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I listened to Anthony Robbins’ audio webcast today. He wanted to address ways of coping with fear, in the aftermath of what he called the “nine one one” attacks. (It took me a few seconds to connect what I heard as “911,” a telephone number, with “9/11,” an infamous date. Does that make me a visual learner or auditory learner, if the same sound could be represented by two separate visual symbols, and I confuse them?)

Robbins was thoughtful, intelligent, and provocative, as usual. He’s also an entertaining storyteller, as evidenced by today’s presentation.

I think what I appreciate most is that he is always goal-oriented… You cannot follow his advice and fail to take action. You can, of course, read his advice and think to yourself, “I should do that.” Robbins calls that “shoulding all over yourself.” (That’s an auditory joke, for all you visual learners. Say it out loud; you’ll get it.)

He plugged a new movie, in which he has a cameo: Shallow Hal, starring Jack Black and Gwyneth Paltrow. Robbins invited listeners to see the movie in order to change their state (from fear to happiness, I guess). He said, “you’ll laugh your tail off.”

I’ve seen the previews, and I think that may be all I see of that movie. (If you want a laugh, go see Bandits instead.)