel but his voice just lingers. creepy crap.

Darren

Terence Young asked:


“There is a powerful, driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.” - Tony Robbins

Tony is arguably one of the most renowned speakers in the world, millions of people from all over the globe have attended Anthony Robbins’ live seminars. As one of America’s most prominent self help gurus, during the year of ‘04 I had sparsely heard of him. I hadn’t read any of his books, nor listened to any of his audio recordings yet by the end of the year I was to credit Robbins for transforming my life.

How did he do it?

In 2004 I attended Tony Robbins “Unleash The Power Within” seminar. It was one of the best decisions of my life and without a doubt a pivotal moment in my life. Here is what I learned at the “Unleash The Power Within” 4 day seminar?

Day One (Friday) - The Firewalk Experience

So with excitement and a touch of trepidation the day had arrived. The larger than life American brought with him a well polished rock style show. His energy and enthusiasm is mesmerizing and oddly infectious. He has over the decades perfected an innate ability to hold the audiences attention in the palm of his hand.

The first day is full of laughing, hugging and massaging strangers on the shoulders, high fives and a lot of clapping and jumping to well chosen music. War cries resonated the auditorium and this becomes the culture for the Robbins seminar over the next few days.

By the time the Firewalk came round at the end of the first evening I was pumped and ready to go. We were told that the coals were up to 1200 degrees and I sure wasn’t going to argue the point. The actual Firewalk is over within seconds but the impact lasts a great deal longer.

The walking on coals was a symbolic way to show that fear can be overcome and reinforces the power that each of us has the ability to conquer anything we put our minds to.

Day Two and Three (Saturday and Sunday) - Conditioning Yourself For Success

After the amazing experience of Friday night everyone enters the second day with a notable buzz. Both Saturday and Sunday turn out to be very long sessions going for more than 12 hours straight but the time fly’s and I didn’t find myself looking at my clock to see when it ends.

The weekend is spent largely listening to Tony’s instruction and doing exercises with other attendees. The focus was about creating an extraordinary you, breaking old patterns that are holding you back in life and overcoming limiting beliefs that are preventing you becoming the best you can be. I learnt to face issues in my life that I would have otherwise never faced had it not been for this event and being able to deal with them in a supportive environment made all the difference. The weekend continues with focusing on deciding what you want out of life and how to create massive momentum to make it happen.

Day Four (Monday) - Health and Vitality

As many would know, Tony is a vegetarian who chooses to live a healthy lifestyle. He sees it as a key to his success, after all what good is it to achieve everything you want in life if you don’t have the health to enjoy it. This final day is conducted without Tony, with one of his Trainers stepping in to conduct it in conjunction with video recordings. The room was noticeably smaller with many attendees opting not to attend the final day, I guess many knew what was to come.

Before Robbins my diet was atrocious. Meat was a large part of my daily intake and salad was something I ate with a burger. I ate junk food several times a week but I wasn’t over weight so I continued with this diet thinking to myself that I was going to be okay. But the next 8 hours changed all that. We learned to breathe better so we could oxygenate our bodies, we learnt about healthy eating and how to create a healthy lifestyle by eliminating unhealthy habits like smoking and drinking.

By the time the presentation came around about the virtues of living a vegetarian diet I knew I was in big trouble. Robbins never once tried to convince you to go vegetarian, nor did he force his beliefs on you, rather he provided information and suggested you make up your own mind. By the time we left we were all given a 10 day challenge to live this healthy way of life and then make up our own minds whether we wanted to stick with it.

I stayed vegetarian for three years and I never regretted it, I must add that I did eat seafood. Once I got momentum it was surprisingly easy to modify my lifestyle and today while I now have introduced meat back into my diet it is in far greater moderation and balance then it once was.

“The man who has inspired millions to change their lives! [Tony] brings out the best in all of us. The world is a better place because of him.” - Larry King (Host of Larry King Live on CNN)

So How Has It Changed My Life Since The Event

1. By doing the exercises I got a chance to deal with some of the emotional baggage in my life and learn to find forgiveness.

