Angry Letters In Defense of Self-Help Gurus

April 9th, 2010 with 4 Comments

Sometimes I wonder where all the “fans” are.  But at times, I do get some (most anonymous) e-mails protesting or I get some (anonymous) posting saying how wrong I am.  Nothing wrong with being anonymous, but when I go to other blogs, I use my name.  Because if I believe in something, I think you [...]

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Former Self-help Critic To Become New Age Wealth-creator

April 1st, 2010 with 9 Comments

Carlon Haas, author of the popular Don’t Step in the Poop blog, announced today that he is sorry for criticizing self-help gurus and will dedicate the rest of his life to helping others by becoming a self-help guru. Haas, who had been critical of self-help gurus, called his change of heart a natural reaction to [...]

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Review of Seth Godin’s Linchpin

March 12th, 2010 with 18 Comments

This review is going to be a little different from anything I’ve done before.  It’s an experiment, you might say. You can say that I was thrilled to grab a copy of Linchpin on my Kindle.  And as a disclaimer, I was pre-disposed to liking this book because since this year stared I have made [...]

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