Writer Michelle Goodman shares her experiences as a self-help capitalist attempting to play the game of merchandising not only her books, but herself as well. My favorite quote from her essay:
“It’s all smoke and mirrors,” my friend Cherise, a ghostwriter for a number of these bestselling gurus, told me the following week over tea, her Mission District apartment stuffed with piles of self-help books, CDs, and videos. “Many of these people are no more qualified to dole out life lessons than you or I.”
So true, especially with Chuck Spezzano and Psychology of Vision.
Check out her story:
http://narrative.ly/confessions-of-a-failed-self-help-guru/