2. I was able to find a clearer direction with my life with much more defined life goals.

3. I am a much more patient, open minded and less stressed person.

4. The Firewalk enabled me gain greater confidence in myself to deal with life’s obstacles and uncertainties.

5. I became a vegetarian and drastically altered my diet and lifestyle for the better.

6. I was an atheist before the event, and Robbins helped me find God which has made a profound difference in my life.

7. Overall I realized the world isn’t so bad, you got to see the good side of humanity being at the seminar.

If you have been thinking about attending a Tony Robbins seminar here are my tips to help make your experience the best it can be:

1. Come with an open mind and without any preconceived expectations. It was easy for me as I had little exposure to any of Tony’s work. But I know there were people who attended that questioned everything and were closed off to some of the activities that Tony got us to do. You’ve spent good money to attend so why not let loose and just enjoy the experience. You can analyze all you want after the event is over.

2. Upgrade to VIP. I attended with Gold tickets. This basically means that you don’t have assigned seating and your further from the stage. At the time I wasn’t in a position to get VIP tickets but if I was to do it again I would. The reason being is not just about being closer to the stage but rather your assigned seating enables you to get to know the people around you and share the journey together. Plus an added bonus is you don’t have to get there early every morning to try and get the best seats you can.

3.Consider booking a hotel room close by. If you are coming from out of town then that’s a no brainer. But we were local to where Tony was conducting the seminar and drove home every night. With some of his sessions going to close to midnight and beginning at 9am the next day we would have been better served just booking a hotel room close by so we could squeeze in an extra few hours sleep.

4.Dress in layers and bring snacks. For some reason the room temperature was set to cold. Maybe it’s to enable us to concentrate better but by dressing in layers at least you can take some off during the day if you get too cold. I would also suggest bringing water and snacks so that you don’t feel as hungry as the sessions can be long.

5. Get your own information. If your relying on the sales people to give you advice on the seminar then you are probably going to be sold a well polished sales pitch. If your not sure if a Tony Robbins seminar is right for you, take some time to find out the information yourself.



Jeanne

Stephen Morgan asked:


OK as has been said before, the Festive Season approaches, the time of year when we all end up being slightly silly at the Office Xmas Party and then wake up the following morning wishing the night before had never happened.

It is also the time of year when the majority of the “Open Wallet” Surgery in our lives takes place and we end up funding next years Skiing trip for the majority of Credit Card Company executives the world over.

So the question still remains, how do you get the best out of your little pieces of plastic without resorting to cutting them in two?

Friend of Foe? We are not too sure about Credit Cards and their exact benefit / damage to our Society. Sure we all like the convenience of not having to haul large bundles of cash around the place and yes it does make buying “that last little special item” at Christmas a damn site easier. However, unless you want to try and hide your head totally in the sand and pretend that everything is rosy it would be slightly naïve not to try and think that the rising levels of bankruptcies and out of control credit / debt management situation around nowadays would also have something to do with the abundance of these little pieces of plastic and the ease of getting credit nowadays.

There is a story doing the rounds that is widely credited to Dr Gregg Dimkoff of the Seldman School of Business Studies at Grand Valley University and it is about a TV Interview held by the TV Host Larry King where he “allegedly” interviews Satan on his TV/Radio Show. I stress the point here that this is a joke and that no one should be under any illusions of the great Beelzebub himself ever making a live appearance of prime time TV or Radio!

Anyway, King asks Satan to describe the foulest deed that he had either ever committed himself or had arranged to have carried out by one of his minions? Satan thinks about this and then points out that with so much chaos, death and destruction carried out in his name over the eons, it would be hard to try and single out one single item since there had been so much. King is however persistent stating that yes with so much evil around it must be hard but there must be one dastardly thing that he was proud of. Satan thinks for a moment and then said “well if you must push me there is one evil thing I am proud of……..the day I invented Credit Cards!”



