Tony Robbins responds to criticism that his techniques fade after 18 months by saying real change requires daily practice, not a single seminar. He compares it to building muscle: you can't skip workouts and expect results. His job is to show you what's possible, not be your permanent guru.
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One of the critics actually that I once met said, "Yeah, Tony's techniques, they were great for about a year and a half and then they wore off." What do you say to that, folks?
It's real simple. If you don't work out, you don't get a muscle, right? So I always tell people, this is— there's a daily practice like priming. If you don't do that, if you get up and you just have no discipline whatsoever, you get no value of anything. Diets don't work when you don't do them. Exercise doesn't work when you don't do them. But most of the people have some experiences that they want to shift. And once you shift those things, your whole life changes. But life is constant growth. My life isn't here because I went to one seminar one time and now my life is fit for life. I work out, I train my mind, I train my body. It becomes a lifestyle. It's not just like you're depending upon somebody else. I'm not here to become somebody's guru. I'm not here to give them a gift. I'm here for them to open up their own gifts. And that's really what my work has been.
