Editing Tony Robbins (section)

==Early life and education==
Robbins was born Anthony J. Mahavoric in [[North Hollywood, California]], on February 29, 1960.<ref name="OKeefe">{{Cite news |first=Brian |last=O'Keefe |date=October 31, 2014 |title=Tony Robbins, The CEO Whisperer |magazine=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |url=http://fortune.com/2014/10/30/tony-robbins-best-advice-executive-coach/ |access-date=November 1, 2014 }}</ref> The eldest of three children, his parents divorced when he was seven. He is of [[Croats|Croatian]] descent from both sides of his family.<ref>{{cite web |title=50 Famous People with Croatian Heritage {{!}} Croatia Week |url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/50-famous-people-with-croatian-heritage/ |website=Croatia Week {{!}} Croatian news portal in English |language=en |date=3 March 2018}}</ref> His mother remarried several times, including a marriage with Jim Robbins, a former semi-professional baseball player who legally adopted Anthony when he was 12.<ref name="OKeefe" />

Robbins attended [[Glendora High School]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-01-vw-3520-story.html | title=A True Believer : Tony Robbins Has Attracted Converts--and Critics--to His Positive-Thinking Empire | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=October 1991 }}</ref> During high school, he grew {{convert|10|in|cm}} in one year, a growth spurt later attributed to a [[pituitary tumor]].<ref name="OKeefe" /> He has said his home life was "chaotic" and "abusive". When he was 17, he left home and never returned.<ref name="OKeefe" /> He later worked as a janitor, and did not attend college.<ref name="OKeefe"/> One day, he asked his landlord, a family friend, how he became so successful, and the landlord told him that he started to turn his life around after attending a [[Jim Rohn]] seminar.