Tom

George Tohme asked:


Pharmacist and diabetes expert George F. Tohme and author of Lifestyle Makeover for Diabetics and Pre-Diabetics (Release date 11/19/2008) takes on a mission of helping people defeat diabetes Pre-diabetes and obesity which have become an all time alarming health crisis affecting tens of millions and killing silently hundreds of thousands every year.

Diabetes and pre-diabetes have reached epidemic proportions and they are the costliest. The CDC just released startling facts that diabetes and Pre-diabetes incidences have jumped to exceed 80 million people affecting ALL Americans. The number of obese and overweight adults and kids have exceeded the 190 million mark.

However, scientific research shows a particular increase in diabetes among African American Women due in part to an increase consumption of refined sugary snacks and beverages and due to Physical inactivity. The “Black Women’s Health Study” after a follow up of 59, 000 African American Women for 8 years concluded that increasing the intake of high fiber cereal have reduced the risk. In Lifestyle Makeover for Diabetics and Pre-Diabetics Action Step 4 addresses balanced lifestyle choices and specifically the issue of the benefits and sources (by brand names) of food products and cereal containing high fiber. Action Step 4 Also reveals simple tips on how anyone can become more active at home or work and defeat disease and obesity.

During the last presidential debate both candidates made diabetes and obesity their top priority. Diabetes affects many celebrities namely Gov. Mike Huckabee, Patti Labelle, Aretha Franklin, Halle Berry , Larry King, Della Reese and **** Clark all of whom already have a copy of this book.

This caring, passionate and dynamic pharmacist who’s an expert in multiple disease and lifestyle related fields will reveal in simple and practical terms:

• How losing belly fat reverses diabetes and heart disease

• Could tens of million adult kids be affected with diabetes and pre-diabetes and not know it?

• How to lose body fat permanently without dieting, counting calories or grams ever again

• How people can cut 50 to 100% on their medications, doctor and hospital bills

• How can a Lifestyle Makeover and simple but powerful Five Action Steps help people prevent, manage, or even reverse diabetes, pre-diabetes and obesity.

• How George himself took charge and conquered his own 17-year obesity battle.

Here is a message from pharmacist George: “You and me can defeat diabetes, pre-diabetes, obesity and all other chronic diseases forever. That’s a promise.” On November 19 th 2008 you can defeat diabetes and Pre-diabetes and earn over $1000 of valuable bonuses at no extra cost. To know more about this incredible offer click here NOW: http:// www.LifestyleMakeoverEbook.com/diabetes



Gordon

James William Smith asked:


He was called the Sheriff of Wall Street for his dogged pursuit of rule breakers in the mutual fund industry as the Attorney General of New York. He would later use the favorable publicity of a compliant media as a springboard to become the elected governor of the state of New York in 2006. His rapid political rise had many people projecting him as a serious potential candidate for the Presidency in 2012.

Therefore, the lurid details behind the recent resignation of Eliot Spitzer due to his involvement in a paid prostitution ring is a national shock. Our shock is intensified by the fact that the story combines all the sordid elements that the current tabloid news media loves to exploit; the hypocrisy and scandal of a government official, adultery, lurid sex, young call girls, family tragedy, and potential criminal behavior.

If you somehow have not yet heard, Spitzer was referred to as client number 9 in a government case against the Emperors Club Escort Service. He is said to have paid the club’s VIP agency $4,300 to arrange for *** with a ********** named Kristen on Feb. 13, 2008 in Washington’s Mayflower Hotel. Published reports indicate it was apparently the latest episode in a repetitive pattern of behavior that went on for months and involved tens of thousands of dollars.

The sad fact is that Spitzer’s legal problems may have only just begun. Based solely on the known facts, Spitzer could potentially face criminal charges concerning an attempt to hide monetary transactions, soliciting prostitution, tax evasion, and violation of the Mann Act concerning a payment for a call girl’s interstate trip. Court documents and published reports indicate that perhaps as much as $80,000 was transferred from Spitzer’s account to a trio of dummy companies that were really fronts for the Emperors Club escort service.

