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Tony Newsom, a decorated officer with the Los
Angeles Police Department, published author and founder of The
Positive Results Corporation, made dramatic and lasting change in
his personal and professional life with the help of Tony
Robbins. How did he do it? Read Officer Newsom's story, in his
own words:
In 1989, I joined the Los Angeles Police
Department. Having grown up in a Los Angeles neighborhood less
than a mile away from where the 1992 riots occurred, I was
inspired to join the police force by the grim reality of what I
had witnessed first-hand: violent crimes were increasing and
more kids were becoming involved
with gangs.
As I began to reflect on the crime and
devastation occurring in my own community daily, I wondered why
there were not outlets available to inform citizens about the
dangers in their communities; I wondered why the information I
knew as a police officer wasn’t being taught to the public and
schools in a consistent, easy-to-understand manner. So I spent a
lot of time talking to criminals to learn what had made them so
successful, and I compiled what I had learned so that I could
share it with community groups, educators, parents and students
to empower them to take preventative measures.
By 1992, I had developed a West Valley version of
the LAPD’s Jeopardy program to help reduce crimes and gang
involvement among youth, and I had founded the Positive Results
Corporation to implement safety programs in schools. But I still
felt I could do more.
In
1997, I attended
Unleash the
Power Within
with hopes of learning how I could take my mission to the next
level. Tony reinforced my commitment to serving my community and
personally offered his
Personal Power
II
program to help me multiply my
efforts. He showed me how to take my simple business plan and
rev it up to make a world of impact.
Of the many
strategies I learned from
Personal Power
II,
Tony’s pain/pleasure principle proved most useful to my mission.
In three of
the books I’ve since written, “Top
10 Crimes That You and Your Family Should Beware Of,”
“Student
Safety Tips, 40 That Every 1st – 2nd Grader Must Know,” and
“Student Safety Tips, 45 That Every 3rd – 5th grader Must Know,”
I allow readers to experience the crimes vicariously so that
later, they will be graphically reminded of the consequences of
any unsafe action.
Personal Power II
also helped me use Tony’s Ultimate Success Formula to develop a
more aggressive and concrete vision for my life. It also taught
me that massive action yields massive results; by involving
successful publishers, the program director of Hope Worldwide
Los Angeles, numerous educators, college students and community
volunteers in my mission, I’ve been able to expand my reach and
impact more lives than I ever thought possible.
Throughout my career, I’ve encountered many
obstacles, but I’ve learned from Tony that any challenge can be
conquered if I evaluate my actions and result and then change my
approach. When I encountered resistance from individuals in some
of the communities I strove to protect, for example, I
redirected my focus toward those who were interested, and I
equipped them with the tools to spread my message of safety.
In all of his programs, Tony teaches an
incredible strategy called “modeling.” Over the years, I’ve
modeled Tony to achieve the success he’s had in impacting lives
around the world, helping people increase the quality of their
lives. My mission is to do the same in the field of safety. In
fact, my 10-year goal is to have inspired, motivated, taught and
empowered a minimum of 10% of the U.S. population in each state
(approximately 30 million people) to live safer lives, including
all public and private schools that will accept my assistance.
Thanks to Tony’s guidance and example, I have cut myself off
from the possibility of not achieving this critical goal.
Beyond my 10-year goal, I plan to expand my reach to other
countries, addressing the safety issues that plague their
communities and schools as well as continuing to increase my
outreach in the U.S. While some people limit contribution to
their own communities, Tony showed me that it is possible to
take it even further. Instead of telling me I could do anything
I put my mind to, he showed me
how.
As I began to reflect on the crime and devastation occurring in
my own community daily, I wondered why there were not outlets
available to inform citizens about the dangers in their
communities; I wondered why the information I knew as a police
officer wasn’t being taught to the public and schools in a
consistent, easy-to-understand manner. So I spent a lot of time
talking to criminals to learn what had made them so successful,
and I compiled what I had learned so that I could share it with
community groups, educators, parents and students to empower
them to take preventative measures.
By 1992, I had developed a West Valley version of
the LAPD’s Jeopardy program to help reduce crimes and gang
involvement among youth, and I had founded the Positive Results
Corporation to implement safety programs in schools. But I still
felt I could do more.
In
1997, I attended
Unleash the
Power Within
with hopes of learning how I could take my mission to the next
level. Tony reinforced my commitment to serving my community and
personally offered his
Personal Power
II
program to help me multiply my
efforts. He showed me how to take my simple business plan and
rev it up to make a world of impact.
Of the many
strategies I learned from
Personal Power
II,
Tony’s pain/pleasure principle proved most useful to my mission.
In three of
the books I’ve since written, “Top
10 Crimes That You and Your Family Should Beware Of,”
“Student
Safety Tips, 40 That Every 1st – 2nd Grader Must Know,” and
“Student Safety Tips, 45 That Every 3rd – 5th grader Must Know,”
I allow readers to experience the crimes vicariously so that
later, they will be graphically reminded of the consequences of
any unsafe action.
Personal Power II
also helped me use Tony’s Ultimate Success Formula to develop a
more aggressive and concrete vision for my life. It also taught
me that massive action yields massive results; by involving
successful publishers, the program director of Hope Worldwide
Los Angeles, numerous educators, college students and community
volunteers in my mission, I’ve been able to expand my reach and
impact more lives than I ever thought possible.
Throughout my career, I’ve encountered many
obstacles, but I’ve learned from Tony that any challenge can be
conquered if I evaluate my actions and result and then change my
approach. When I encountered resistance from individuals in some
of the communities I strove to protect, for example, I
redirected my focus toward those who were interested, and I
equipped them with the tools to spread my message of safety.
In all of his programs, Tony teaches an
incredible strategy called “modeling.” Over the years, I’ve
modeled Tony to achieve the success he’s had in impacting lives
around the world, helping people increase the quality of their
lives. My mission is to do the same in the field of safety. In
fact, my 10-year goal is to have inspired, motivated, taught and
empowered a minimum of 10% of the U.S. population in each state
(approximately 30 million people) to live safer lives, including
all public and private schools that will accept my assistance.
Thanks to Tony’s guidance and example, I have cut myself off
from the possibility of not achieving this critical goal.
Beyond my 10-year goal, I plan to expand my reach to other
countries, addressing the safety issues that plague their
communities and schools as well as continuing to increase my
outreach in the U.S. While some people limit contribution to
their own communities, Tony showed me that it is possible to
take it even further. Instead of telling me I could do anything
I put my mind to, he showed me
how.
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