Anthony Robbins Biography

Fast Facts

• Has served as a life coach to several world leaders, including Bill Clinton, George H․W․ Bush, and Mikhail Gorbachev
• Started out as a seminar promoter for Jim Rohn before beginning his own career as a life coach
• Quote: "What makes people feel alive is to have a life of meaning, not to be happy․ Happiness is wonderful․ It comes and it goes․․․But in the spirit, that experience of meaning is what's the richest experience for human beings․"
• Quote: "[If you have] something that is your life's passion, that is more than just you, you will find that you're not going to have a whole lot of time inside your consciousness for negativity․"
• Quote: "We're not in control of the external world․ It doesn't matter․․․there are two worlds․ The external world which I can influence and the internal world which I do control․ And that internal world is where you have to master yourself․"
• One highly publicized aspect of his methods are his "firewalk" seminars, where he convinces participants to walk over hot coals using neuroassociative conditioning
• Best known as a life coach and motivational speaker who has written several self-help books, including "Unlimited Power" and "Awaken the Giant Within․"
• Had a minor role as an alien in the 1997 film "Men in Black" and also appeared in the 2001 film "Shallow Hal․"