15 Self Development Lies (and some are whoppers!)

The self development industry is worth in the region of $10 billion per annum in the United States. And that doesn’t include the fitness and weight loss industries, so primarily we’re looking at books, audios and seminars. That is officially a shit load of books, audios and seminars being sold to Americans every year in the hope that they can improve the quality of their lives. Some people will, but most won’t. For the most part it’s down to the fact that most people don’t do anything with the information they acquire. According to the expression, ‘knowledge is power’. But like some of the information I’m about to share with you that expression is total bollocks. Information in and of itself is worthless. How does me knowing Ulan Bator is the capital of Mongolia help me on a day-to-day basis? It doesn’t. However, if a man brandishing a scimitar, sporting a long mustache and rather bizarrely wearing Ibex horns on his head comes up to me and demands I tell him the name of his countries fine capital city on pain of death, then that knowledge could be very handy. Knowledge is worthless, it’s the application of knowledge that has immense value. You reading a great self development book and doing nothing other than pondering the meaning of existence is akin to reading the Bible and expecting an invitation to become the next Pontiff. Similarly, attending a Tony Robbins seminar and jumping around like a loon for 3 sleep deprived days and riding on a cres...
Source: A Daring Adventure - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Controversial Life Coaching meditation self development self development lies Source Type: blogs