Self Help? Yeah right!!!

I was drawn to information about a former self help practitioner starting their new self-help venture, of which the aim is to:

“We will help you create a stronger connection to infinite wisdom, allowing it & flow through life & work.” Public

“Help you create a stronger connection to infinite wisdom, allowing it & flow through life & work.”



My alarm bells immediately started ringing.

Sadly, I thought “Not another overpriced course, with dubious content, of no benefit, that will lead to no improvement?”

The personal development industry is one I know well, and unfortunately the personal development or “self-help” movement has been corrupted by practitioners, whose motives are less than honourable. They are creating clients for life constantly sucking them in with no thought of actually improving the clients condition.

An example of this practice is creating a “millionaire-style club” where participants are taken away for a 3 day retreat every 2 months and allegedly be taught about business lifestyles and the practices of the rich. Unfortunately, many of those signed up are so sucked up into the idea of creating massive wealth, they don’t recognise the financial cost. And those signing them up don’t care about the current financial position of the prospective participant.

I still recall getting several frantic phone calls one day, from the conveners of one such group saying “we’ve run out of things to do – do you have any games we could play?”

Interestingly no one who attended this programme has gotten any richer; many got poorer.. There are many multi-level marketing companies who are engaged in the same activity. In the past I have been involved with a few, which is why I have nothing to do with them now.

Another well-known practitioner uses NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) as a sales tool to sell from stage without the audience’s knowledge – so much for integrity, honesty and transparency.



Over the last 2 years, I have been writing and developing programmes based on solid research with a great deal of “how to do” strategies built in because that’s what people tell me they want.


The Phils_osophy



Do you need to go to courses and seminars? Yes.

Why? Because, the rate of knowledge is doubling every 2-3 years.



Be picky! Choose programmes that aid your growth and knowledge and give you insight.

And trust your instincts. If the course or programme feels right to you, then it’s probably a good course to invest in. If not, it’s not!!