The amazing thing is that as a former Attorney General, Spitzer knew the risk in being involved with the Emperors Club. In fact, only four years earlier (April 8, 2004), he announced that authorities had arrested 18 people on prostitution and related charges in the investigation of another New York escort service. At that time, Spitzer said: “This was a sophisticated and lucrative operation with a multitiered management structure. It was, however, nothing more than a prostitution ring, and now its owners and operators will be held accountable.”

The defendants in that escort case were charged with money laundering, enterprise corruption, promoting prostitution, and falsifying business records. The aspects of that case and investigation are very similar to the charges and investigation involved in the Emperors Club that soon may lead to many of the same criminal charges against Eliot Spitzer.

The sad truth is that we have often seen this type of public hypocrisy and self-destructive behavior before. While sometimes surprising, it is unfortunately really nothing new or unique. Surely Jim Swaggart and Jim Bakker must have understood the risk of their private sexual exploits while in their prominent public position of American televangelists. Every day on their televised broadcast they would preach against some of the very sins that that were, in fact, privately committing.

Jim Swaggart would expose peer televangelist Jim Bakker’s adulterous sexual indiscretions on the Larry King Show. Subsequently, Swaggart would be found with *********** on a couple of different occasions. Both men would experience a dramatic fall from prominence for their hypocrisy and self-destructive behavior. In addition, Bakker would spend years in jail for a series of finance charges concerning his ministry.

It is still hard to understand exactly why otherwise intelligent men become members in this club of self destruction. Some say it is the power in their celebrity that leads them astray. Others contend that it is a malfunction in the cortex of the brain that disconnects them from reality and its consequences. Arrogance and various character flaws are also mentioned as possible causes.

However, regardless of the reason, members of the club of self-destructive behavior all have one thing in common. Their behavior not only claims their personal career and respect, but, like a scorched earth policy, destroys everything they love and touch. Family and friends experience the pain of broken trust and public humiliation. It is a pain that changes lives and can last for many years.

The ultimate irony of this sad story is that the next governor of New York will be current Lieutenant Governor, David Patterson. He is an African American who is legally blind; a man who has overcome difficult personal obstacles to now become the governor of the state of New York. On election night in 2006, Patterson reflected on the promise of a newly-elected Spitzer administration. “Eliot and I have a vision for New York,” he said. “I can’t see it in my eyes, but I can feel it in my heart.”

Now less than two years later, Patterson will become the new governor of New York. He will take the position from a man with a privileged background; a man without impediment of sight who did not have the vision to see the obvious potential ramifications of his dubious behavior. Indeed, like Bakker, Swaggart and others, Eliot Spitzer is now destined to become another member in the club of self-destruction.



Thomas

Dorian Straub asked:


Have you heard of the DVD called “the Secret”? Well it isn’t such a secret anymore. The DVD was released in March 2006 and according to Time Magazine, the DVD has sold 500,000 units within the first 6 months. Today it sells well over 5,000 copies a day! It ranked in Amazon’s Top-5 sellers during Christmas week; and a tie-in hardcover book just entered the Top 10 on the New York times bestseller list.

The amazing thing about “the Secret” is that you won’t find it in your local Blockbuster or Barnes and Noble, it is selling briskly through new-age bookstores, New Thought churches like Unity and AGape and the official website at www.thesecret.tv. “It’s become the biggest selling item in the 30-year history of our store,” says Harmony Rose Allor, a buyer at West Hollywood’s popular metaphysical bookshop, The Bodhi Tree. it is “word-of-mouth” marketing at it best.

So what is the secret to “the Secret’s” success? It’s is a “transformational movie”, where a person’s view on life and the laws of life will no longer be the same after watching this movie. In a sense, it has created the same kind of effect as “the Da Vinci Code” and the 2004 hit cult movie “What the Bleep Do We Know”. The movie has created such waves that it has already been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live and the Ellen DeGeneres show.

At the core of the movie is a central philosophy called “the Law of Attraction”. In fact, the movie itself was inspired by this very same law when the producer read a book called “the Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace D. Wattles. This books was written in 1910!

