What does the terrorist's failed attempt to blow up a jetliner have in common with James Ray’s Sweat Lodge deaths?
Unfortunately, while President Obama points to a "systemic" failure in airline security and vows to make changes in the entire system, no such action will result from James Ray's behavior in Sedona that actually did result in the loss of life... unless we take action.
It is easy to vilify Mr. Ray, however, the consequences of his actions are now in the hands of law enforcement and the judicial system. While he may go to prison, as the damning evidence piles up... what of the REST of the self-help "industrial complex!"
Consider this, the field of self-help is an extremely unique sector in our economy. It's an $11 billion dollar industry that is completely UN-REGULATED. There is... NO national organization, NO code of conduct, NO entrance exams, NO credentials, NO education requirements, NO ethical standards, NO means to sanction, NO spokesperson. How sustainable can a business be that characterizes the motto... Caveat Emptor (buyer beware!)?
Therefore, absent a better idea... I respectfully submit to ANY and ALL interested parties that we (the consumers and producers of self-help) take action by establishing the Association of Self-Help Professionals or whatever name seems most appropriate.
Time has come for the self-help field to further professionalize itself by taking a BOLD step in the aftermath of the tragedy in Sedona and the media circus that will surround the trial of James Ray. There are hundreds of examples of associations that have united individuals with a common interest to enhance their membership, protect the public and for the betterment of society.
Absent such bold action, I predict that anyone associated with James Ray, The Secret and its Law of Attraction is spending countless hours and dollars in damage-control, trying to figure out how to "disassociate" from Mr. Ray without being painted as a charlatan with the same broad brush, and found guilty by association, in the "court of public opinion!"
All that is lacking now is the motivation and leadership. If you consider yourself a self-help expert OR if you are a consumer of self-help products, I urge you to consider working together to turn the Sedona Sweat Lodge deaths into a legacy that salutes the work of the earliest self-help experts like Napoleon Hill, Norman Vincent Peale and Dale Carneige, honors the efforts of well-intentioned, self-help professionals of today and turns the deaths of those who died in the Sweat Lodge... Liz Neuman, Kirby Brown and James Shore into a legacy for the betterment of the self-help profession!
Any help you can provide in this regard would be greatly appreciated!
John Curtis, Ph.D.
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it" - George Bernard Shaw
It is easy to vilify Mr. Ray, however, the consequences of his actions are now in the hands of law enforcement and the judicial system. While he may go to prison, as the damning evidence piles up... what of the REST of the self-help "industrial complex!"
Consider this, the field of self-help is an extremely unique sector in our economy. It's an $11 billion dollar industry that is completely UN-REGULATED. There is... NO national organization, NO code of conduct, NO entrance exams, NO credentials, NO education requirements, NO ethical standards, NO means to sanction, NO spokesperson. How sustainable can a business be that characterizes the motto... Caveat Emptor (buyer beware!)?
Therefore, absent a better idea... I respectfully submit to ANY and ALL interested parties that we (the consumers and producers of self-help) take action by establishing the Association of Self-Help Professionals or whatever name seems most appropriate.
Time has come for the self-help field to further professionalize itself by taking a BOLD step in the aftermath of the tragedy in Sedona and the media circus that will surround the trial of James Ray. There are hundreds of examples of associations that have united individuals with a common interest to enhance their membership, protect the public and for the betterment of society.
Absent such bold action, I predict that anyone associated with James Ray, The Secret and its Law of Attraction is spending countless hours and dollars in damage-control, trying to figure out how to "disassociate" from Mr. Ray without being painted as a charlatan with the same broad brush, and found guilty by association, in the "court of public opinion!"
All that is lacking now is the motivation and leadership. If you consider yourself a self-help expert OR if you are a consumer of self-help products, I urge you to consider working together to turn the Sedona Sweat Lodge deaths into a legacy that salutes the work of the earliest self-help experts like Napoleon Hill, Norman Vincent Peale and Dale Carneige, honors the efforts of well-intentioned, self-help professionals of today and turns the deaths of those who died in the Sweat Lodge... Liz Neuman, Kirby Brown and James Shore into a legacy for the betterment of the self-help profession!
Any help you can provide in this regard would be greatly appreciated!
John Curtis, Ph.D.
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it" - George Bernard Shaw
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