Keeping It Real

Troy Worman put out a call for a different kind of self help text in his post I Want Something Else.  When asked what he wanted, he replied here.  How about some honesty and "rattling" to start with?

Troy's post inspired me to ask myself the same question.  I want authors, speakers, seminar leaders, bootcamp gurus - all of them - to KEEP IT REAL.  I'm fatigued from the drama of today's deceptive marketing claims that contain kernels of truth but leave out the details.

That's why I'm still pissed off at The Secret.  I greatly admire speaker/author Jack Canfield, a contributor in The Secret.  He illustrated how, many years ago, he manifested close to a million dollars at the end of a year, starting with the intention/visualization, and then taking his first action step as synchronicity unfolded.  So far so good, at explaining the beginning part.  Unfortunately the film stopped there and leaped to the end result of this huge amount of money.  What the film left out/edited out was the part where Jack was on the road that year for 300+ days to market the book that launched his writing career and brought in the money.  I say, tell the whole story.

This morning a woman real estate investor called me up and asked me what "wholesaling" was like.  I replied that it was not easy.  It took an average of 25 leads to produce a wholesale, and a lot of time, money and effort had to go into marketing to generate those leads.  She replied, "Thank you for telling me the truth."

Troy's question led me to ponder whether my self-help book from '03, Tug of Heart - How to Trust What You Know, could pass the "keeping it real" test.  I believe so.  The book describes real people, real examples, and whole stories.  But you can be the judge by picking up a copy at Amazon. 

In the meantime, join us in the dialogue that Troy instigated.  Stirring up the pot is one of the qualities that I love about him!

Comments

[Jodee Bock]

Debbie: My friend Dick Richards turned me on to your blog - and boy am I glad he did! I love what I've read so far (and I haven't read too much - I felt compelled to write after the first 2 articles!). I'd love to add you to my blogroll if you don't mind. My blog is http://youalreadyknowthisstuff.blogspot.com. Thanks, too, for the post about Troy Worman's quest for something else. I'm planning an event in Fargo this summer, tentatively titled the Summit For Bigger Small Talk where I envision people coming together to ask better questions and bounce ideas around with others - kind of like a huge in-person blog event.

I'll look forward to reading more! Thanks again!

[Deb Call]

Thanks, Dick, for connecting Jodee and I! Dick has been a great support for me in my blogging by the way.

Jodee - you are a woman after my own heart. I just blog hopped over to your site. I resonate with so much of what you write on your blog. Thanks for adding my link, as I have also added you to my blog roll. Looking forward to more exchanges with you!