This philosophy states that we create our reality, both good and bad! The message is delivered through 24 “teachers” which include prosperity preachers, chiropractic healers, relationship gurus, life coaches and motivational speakers — into one clear, cohesive voice. The movie is a “must watch” for anyone interested in taking charge of their life and in creating the life of their dreams.

Following on the success of the Secret, 3 of the core teachers - namely Bob Proctor and Jack Canfield have collaborated to produce a wealth building program called “the Secret Science of Getting Rich Seminar”. This program is based on the book that inspired the movie and is set to make history as the fastest selling personal development program in history.

What is the Science of Getting Rich about? Well in the words of Wallace D. Wattles, “The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way. Those who do things in this certain way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich. Those who do not do things in this certain way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor. It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects. Therefore, any man or woman who learns to do things in this certain way will infallibly get rich.” The Science of Getting Rich is all about teaching how to do things in this “certain” way to create wealth.

The success of this program is built on several rock solid foundations. These factors include: the phenomenal success of “the Secret”, the timeless concepts from the Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles, the credibility of successful personal improvement teachers and New Thought leaders of our time, and the Internet as the distribution medium.

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Norman

pattypat999 asked:


Larry always get the people that are in the public eye most? I was wondering if they are paid more to be on his show or do they just like Larry King.

Diane

not Prince Hamlet asked:


I cannot find what he was referring to, though I think he said it was passed in 1996.

Vanessa

Frank J. Rumbauskas Jr. asked:


Perhaps the biggest challenge faced by salespeople is the problem of chasing prospects.  In this article I’ll explain exactly why that happens, and how you can avoid it entirely and make prospects chase you instead.

I once heard Donald Trump say, “In selling, you must never appear desperate.  As soon as you look desperate, it’s over.”

A friend and I were talking about the dynamics of a cold call the other day.  When we make that call, we usually hope and expect that the prospect will be receptive to hearing what we have to say.  However, salespeople face increasing resistance to cold calling, as well as increasing flakiness on the part of prospects who do meet with them.  Instead of thinking, “Ok, this may be interesting,” here’s what most prospects actually think when they receive a cold call:  “Great.  You don’t know me and I don’t know you.  You have no idea what my goals are.  You don’t even know if we need what you’re selling, and in spite of all that, you’ve decided to waste my time anyway with this call.”

What is increasingly becoming the norm is to be rejected by the good, solid prospects everyone wants, and to get appointments with flakey time-wasters who will never buy.  Flakiness, in particular, is a growing problem thanks to the fact that prospects are increasingly bombarded with endless advertising as well as endless salespeople. When you consider the fact that few prospects actually have the courage to say “no” and instead choose to blow us off and make excuses, it becomes even more frustrating.

One of the main themes I try to teach salespeople is two-fold: 1) You must be supremely confident. 2) You must get into the habit of qualifying prospects OUT instead of merely qualifying them. It is the appropriate response to ever-increasing flakiness and evasiveness on the part of prospects. It’s our way of communicating to them, “If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen” in a non-verbal way. The idea of taking the lead and qualifying prospects out is scary at first, and as a result most salespeople aren’t willing to do it, but it will save you lots of otherwise wasted time with prospects who aren’t really serious, and will free that time up to be spent with prospects who are going to buy.

It’s important to start all sales relationships from a position of power, and you do this in two ways: 1) Through your outward presentation. This is easily accomplished by acting very professional and dressing better than your prospects, rather than taking the wrong advice of “dressing like your prospects.” It’s easy to say “no” to someone with whom you’re comfortable, but much more difficult to say “no” to someone who intimidates you.  2) Through your actions.  A great example is someone who is squirrely about agreeing to an appointment with you. In many cases, these are the people who finally agree to meet with you but eventually blow you off without buying. When I found myself in this situation, 

I discovered a great way to overcome it. It goes back to the idea of confidence bordering on mild arrogance, and puts you in the position of power. When you’re getting the runaround, something like “Well, we’ll let you know when we have time to pencil you in,” say something like, “Great, let me know. I’m very busy so I need to know either way - NOW.” This will get rid of time-wasters, and with serious prospects, will clearly communicate that you’re a serious businessperson, should be taken seriously, and will not tolerate having your time wasted and otherwise being disrespected. It will also set you apart from the competition and greatly increase your chances of getting the sale.

