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Sat Mar-01-08 12:41 PM
Response to Reply #11 |
| 12. "Telling them they're not successful because they don't believe something enough is cruel." |
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PLUS.. It has the added benefit of keeping people from looking for the real reasons they can't seem to get traction!
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| -Remember the fad book "The Secret"? - How's that working out for people? |
El Pinko |
Mar-01-08 12:14 PM |
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The economic problems in the US are nothing new. |
Angela Shelley |
Mar-01-08 12:18 PM |
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Prolly worked out OK for the hucksters selling that drivel |
havocmom |
Mar-01-08 12:18 PM |
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The Chaser's War on Everything - The Secret |
suziedemocrat |
Mar-01-08 03:38 PM |
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I couldn't stop laughing! |
Caretha |
Mar-02-08 07:27 AM |
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The promise of riches is the best bait to use to catch suckers. |
Zorra |
Mar-03-08 03:38 PM |
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"YOU WERE NOT VISUALIZING A CAR SPACE!!!" |
Vickers |
Mar-03-08 05:28 PM |
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I read it. Gave up on it. |
terrya |
Mar-01-08 12:21 PM |
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Sounds like "A Course in Miracles." |
raccoon |
Mar-03-08 02:43 PM |
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Actually, it helped me a lot, and is still helping me. |
lildreamer316 |
Mar-01-08 12:23 PM |
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Helpful to me, too |
emilyg |
Mar-01-08 01:24 PM |
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The "secret" is actually finding a whole bunch of people to buy your worthless book. |
trotsky |
Mar-01-08 12:25 PM |
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Someone gave me the DVD. |
Tandalayo_Scheisskopf |
Mar-01-08 12:26 PM |
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Everyone is a billionaire now. |
Warren Stupidity |
Mar-01-08 12:28 PM |
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you might say that the whole religious revival is |
bbgrunt |
Mar-01-08 12:28 PM |
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"The gods laugh at those who pray for money." |
Jack Rabbit |
Mar-01-08 12:30 PM |
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Alas, there will always be a market for trash like tat. Barnum was right, and it never |
mondo joe |
Mar-01-08 12:35 PM |
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These stupid books appear about once a decade |
Warpy |
Mar-01-08 12:36 PM |
#11 |
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"Telling them they're not successful because they don't believe something enough is cruel." |
annabanana |
Mar-01-08 12:41 PM |
#12 |
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And |
DBoon |
Mar-01-08 12:53 PM |
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You are absolutely correct. And I believe that is the point. |
emperor72 |
Mar-02-08 07:11 AM |
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How's that again-- CIANSADIA? nt |
raccoon |
Mar-03-08 02:45 PM |
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BINGO! annabanana shoots and scores! The crowd goes wild! |
havocmom |
Mar-02-08 06:59 PM |
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Secret |
Beregond2 |
Mar-01-08 12:44 PM |
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While I agree with some of your points, |
Patchuli |
Mar-01-08 04:12 PM |
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Have you READ Dale Carnegie? |
Mythsaje |
Mar-01-08 09:30 PM |
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I agree. There's absolutely nothing wrong with Dale Carnegie. |
Frank Cannon |
Mar-02-08 05:56 AM |
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Old Dale missed one salient point |
Warpy |
Mar-02-08 03:33 PM |
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Well, there is that side of it. |
Mythsaje |
Mar-03-08 04:06 PM |
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Excellent analysis Mythsaje and I'd like to add a word or two |
Hestia |
Mar-03-08 04:48 PM |
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Thank you for bringing up Hermeticism |
Chovexani |
Mar-03-08 08:21 PM |
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Excellent post Chovexani - watering down is exactly what it is |
Hestia |
Mar-03-08 10:42 PM |
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I've got a copy of the Kybalion kicking around somewhere |
Chovexani |
Mar-04-08 12:49 PM |
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Well, not only that, but there is another reward for altruism |
Warpy |
Mar-03-08 07:51 PM |
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"Think and Grow Rich" |
treestar |
Mar-02-08 10:38 AM |
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I thought it was because we were too lazy |
Warpy |
Mar-02-08 03:34 PM |
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Oprah recommended it, among other recommendations. Heh. |
WinkyDink |
Mar-01-08 12:48 PM |
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Oprah's got a new Secret for us. A real Savior. Heh. |
chimpymustgo |
Mar-01-08 01:31 PM |
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lol. n/t |
Hannah Bell |
Mar-01-08 02:08 PM |
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Oprah already had a lot to answer for. Dr Phil!!!!!!!!!! |
unc70 |
Mar-01-08 01:41 PM |
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She brought us Dr Phil too. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Mar-02-08 10:10 AM |
#70 |
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It's a modern Cargo Cult |
Canuckistanian |
Mar-01-08 12:48 PM |
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But what if you DO have an understanding of the underlying substance? |
lildreamer316 |
Mar-01-08 01:01 PM |
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Hi lildreamer316, |
Angela Shelley |
Mar-01-08 01:18 PM |
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.... |
lildreamer316 |
Mar-01-08 01:24 PM |
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Agreed! |
latebloomer |
Mar-01-08 01:31 PM |
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But you did MORE than what the book says to do... |
PetraPooh |
Mar-01-08 03:05 PM |
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yeah, that is so true |
blondie58 |
Mar-01-08 04:34 PM |
#43 |
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There's no underlying substance about which you can have an understanding. |
Zhade |
Mar-02-08 12:14 AM |
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Then You Found Something |
Forrest Greene |
Mar-02-08 01:38 AM |
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What underlying substance? Realty warping via placebo? |
BadgerLaw2010 |
Mar-02-08 01:54 PM |
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That's an interesting comparison. |
Hannah Bell |
Mar-01-08 02:07 PM |
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A MUCH better book to read in terms of turmoil |
hyphenate |
Mar-01-08 12:51 PM |
