What Really Happens At Tony Robbins' Dangerous Firewalk Events

As Inc. reports, Robbins got his start after high school when he took a job selling seminars for motivational speaker Jim Rohn. He then trained with another speaker, John Grinder (via Brittanica).

Robbins began his own journey into motivational speaking in the 1980s. He incorporated firewalking into his events, and even got TV star Oprah Winfrey to do a firewalk in 2011 (on YouTube). She at first refused to do it, but after her firewalk, she exclaimed, "This was one of the most incredible experiences of my life," as HuffPost reports.

Robbins enjoys pushing boundaries. As HuffPost reports, Robbins said in an interview that he originally wanted to replace firewalking sessions with skydiving, another metaphorical activity to represent facing one's fears. But, he said, scale became an issue, and he realized it was impractical to take thousands of people skydiving at one time.

He is constantly pushing himself and those around him to face their fears. As entrepreneur Marc Benioff told Inc., when he was vacationing with Robbins in 2012, the self-help guru got an odd idea in the middle of the night. He and Benioff drove to a nearby bridge and jumped off it — into snake-infested waters, as Robbins only mentioned after the jump. Benioff found the exercise useful, noting that Robbins didn't seem to mind the snakes. Experiences like that are reserved for Robbins' friends. For those who attend his seminars, firewalking is the best way to face their fears. 

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