Scott Free Thinking

I don’t know about the rest of you, but some of the stuff out there that I see getting advertised just doesn’t match up to its name. And even more sadly, a lot of the stuff out there being sold to people for completely high prices, mostly info products, turn out to be info that is actually just pure junk. Marketers and people who have gotten involved in get rich quick schemes can wrap these things up in the Law of Attraction all they want, but that does not change the fact that they’re selling the wrong action to take. For those of you who have been reading about the Law of Attraction for a good long while, consider the idea that the Law of Attraction conveys. One of the most important elements is the component of taking inspired action, and when you feel inspired action, it’s said that you should act. Well, sure, but again, I think the marketing is oversimplifying things here just a bit. Inspired action, if it’s been done before, is generally not going to work that well, and the more people that do something, the more a residual breakdown effect will occur for the people who follow to do the same thing. This is a proven fact.

Yet, at the same time, what is one of the prime things you see so many of these personal development websites doing? They say the exact thing they’re not supposed to say so much of the time, “Learn to do it the way that I did it! Become amazing, like mee!!” I’ve just about had it with this approach. What works for one person, and in addition, what makes one person happy, is not necessarily going to have the same effect for others. If the universe truly is so infinite, then these so-called personal development “experts,” who are really just marketers looking to con or trick people out of their money a lot of the time, need to really learn how to show a little more variety in the options they give.

Having said that and gotten that off my chest, there is a bit more that can be said as well about these different websites, most of them driven by affiliate powered marketing. They work - and they work for a reason that is not really because people are stupid, but rather because they use every single psychological trick in the book. And yeah, it follows a standard, strict formula. One thing you might notice, even about many of the ads that are here on my site, is that they are single web pages that you will find yourself reading, for over 30 minutes before they actually offer the “buy it now” link. They throw you a mile long sales pitch, combined with testimonials and more and more info until your eyes burn and your head is about to explode. Most of all, your imagination and heart can tend to soar.

But it’s a marketing game. There is an entire industry of info products out there that are giving the rest of the real thinkers a bad rep - by diminishing the overall quality of commercialized personal development on the web. There are very few places these days left to get quality content, and you know what the big kicker behind a lot of it is? Most of the best stuff out there available for viewing on the topic of self growth is available for free!!

Is this to say that all paid products are this bad? Certainly not. In fact, I highly recommend some of the products and programs you pay for out there - they’re developed by some of the most brilliant people on the planet. On the other hand, other programs are designed solely for the purpose of making money and tend to lack any true substance to them. My favorite programs have always been, and probably always will be Paul Scheele’s Learning Strategies Personal Learning Courses, of which PhotoReading, Genius Code, and Million Dollar Vocabulary are included. And I do not think I even need to give mention to Steve Pavlina, whom virtually everyone who has looked into personal development at all probably at least knows of by now.

The ideal sorts of courses that are going to aid you in your own personal development are not the ones that tug at a person’s deep seeded desperation, they’re often the ones that have a playful attitude of fun, mystery, and even childlike wonder to them. The bottom line is that if whatever you’re paying for is not fun, and you do not get enjoyment out of it, you’re more than likely headed down the wrong path with your money.