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August 20, 2007

The Time Of Your Life

Used to be, Andrew WK was described in terms of blood. These days, thanks to the joy he's found for life, the "Party" star is described in terms of Tony Robbins. And it's gonna be awhile before Andrew edges out big TR as life coach to the rock stars. Amongst Robbins' music celeb clients: one Billie Joe Armstrong. Tony recently talked about his influence on Green Day and what BJ was listening to before playing the Grammys.

Via Details:

DETAILS: Are there prominent people who don’t want to say publicly that you’re coaching them?

TONY ROBBINS Well, of course. I have a financial trader who’s a very private guy—he calls me when he’s lost $50 million and he’s going to get his guts checked. The people I get are incredibly diverse: Anthony Hopkins, Quincy Jones, Andre Agassi, Serena Williams, Green Day.

DETAILS: So Billie Joe Armstrong calls you to ask questions about music?
TONY ROBBINS: He doesn’t call me for musical decisions. Before their American Idiot Tour, a lot of people thought they were just making the same stuff, and that they weren’t very strong. But he got my tapes, and they transformed his psychology. When they were at the Grammys, he was listening to my tapes backstage, before he went on. I listen to U2 and him; he listens to U2 and me.

If you were wondering, that post header is the title of both a Tony Robbins book and of course the wedding/prom/graduation-staple Green Day song. A secret nod to Tony? Maybe! Those banana hands can be very inspiring.


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TONY ROBBINS - FALSE PROPHET
"And He summoned the multitude with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake shall save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"[Mark 8: 34 -38].
PEACE BE WITH YOU
MICKY

Posted by: Micky at 08/21/07 12:56 PM  | Reply
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Three years ago I was wandering around [mental hospital] completely shattered physically, emotionally and spiritually. The mental torment I was experiencing was absolutely terrifying. Every waking second, I was having horrifying images from my past. I thought I was being punished for my past sins. My whole life flashed before my eyes and I felt I had failed miserably in my journey through life. The whole experience was an awakening [THE LONG DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL] a metamorphosis. God was slowly penetrating the shield I had put up all those desperate years. I had no “I” - that is what God wanted for me, to become Christ cantered, not “I” cantered [in retrospect]. There is nothing in this world, but the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. He eventually delivered me from my HELL; when I got down on my knees and asked Him for mercy and forgiveness for my sins. Praise the LORD!!
PEACE BE WITH YOU
MICKY

Posted by: Micky at 08/23/07 2:12 AM  | Reply
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It would be nice to get that story from Billie Joe's point of view. Somehow I can't imagine him saying, "It transformed my psychology." :)

Posted by: green day geek at 09/16/07 8:04 AM  | Reply
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