Under the guise of self-help, a disturbing tribe of gurus has formed; its leaders include Deepak Chopra an. I found myself at a quandary when reading Paul Damien's Help!: Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-help Gurus.
Under the guise of self-help, a disturbing tribe of gurus has formed; its leaders include Deepak Chopra an. First of all, I wanted to be totally open to what Paul Damien had to say. I have read numerous books on The Secret and the Law of Attraction in the past few years and let me say beforehand that I have read books from the "gurus" and from those who took looks into the industry, movement, or whatever other label might fit it.
Mar 28, 2009 Gary Dale rated it liked it. I found myself at a quandary when reading Paul Damien’s Help!: Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-help Gurus. If Paul Damien’s job was to pick apart the self help books I would call the book a triumph. If his job was to persuade I would have to say the author shot himself in the proverbial foot.
Under the guise of self-help, a disturbing tribe of "gurus" has formed; its leaders include Deepak Chopra and, most recently, Rhonda Byrne with her much-ballyhooed The Secret. Do these authors really provide helpful and coherent ideas about dealing with life's issues? In Help!: Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-Help Gurus, Paul Damien exposes these authors and other "professionals" in this field as emperors without clothing.
Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-Help Gurus (2008). Thank you, mysterious reader!
Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-Help Gurus (2008). In addition to having lived on three continents, at universities he had the convenient advantage of exploring the world while attending conferences that provided silage for several books including his new, as yet unpublished, thrillers, The Gershwin Cutter, Dead Words and The Better Club. Says Damien, It wasn’t my intention to take such a long break from fiction. Thank you, mysterious reader!
Under the guise of self-help, a disturbing tribe of "gurus" has formed; its leaders include Deepak Chopra and, most recently, Rhonda Byrne with her much-ballyhooed The Secret. Do these authors really provide helpful and coherent ideas about dealing with life's issues? In Help : Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-Help Gurus, Paul Damien exposes these authors and other "professionals" in this field as emperors without clothing.
Author: Paul Damien, P. Publisher: Synergy Books ISBN: 978-1-934454-14-5 With Help: Debunking the Outrageous . As indicated in the Preface, the motive of the book is to critique and parody these so-called gurus. Publisher: Synergy Books ISBN: 978-1-934454-14-5 With Help: Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-Help Gurus, Paul Damien aims his sights on a class of trendy books that he describes as sinister and authored by some well-known masters of the game, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Rhonda Bryne, Dr. Fritjof Capra and Dr. Scott Peck. It should be pointed out, as mentioned, some of the arguments advanced are thanks to Professor Ernest Geller, based on his insightful book, Words and.
Damien has over 75 publications in leading international journals, and proprietary papers in industry. His book, Help!: Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-Help Gurus was published in September 2008.
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