The Questionable Reporting of Buzzfeed on Tony Robbins and Who to Believe

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Earlier today, Buzzfeed released an expose on the self-help guru, Tony Robbins.

Robbins is well-known in the motivational community. He has hosted thousands of events, wrote a New York Times Best-Selling book, and even has a Netflix documentary about him.

But his methods are unique, to say the least. At 6'7", he towers over most people around him. Robbins’ deep voice and straight-forward manner can be intimidating to some and inspiring for others.

Robbins’ conferences ramp up the intensity even more. Boasting long hours, window-less locations, and ending the night with a casual walk across burning coals at 1 am… his events can be a lot to handle.

But that’s his method, that’s who Tony Robbins is. He is a confident man willing to test the limits of his followers to try to instill confidence and self-action in them.

So while I am incredibly unsure of who is telling the truth, because I hate to discredit any actually true stories, Buzzfeed’s article was a bit faulty and basically grasping at threads.

The majority of the sources were anonymous

It’s hard to be able to trust a news source when a nearly 8,000-word article has about two people…