Tony
Robbins..... kicked out of his mother's house when he was a kid
and
gone broke several times... what a story for a comeback hero...
Robbins has become the world's foremost active new personal motivator...
taking his place beside the well known names of Dale Carnegie,
Napoleon Hill, Norman Vincent Peale and others.
Tony
Robbins has moved into the information age as the other self
motivators have slowed down. You may have seen his Television
infomercials with the football great, Fran Tarkenton.
Tony
Robbins has had his ups and downs due to some problems with his
distributors... I guess not all folks are as into 'positive thinking'
as Tony is.
But
distributors are often prone to higher expectations than normal
anyway... especially if they are not making instant money in
their new venture... Robbins isn't as 'perfect' as they had imagined...
no one is...
If
you need to get motivated , commonly known as ' get your ass
in gear ' Tony Robbins may be your guy. However, you can save
a lot of money and probably do just as well by going to the library
and getting a few books by Peale, Carnegie, and Hill... There
are lots of others as well... Og Mandini comes to mind... although
I'm not sure of the spelling... I am sure that Tony Robbins got
his ideas from these people... This industry isn't new... and
Tony Robbins didn't start the game...
One
of the things Tony Robbins offers is the 'safety in numbers'
game.
Some
people feel more encouraged and motivated if there are others
in the same boat. Kind of like going to a college football game
and and having the rooting section cheering for you.
That's Robbins... a one man cheering section.
Let's
hear it for Tony Robbins... Rah... Rah... Rah..
PS.
Rumor has it that Tony Robbins is going to start a new business
giving out stock market tips...
maybe
he heard how much money Wade Cook is making with his stock package...
More
than a rumor, this item hot off the press...
Cook
awarded $650,000 in copyright trial against Robbins
by
Jake Batsell... Seattle Times business reporter
A
federal jury has awarded more than $650,000 to Seattle-based
stock-market pitchman Wade Cook, bringing a close to Cook's copyright-infringement
trial against self-help guru Tony Robbins.
Cook,
the speaker and author whose company runs financial seminars
around the country, accused Robbins of using phrases Cook coined
in his book "Wall Street Money Machine" in a Robbins
course called "Financial Power."
Cook
testified in U.S. District Court in Tacoma that Robbins, known
mainly for his nationally televised infomercials, used without
permission a pair of Cook-copyrighted terms:
--
"Meter drop," an expression Cook uses to liken investing
to the business strategies he learned as a Tacoma cabdriver.
Cook says it's more profitable for a cabdriver to take a large
number of short rides instead of concentrating on the larger
fares. He advises investors to adhere to the same principle.
--
"Rolling stock," a phrase Cook uses to describe stocks
that fluctuate in predictable patterns.
The
eight-person jury agreed that Robbins had used those terms without
Cook's permission and awarded Cook $655,900 in damages, Cook
attorney Kiman Lucas said.
"We're
very pleased Tony's finally having to pay for plagiarizing,"
Lucas said.
Sam
Georges, chief operating officer of the Anthony Robbins Cos.,
said Robbins' attorneys will file a motion to set aside the verdict
and appeal.
"The
evidence doesn't support this verdict," Georges said. The
two terms, he said, are "in the public domain, not owned
by Wade Cook."
In
his testimony, Robbins conceded he had used Cook's terms while
delivering the original "Financial Power" seminar,
but said he'd given Cook full credit for his ideas.
Robbins
said his financial instructors have taught a concept identical
to the "meter drop" method called the "ring toss"
for nearly a decade. The term "meter drop," he said,
was merely another simplified way to express a commonly known
investment method.
Jake
Batsell's phone message number is 206-464-2595. His e-mail address
is jbatsell@seattletimes.com