Book Burning Florida Pastor to Torch “The Secret”

September 9th, 2010 with 6 Comments

Tampa, September 8th–Today, a Florida church has announced it will be hold a book burning ceremony at which copies of the bestselling self-help book “The Secret” will be set on fire. Pastor Harry Gonads has declared September 12th, “International Burn a Crappy Book Day”. “We’re tired of this drivel.  Can’t we get a book that [...]

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Law of Attraction Questions and Answers

August 30th, 2010 with 21 Comments

I read a pretty good article that featured questions and answers about the Law of Attraction .  As I was reading it, I wondered  why no one ever bothered to ask me these questions. So, I thought I should.  Here are the DSP essential Law of Attraction answers. Feel free to compare my answers to [...]

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Law of Attraction Parenting

August 26th, 2010 with 9 Comments

Raising kids is tough.  I know.  And even if you don’t have kids, you can go into any family restaurant and listen to the shrieks of children and just imagine how hard it must be for those parents. I pulled out all my hair trying to raise my kid. I was frustrated.  My kid wouldn’t [...]

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5 Sequels to Bestselling Self-help Books

August 24th, 2010 with 1 Comment

Everyone knows the best way to make a lot of money with self-help is to write a self-help book.  So, I’ve been considering writing a self-help book.  But I can’t come up with any ideas.  So, then it hit me.  Why don’t I write the “sequel” to an existing bestseller.  I can be like that [...]

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Go Broke By Maxing Out Your Credit Cards on Info Products

August 9th, 2010 with 16 Comments

I once went to a Dan Kennedy seminar and heard a story that made me want to puke.  It was about Jeff Paul, the guy who maxed out his credit card to go to a Dan Kennedy seminar.  Of course, he made a TON of money after that.  This story illustrated what is possible if [...]

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Law of Attraction Coach Banned from Playing the Lotto

June 27th, 2010 with 11 Comments

Lottery officials announced today that former Law of Attraction coach Sham Scammerschmidt has been banned from playing the Lottery. Scammerschmidt recently defied the odds yet again by winning his 10th lottery in a row, racking up $575 million in cash. But now Lottery officials are striking back. “His streak threatens the very integrity of the [...]

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Self-help Gurus Ask the Universe to Clean up the BP Oil Spill

June 11th, 2010 with 12 Comments

In a surprise move, BP CEO Tony Hayward has decided to take a radical approach to clean up the oil spill on the gulf. He is asking the famed self-help gurus featured in “The Secret” to ask the universe to clean it up. James Ray, featured in the Secret, is happy to help. “I told [...]

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Success Through Daydreaming and Slacking Off: Why The Secret is So Popular

May 10th, 2010 with 8 Comments

I shudder to see there is now a new book called The Secret to Teen Power.  I shudder even more to think that teens might actually read it.  I haven’t read it, so I can’t review it.  I won’t buy it because I don’t want to waste my money.  Someone can give me a copy [...]

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Self-help Books I Wouldn’t Wish on my Worst Enemies

March 5th, 2010 with 14 Comments

A self-help or personal development book should be as advertised: a way to actually help yourself or develop in some area. But some books present ideas that can actually cause you to regress instead of progress.  Or they are so insulting to one’s intelligence that they take you for a fool.  In one post, I [...]

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“Sweat Lodge” Guru Asks the Universe to Set Him Free

February 5th, 2010 with 27 Comments

In a stunning turn of events, self-help guru James Arthur Ray has fired the legal team that’s aiding him in his manslaughter arrest.  His legal team had been fighting hard for Ray in an attempt to get him released on bail.  But they were told this morning that “their services are no longer required.” Ray, [...]

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