Posts Tagged ‘personal development’

There is no Law in the ‘Law’ of Attraction

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Books, Consumerism, Marketing, Money, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Spin, The Brain, Videos | Jan 30, 2009 | Tags: abraham, consciousness, fooled by randomness, geoff covin, hudson river plane crash, kluge, law of attraction, malcolm galdwell, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, NYT, NYT bestseler, oprah, outliers, personal development, rhonda byrne, secret, slef help, success, success formula, talent is overrated, the secret, us airways | 2 Comments

Laws are not selective, unless you’re either rich, powerful, a celebrity , politically connected, or know someone who is when you break one. Gravity is a law. It works 100% of the time with no excuses whether you like it or not. In fact, you don’t have to buy a book or movie to see ...Read more.

Just What you Need – Don Drapers Guide To Picking Up Women

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Marketing, Videos | Nov 3, 2008 | Tags: dating, dating advice, don draper, mad men, personal development, relationships, slef help, snl | No Comments

The holy trinity of self help is money-health-relationships. Most people are dissatisfied in one or more of these areas at any given moment. This means that emotions and gullibility for believing in magic potions, pills, books and seminars to solve these perceived problems is always very high. If you’re male and single forget that you ...Read more.

Are you Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired? Stop It!

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Psychology, Videos | Oct 27, 2008 | Tags: bob newhart, personal development, psychotherapy, self help, stop it, therapy | No Comments

I love this Bob Newhart skit. As a person who’s been through therapy and has a masters degree in psychology I wish someone would have used this amazing psychological breakthrough with me decades ago. No matter what you’re not happy with in you’re life this transformational technology will change your life forever! Guaranteed!

The Secret of How to Get Rich Quick! …Really

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Books, Consumerism, Marketing, Money, Psychology, Videos | Oct 10, 2008 | Tags: byron katie, cons, gabe and max's internet thing, get rich quick, infomercial, internet marketing, Money, personal development, scams, scheme, self help, shelf help, the secret, tony robbins | No Comments

The secret to getting rich quick is to not spend your hard earned money and valuable time on schemes that experts are selling you to teach you how to get rich quick. The truth is that if they were rich from their actions they wouldn’t be wasting their time on stages and teleseminars pitching you ...Read more.