Unlimited Power review
I really enjoyed Unlimited Power by Anthony (Tony) Robbins. It is a very comprehensive book. Three things that it covered that really stuck out to me was modeling, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), physiology, rapport, and health.
Modeling
He firmly believes that if we want to achieve something we must find someone who has done that previously. We then must model what they do. The close we model them, the closer our result will be to theirs. We must model their actions, internal representations of stimulus, and their physiology. We can’t just do what they do; we must think as they think and feel what they feel.
Neuro-linguistic programming
Here Tony teaches us how to change our actions through programming our nervous system through our words and thoughts. NLP can be used for many things- stop bad habits, change how we feel about situations, decrease anxiety, and much more.
Physiology
Tony believes strongly that changing our physiology is important to change how we feel. Sometimes there may be things that we don’t recognize that put us in a bad mood. We need to work to recognize those and change how we represent those things to ourselves.
Rapport
He shows how we can mirror people to develop rapport. Some may think this is natural, but it actually very natural. I know that people that I’m around a lot and that I relate with I often end up doing and saying similar things as they do. He says we should consciously do this when we want to have someone feel like we can relate to them. This can be especially effective in an interview, selling, or working out problems in any type of relationship.
Health
Health is very important to feeling good. He advocates deep breathing three times each day. Tony talks about how important oxygen is for our cells. He also mentions famous people that lived as vegetarians for at least some of their lives: some are Socrates, Plato, Pythagoras, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Edison.
He often says that we should try everything in this book and see what we should take for ourselves. Personally, I have learned a lot and taken a lot from this book. I surely haven’t taken all that he would like me to though.