As time goes on and I work with more salespeople, I’m realizing that this idea of being powerful really overrides everything else, and once you can pull it off, it overshadows everything. You can do a poor job of presenting and selling and yet this can carry you all by itself.  For anyone who is doubtful about this idea of presenting yourself as overconfident and even a little bit arrogant, I’ll go back to Donald Trump since he’s famous for his giant ego.  I saw him on Larry King, and as they were taking live calls, one of the callers openly confronted him about his massive ego and Larry King jumped on and questioned him about it as well.  Donald Trump simply replied, “Have you EVER met a successful person who didn’t have a big ego?”  After some hemming and hawing from King, Trump repeated the question to him, and King finally said, “No.”

Moving on from the idea of avoiding an appearance of desperation and creating an appearance of power, there’s another very good reason as to why prospects who are uncovered via cold calling are flakey.  This one has nothing to do with us and everything to do with a particular prospect’s mindset and level of sales vulnerability to begin with.

Most of us have noticed, at some time or another, that prospects who absolutely refuse to take cold calls and have giant “No Soliciting” signs plastered on their front doors tend to be the easiest to sell to once you manage to get in front of them.  There are a few popular theories as to why this is so, the most common one being the idea that since so few salespeople get through to begin with, there is little competition and therefore a better chance of getting the sale.  However, I know the real reason behind this.

The reason those people are so defensive against sales pitches and have all those “No Soliciting” signs is quite simple.  They are AFRAID of salespeople.  They know very well that they have a very difficult time saying “no,” and as such they are highly vulnerable to sales presentations and know very well that if a salesperson gets to them, they’ll probably buy whether they need to or not.

(I never figured this out until I spoke with an expert on social dynamics who has studied the subject of human social interaction in depth.  He explained that the people who act the coldest and most unapproachable in social settings do so because they’re overly vulnerable to being seduced and falling in love and therefore are afraid of what someone’s advances may lead to.)

Now that we’ve explained why those people are the easiest to sell to, let’s look at the opposite type of prospect: those who willingly take your call and willingly agree to set an appointment.

If those who are easily sold won’t take your call and won’t agree to meet with you, why would someone be so agreeable to taking your call and meeting with you?  Exactly.  It’s because they have no fear of salespeople.  They know right from the start that there’s little chance of them being sold.  Their openness and receptiveness to your call puts us off-guard.  We think we have a great shot at a sale, but in reality we’re meeting with someone who is 99% certain not to buy.

Since the people who willingly take cold calls usually don’t buy, and the people who usually buy don’t take cold calls, what’s the solution?  Since those who are easily sold almost always meet with salespeople only when they’ve called the salesperson first and not the other way around, you must get your message across to these people in creative and effective ways other than cold calling.

To those highly desirable prospects who are easily sold, all salespeople seem the same.  The only way to win with them is to separate yourself from the rest of the crowd.  

The first way to accomplish this is to be that powerful businessperson who needs nothing and deserves respect.   I think most of us were taught and have gotten into the habit of treating prospects as superiors and as a result we tend to do whatever is convenient for prospects and otherwise kiss up to them. We are used to rearranging our schedules just to meet with that one prospect. Stop this, and start expecting your prospects to treat YOU with the respect and consideration you deserve as someone who is not only a business equal, but who has the knowledge and wisdom to help them and improve their businesses and their lives.

The second way to stand out is to stop cold calling.  Nothing will stereotype you as a typical salesperson faster than a cold call.  The way to win with prime prospects is to get your message across to them in ways that don’t use cold calling.  You’ll get in front of the easy sales, and you won’t have any competition once you get there. 



Cody