list of powertalk

Power Talk II

1. A DECISION TO ENSURE SUCCESS:
Tony Reveals Your Most Important Choice for Lasting Success

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Coach John Wooden, on the Qualities All Achievers Share



SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Paul Zane Pilzer on The Power of Economic Alchemy


3. THE POWER OF YOUR IDENTITY: Tony Reveals How Your Beliefs Shape Your Destiny

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Wayne Dyer, Ph.D. on Seeking Change and Purpose

BOOK SUMMARY: Unlimited Wealth by Paul Zane Pilzer

4. THE SIX MASTER STEPS OF CHANGE: Tony Reveals The Six Decisive Steps to Making Change

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Mark McCormack discussing Strategies to Manage Your Career or Business

BOOK SUMMARY: Managing Corporate Lifecycles by Ichak Adizes, Ph.D.

5. CREATING A CHANGE & MAKING IT LAST: Tony Reveals How to Create Lasting Change

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Duane "Dog" Chapman on Overcoming Any Obstacles

BOOK SUMMARY: In Search of Environmental Excellence by Bruce Piasecki and Peter Asmus

6. STAND GUARD AT THE DOOR OF YOUR MIND: Tony Explains How a Directed Mind Leads to a Life of Fulfillment

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Faith Popcorn Discussing How Seeking Pleasure and Avoiding Pain Start New Trends

BOOK SUMMARY: The Wellness Revolution: How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry by Paul Zane Pilzer

7. THE POWER OF ANTICIPATION : Tony Reveals How to Spot Emerging Trends

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Stephen R. Covey, Ph.D., on Lasting Success and Fulfillment

BOOK SUMMARY: A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

8. USING QUALITY QUANTIFIERS: Tony Reveals How to Easily Break Your Bad Habits

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Art Berg Quadriplegic Athlete and Inspirational Speaker

BOOK SUMMARY: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

9. THE POWER OF THE HUMAN PARADOX: Tony Reveals How Certainty and Uncertainty Drive Your Behavior

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Deepak Chopra, M.D., on The Connectedness of Healing Mind and Body

BOOK SUMMARY: 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al and Laura Ries

10. THE POWER OF VIRTUE: Tony Reveals How You Can Live Up to Your Virtues

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Marianne Williamson Discussing Love and Joy

BOOK SUMMARY: A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking

11. REGENERATION: A MODEL FOR SUCCESS: Tony Reveals How Regenerating Your Life and Designing a New Plan for What You Deeply Desire Will Lead to Fulfillment.

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Paul Zane Pilzer , about Economic Policy, Technology and Living

BOOK SUMMARY: What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School by Mark McCormack

12. JOHN GRAY, PH.D. INTERVIEW: An Interview with John Gray, Ph.D., Discussing His Bestselling Book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

BOOK SUMMARY: New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time by Gail Sheehy

13. RAISING YOUR STANDARDS: Tony Reveals How You Can Become Outstanding by Being Unreasonable

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH: Jay Abraham on Dramatically Increasing Your Income

BOOK SUMMARY: Jack: Straight From the Gut by Jack Welch

Anthony Robbins power talk

Towards the end of the 80’s Tony Robbins came up with a brilliant idea, creating a monthly audio program of interviews with top lead experts in many different fields, from self-improvement to relationships, from financial investment to good health , as well as remarkable individuals who experienced extreme conditions and had a lesson to teach to fellow human beings.

The result of this initiative was the audio program (originally sold on tape through infomercials in the United States) called “Powertalk”. The first original series is made of 38 audio tapes of about one hour each, in which Tony interviews 17 remarkable people, often celebrities in their chosen field. There is also a second series but I have no idea whether it is made of different interviews or it was just a subsequent partition of the first original series.

The structure of each episode is always the same: in the first part Tony chooses a particular subject (communication, people’s rules, transformational vocabulary, etc.) and explains its theory about it in detail. This section is often enriched with personal real life experiences of Tony’s, never disclosed in other audio programs (Get the edge, PPII, Lessons in mastery, etc.). At the end of this section Tony advices a book for the month and briefly talks about it. In the second part of the episode there is the proper interview, where Tony asks very meaningful and sharp questions to the celebrity and tries to get the most important learning and lessons out of them. Often times it sounds as if they both have a great time together and laughter is very common. The geniality of this program is that, sitting in your car or in your home, you can have a top leading expert of his or her field explaining to you in detail what he/she learned in a lifetime of focus and dedication to the subject in question. It is way more effective than reading a book, because information flows easily and informally and people go straight to the point, as if they were having a meaningful chat with a friend, not having to fill pages and pages of paper to please a publisher. Tony is always very humble and he puts himself in a learning position, even though he has the tendency to add bits of his theory here and there sometimes, mostly to test his own founding in face of the celebrity . The question structure changes widely according to the profile of the person interviewed but the last question is always the same: how would you like to be remembered ? which touches the inner cords of the the celebrity and often causes very deep answers.

In conclusion, I believe the Powertalk series is essential listening for every true Tony’s fan. In the next articles, I will write a short review of each episode.

Marco