19
May
Remember Willy Loman?
Willy Loman is the protagonist of Arthur Miller’s famous play, Death of a Salesman. Remember him? Anyone?
Tags: Get Rich Seminars, self-help industry, Wealth and spirituality
Posts Tagged ‘self-help industry’
I just finished reading a fictional novel by Kathy Reichs, called Death du Jour. It’s a really well written mystery novel based on a character is a forensic Anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who divides her time between Montreal, Quebec, and Charlotte, North Carolina. (K. Reichs is also a forensic anthropologist, PhD, who divides her time between Montreal and Charlotte.)
Tags: Anthony Robbins, Get Rich Seminars, James Arthur Ray, LGAT, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Cialdini, Robert Kiyosaki, Scams, self-help industry, T. Harv Eker
16
Mar
What’s Your Story?
I’m thinking of documenting my experience with the (f)Law of Attraction in the form of a book.
If you would like to add your story, I would love to hear from you. Your anonymity is guaranteed, as is anyone mentioned in your story. No real names will be mentioned in the book. The point is not to “get back” or “get even” with another person or organization; rather, it is to inform the millions out there to whom this has happened (or is happening) that there is life beyond this particular chapter in the story.
Tags: Expose, Flaw, Law of Attraction, LOA, Scams, self-help industry, Your Story
There’s an article on today’s CNN website called “Good, bad and ugly self-help: How can you tell?” by By Jason Hanna, (CNN Living, December 7, 2009 1:18 p.m. EST). It talks about the unregulated multi-billion dollar self-help industry and suggests that there are a few tell-tale signs of things to look for in identifying the bad and the ugly. “Self-help is a multibillion-dollar-a-year unregulated industry in the United States, according to John C. Norcross, professor of psychology at the University of Scranton.” Norcross goes on to say that
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