My father used to say, "opinions are like ass#$%^%, everybody has one!" My addition to that is that most are not even worth listening to.
"I was living in one room with $5 in my pocket, look at me now, making 7 figures etc etc etc....and now I will tell you how I did it for only_____(insert price here.)
"I was sitting on the floor and a cockroach crawled across my leg and I realized that my thoughts were causing my suffering"
" I survived a divorce now I teach others how they can do it to"
These are the stories of infomercials...which are designed to push our buttons of fear and greed.
Enough already!
Question experts....There is an old Buddhist idea, if you meet Buddha on the road kill him.
The reason is that we all have strong dependency need and we often act them out.
into your own life, but at the end of the day, our lives will not be as As all these others who tell their stories, they basically woke up themselves. Theirs is now only a subjective narrative of their own experience and perhaps some of their ideas are worth incorporatingglamorous, rich, exciting (which is only our perception) as theirs..or at least their PR and marketing companies would have us believe.
That's right, you can have something really crappy to sell and if you have the right P.R. and marketing...you can sell anything.
People come to my office wanted me to change and transform them, but the work that transpires between me and my clients is collaborative. I provide the context, guidance, my skills and abilities, but they have to do the work.
At the end of the day, we all have to untie our own knots. We may be able from time to time need some help, guidance and support but no one can do it for us. Now get to work!
Many blessings,
Eric G. Schneider
