I’m sure most of you have heard about this book called The Secret. The author Rhonda Byrne has jumped on the “It’s all about me” bandwagon professing the trendy “power of thought” psychology/philosophy. Ms. Byrne would have you believe that the only thing stopping you from achieving health, wealth, and love are your own thoughts not, in fact, the way our entire culture/economy is organized. Basically, it’s all your fault, you idiot.
Let me get this straight… in keeping with this theory, if everyone in the world started thinking positively about what THEY wanted, THEY could have it, right? We could all be rich, famous and beloved by many, even if we are currently being bombed in Iraq or, starving in a third world nation.
Well, here’s a novel idea: maybe it’s not all about me/you or, what me/you want.
Personally, I think Ms. Byrne is nothing but a snake oil salesman. How come nobody recognizes that these people are making their millions not by using these principles, but by instead, telling you to do it? How ironic that Oprah’s panel of testifiers, on the show where she introduced this book to millions of viewers, were all self-help gurus who had also made their millions by telling others what to do.
Filed under: Health | Tagged: Rhonda Byrne, Self-help
