Posts Tagged ‘the secret’

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.

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.

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.