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I prefer this book for insights into social turmoil |
DBoon |
Mar-01-08 12:58 PM |
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Who moved my cheese???? |
hawthorne17 |
Mar-01-08 02:59 PM |
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My alternative ending-- |
eridani |
Mar-02-08 04:15 AM |
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creeped the hell out of me |
Blue_Tires |
Mar-03-08 03:14 PM |
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Yeah - another "Gem" brought to us by Oprah that turned out to be less than promised. |
jlake |
Mar-01-08 12:59 PM |
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It's not a coincidence, but you may be confusing cause and effect... |
JackRiddler |
Mar-01-08 01:39 PM |
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I think so |
Lilith Velkor |
Mar-03-08 06:06 PM |
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I can't tell you how it is working out for me... |
Generic Brad |
Mar-01-08 02:11 PM |
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LOL, a tenuous link but really funny nonetheless. |
BleedingHeartPatriot |
Mar-01-08 02:50 PM |
#31 |
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There is some truth behind the concept |
OnionPatch |
Mar-01-08 03:27 PM |
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You're absolutely right, however, I'm gleefully enjoying the cynicism of this thread. |
quantessd |
Mar-01-08 03:41 PM |
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Right...all the goal setting and visualizing in the world |
Mythsaje |
Mar-01-08 09:32 PM |
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If you mean being focused modifies your behavior which has outcomes, yeah. |
mondo joe |
Mar-01-08 03:43 PM |
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Well, the opposite is certainly obvious... |
Mythsaje |
Mar-01-08 09:33 PM |
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Hi Mythsaje. I have an issue about this too, in my personal life. |
quantessd |
Mar-02-08 12:48 AM |
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I think the real key to success and happiness |
Mythsaje |
Mar-03-08 04:52 PM |
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This is the most sensible comment in this thread so far. |
mwb970 |
Mar-02-08 07:42 AM |
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No, but that's just a black and white view |
treestar |
Mar-02-08 10:43 AM |
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Actually, |
Delphinus |
Mar-02-08 06:41 PM |
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The secret is attracting people's money into your hands by telling them bullshit. |
originalpckelly |
Mar-01-08 03:31 PM |
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Since reading the Secret, I have amassed a small fortune in the stock market. |
Ravy |
Mar-01-08 03:42 PM |
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Drove to Las Vegas in a $10,000 car, came back in a $250,000.00 |
fiziwig |
Mar-01-08 04:24 PM |
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Amazing that someone can take info that everyone already knows and make a killing |
graywarrior |
Mar-01-08 03:43 PM |
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It's really nothing more than clever marketing of common sense |
Lorien |
Mar-01-08 04:49 PM |
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I have a huge problem with that book because there are too many that are suffering |
TheGoldenRule |
Mar-01-08 04:40 PM |
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My coworker lives by that book - lost her raise this year due to performance issues. As for me, |
Riley133 |
Mar-01-08 04:56 PM |
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As it happens, I just got back from a Society of Physics Students conference |
Dudley_DUright |
Mar-01-08 05:05 PM |
#47 |
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My brother lives by that book. Drives me nuts |
cali |
Mar-03-08 05:34 PM |
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Oprah brought us The Secret... |
Ojai Person |
Mar-01-08 05:22 PM |
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It's like--you won't get a good vocabulary by sleeping on a dictionary. |
quantessd |
Mar-01-08 05:42 PM |
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I don't believe in the Secret, but I do believe positive thinking matters. |
Akoto |
Mar-01-08 05:49 PM |
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I never read the book, but I understand the principle |
Th1onein |
Mar-01-08 11:59 PM |
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But... but... didn't Oprah recommend it? |
question everything |
Mar-02-08 12:08 AM |
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You're in the universe with the people who don't believe. |
gulliver |
Mar-02-08 01:14 AM |
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We all remember how well "Visualize world peace" did. |
Perry Logan |
Mar-02-08 06:02 AM |
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my drunken, lying, cheating psycho ex-gf tried to lay this shit on me |
KG |
Mar-02-08 06:56 AM |
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The person who wrote the book visualized many gullible |
workinclasszero |
Mar-02-08 08:05 AM |
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I think so too nt |
Jack 4 Ohio |
Mar-02-08 12:42 PM |
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Dude. |
reprehensor |
Mar-02-08 08:53 AM |
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I was wondering a similar thing yesterday when I saw a rear window sticker that said: |
TalkingDog |
Mar-02-08 10:08 AM |
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Living within your means is not new age bullshit. |
Chemical Bill |
Mar-02-08 12:43 PM |
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Does the Law of Attraction work? ABSOLUTELY. |
peace_on_earth |
Mar-02-08 02:46 PM |
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Wow, you should go to the Third World, then. I mean, if that's all that's holding people back. |
readmoreoften |
Mar-02-08 03:46 PM |
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You're right. As a matter of fact... |
peace_on_earth |
Mar-02-08 04:42 PM |
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Thank you! |
lupinella |
Mar-02-08 06:52 PM |
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Actually, since you mentioned "coincidence" when you said |
peace_on_earth |
Mar-02-08 06:42 PM |
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Can I have the name of your dealer, please? |
GoneOffShore |
Mar-04-08 01:15 PM |
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Probably about as well as "The Rules" |
stanwyck |
Mar-03-08 03:06 PM |
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The secret is the author got rich off people's desperation |
Neo |
Mar-03-08 03:19 PM |
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Working out for me just fine, thank you very much |
Beaverhausen |
Mar-03-08 03:42 PM |
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It Works Great!!!!* |
varkam |
Mar-03-08 04:13 PM |
#93 |
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. . |
Karenina |
Mar-03-08 05:21 PM |
#96 |
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