Archive for the ‘Beliefs’ Category

Manipulation – The Enemy of Small Minds

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Advertising, Beliefs, Influence, Marketing, Psychology, Spin | May 18, 2010 | Tags: manipulation, seth godin | View Comments

When I launched this blog it was an extension of my unrealistic interest in wiping the power of manipulative people off of the face of the Earth. (Hey, everyone needs a super power, right?) There’s no place for people who knowingly lie, manipulate and take advantage of others. (Except maybe careers as attorneys, politicians or ...Read more.

Magical Thinking Can Kill You: 2 Dead, 19 Hospitalized After Paying $9,933 for Seminar

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Influence, Media, Movies, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Spin | Oct 13, 2009 | Tags: back end marketing, back of the room marketing, bob tzu, death, duhism, get rich quick, get rich seminars, jack canfield, james arthur ray, law of attraction, magical thinking, michael beckwith, rhonda byrne, self help, self help book, self help guru, self help seminars, seminars, shelf help, sweat lodge, t harv eker, the secret | View Comments

Magical thinking can kill you. Now it’s been proven. After James Arthur Ray, self proclaimed ‘self help expert’ and one of the stars of the book and movie The Secret charged 70 participants $9,933 each to attend a sweat lodge event, two died, 19 went to the hospital and the ‘law of attraction‘ will never ...Read more.

Social Media is Bigger Than Online Porn; the Biggest Shift Since the Industrial Revolution

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Advertising, Beliefs, Books, Consumerism, Influence, Marketing, Media, Politics, Social Media, Spin, Videos | Aug 17, 2009 | Tags: bebo, facebook, industrial revolution, myspace, orkut, Social Media, social networking, socialnomics, technology, twitter, youtube | View Comments

Socialnomics has put together a video driving home the reality of how social media is fundamentally shifting how we communicate, connect and consume culture in the 21st century. Share it with anyone who tells you that social media is a fad, technology is isolating people rather than facilitating face-to-face meetings, or that Twitter is stupid. ...Read more.

Your Thoughts Are Not Your Own

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Influence, Psychology, Religion | Jul 27, 2009 | Tags: brain washing, Brian Brushwood, Dr. Charles Singleton, gullible, mind control, neurolinguistic programming, nlp, Robert Frost, Scam School | View Comments

Before you watch the video below I want you to have someone read a short poem by Robert Frost to you. If you read it to yourself it may not have the same effect. So go ahead, ask whomever is closest to you right now to read this to you: The woods are lovely, dark ...Read more.

The $12,500 Copywriting Formula That Makes You Buy What They’re Sellin’

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Advertising, Beliefs, Books, Consumerism, Marketing | Jun 22, 2009 | Tags: brian keith voiles, buyer beware, commercial, commercials, copywriting, infomercial, infomercials, marketing pitches, sales, sales letter | View Comments

Have you heard of Brian Keith Voiles? Probably not, but if you have eyes you’ve seen his ad campaigns and you probably even bought products that he created ad campaigns for. Would you like to have the formula he gets paid $12,500 to put into use for Fortune 500 Companies? Are you curious as to ...Read more.

Google Wave: The Positive Influence of Disruptive Technology

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Books, Money, Politics, Social Media, Spin | Jun 1, 2009 | Tags: amazon, current events, disruptive technology, google, google wave, mobile, mobile phone, mobile technology, satellite, smart phone, tech, techcrunch, technology | View Comments

Technology has rocked our world repeatedly in profound ways. This will happen many more times and is about to happen again with Google Wave. It’s going to be a tidal wave! Imagine email, instant messaging, document sharing and much more integrated into a real time platform. Or don’t imagine it and just wait a few ...Read more.

Entrepreneurial Attitudes Vs. Status Quo Complaints

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Psychology | Apr 15, 2009 | Tags: attitude, boulder, entrepreneur, university of colorado | View Comments

Last night I attended the Entrepreneurial Mashup hosted by Silicon Flatirons. It was an event honoring the biggest entrepreneurs in Boulder. It’s quite amazing to be in a room with 150 fun, successful, optimistic dreamers committed to building a better future. As you’d imagine, it’s the opposite feeling of hanging out with people who follow ...Read more.