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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 | 7 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.

Bigger, Stronger, Faster …and Duped

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Advertising, Consumerism, Marketing, Movies, Videos | Oct 12, 2008 | Tags: American culture, anabolic steroids, bigger stronger faster, chris bell, ethics, film, integrity, movie, steroids | No Comments

The other night I watched the film Bigger, Stronger, Faster which is just out on DVD. What a quintessential American film. The main question of the film is, “Is it cheating if everyone is doing it?” This question comes from filmmaker Chris Bell’s life of believing that he could attain a Schwartennegeresque body without using ...Read more.

Maxed Out Movie Explains How Credit Card Companies Operate

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Consumerism, Money, Movies, Videos | Oct 11, 2008 | Tags: 60 minutes, bailout, credit, credit card meltdown, credit cards, credit meltdown, current events, dave ramsey, debt, debt management, debt recovery, economic crisis, economy, film, finance, financial crisis, financial peace, movie, payday loans, predatory lending, total money makeover | No Comments

It’s already being prophesized that the next financial meltdown wave will be focused on credit card debt. The abuse of credit cards by both lenders and borrowers has been well documented for awhile. Since most of the population blindly racks up credit card debt with little awareness around the pitfalls of being on the giving ...Read more.