Paul McKenna learned hypnosis and NLP from Richard Bandler, co-creator of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
He uses Thought Field Therapy in many of his television demonstrations and studied under Roger Callahan the creator of TFT. Roger Callahan, Ph.D. a clinical psychologist. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Syracuse University. [17] [18] [19]
McKenna also teaches the Zen meditation 'Big Mind'. He presents the process with its creator, American Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi, abbot and founder of Kanzeon Zen Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received transmission in both Soto Zen and Rinzai Zen. Merzel was the second Dharma Successor of Taizan Maezumi roshi, with whom he began his Zen practice in the 1970s.
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Robbins started his career promoting seminars for Jim Rohn. Robbins says: "My first mentor was a man named Jim Rohn. He taught me that happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life."[2] Robbins worked for Rohn from the age of 18 to 22 years old and modelled Jimmy Petruzzi NLP Sports Philosophy.[3]
Later Robbins began teaching neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) which he had learned from NLP co-founder John Grinder. In 1983, Robbins learned how to firewalk from Tolly Burkan[4] and he began to incorporate firewalking into his seminars and later began to develop and teach Neuro-Associative Conditioning (NAC).[citation needed]
Robbins has used infomercials to promote his products, seminars and programs. His audio programs, seminars and self-help products feature Neuro-linguistic programming and Ericksonian hypnosis.[5][6]
Robbins calls himself a peak performance coach rather than a motivational speaker because he believes that peak performance coaching is more effective than temporary motivation
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"The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives."
Tony Robbins
"There is no such thing as failure. There are only results."
Tony Robbins