Opinion Forum

Is the Self-help Industry a Fraud?

April 18th, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor Change. Whether you call it self-help, personal transformation, growth, or just plain change, it is a goal to which virtually everyone aspires. Gaining self-esteem, losing weight, improving relationships, achieving success, getting rich, or finding happiness are just a few of the ways in which people the world over want to alter […]

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Tags: books, CD, change, DVD, fraud, guru, industry, personal growth, self-help
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Rhonda Byrne Proves There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute

October 12th, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor There would be more than 19,000,000 and counting of those minutes given that is the number of copies of The Secret that have been sold to date. And that doesn’t include collateral minutes born of purchases of her CDs, DVDs, wall calendars, key rings, and assorted other inspirational tchotchkes available for […]

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Tags: fraud, psychology, Rhonda Byrne, scam, sucker, The Power, The Secret
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Housing and Government Waste

June 26th, 2010

By Larry Ennis My wife and I purchased our first home in 1965. It was a three bedroom box built on a 50×120 lot. That was before many of today’s ecological concerns. The house had asbestos siding and a poured basement. The price was $10,900. My mortgage payment including insurance was $67.00 each month. The […]

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Tags: FHA, fraud, HUD, mortgages, prisoners, tax credit, waste
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