http://antiguru.com the real story behind all those business “experts” Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:05:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Steve Pavlina is a wonderful source of amusement to me, I subscribe to his blog with a morbid fascination of a gawker at a car wreck. I noticed a few days ago that Steve had decided to auction a one-hour consultation with himself on Ebay (translation: "I don't think I'm ... http://antiguru.com/guru-watch/would-you-pay-800-to-receive-advice-from-this-man Self-help guru James Arthur Ray has been arrested on manslaughter charges stemming from the deaths of three attendees at his "Spiritual Warrior" five-day retreat. According to People Magazine: During the "Spiritual Warrior" five-day retreat, for which Ray charged approximately $9,000, participants were pushed to their spiritual and physical limits by fasting ... http://antiguru.com/guru-watch/paid-9000-and-all-i-got-was-asphyxiated-in-my-own-puke If you're not familiar with the Pareto Principle, then perhaps you've heard of the 80/20 Rule. It's the same thing. It is a general rule of thumb applied to things like productivity, business, etc. Examples are that 80% of your sales come from 20% of your customers, 80% of your ... http://antiguru.com/get-things-done/the-inverse-pareto-sinkhole The secret behind "The Secret" is that you can make your entire livelihood teaching losers about the Law of Attraction, which in it's most basic form states: You attract what you think about into your life. From this premise, people are advised to think about things they want, visualize abundance, focus ... http://antiguru.com/new-age-crap/the-secret-behind-the-secret The AntiGuru will start posting soon. In the meantime, feel free to read what this website is all about. If you subscribe to the newsletter, we won't sell or distribute your address and basically the letter is mainly used to email digests of what we will be posting here. Alternatively, you can subscribe ... http://antiguru.com/uncategorized/coming-soon