Comments on: James Arthur Ray emails Widow Just in Time for the Holidays! http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/ Piece of Work In Progress Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:59:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: snaqwells http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-37458 snaqwells Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:38:24 +0000 http://powip.com/?p=3486#comment-37458 Association of Self-Help Professionals? ASHP? Pronounced Ass Heap? Association of Self-Help Professionals?

ASHP?
Pronounced Ass Heap?

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]]> By: Bob Reed http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-37457 Bob Reed Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:30:36 +0000 http://powip.com/?p=3486#comment-37457 Hey, Stell - Laaahhhhh! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1A0p0F_iH8 Sorry but I just couldn't resist :) Hey, Stell – Laaahhhhh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1A0p0F_iH8

Sorry but I just couldn’t resist :)

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]]> By: Stella http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-37450 Stella Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:50:45 +0000 http://powip.com/?p=3486#comment-37450 Mr Curtis. If it truly is "self-help", then why would one go by someone ELSE's book for it? The "industry" is a sham. I am not sure why you would come here, of all places, to defend it. I recommend that you watch your back, because Salty is after you. Oh, and screw you. Mr Curtis. If it truly is “self-help”, then why would one go by someone ELSE’s book for it?

The “industry” is a sham. I am not sure why you would come here, of all places, to defend it. I recommend that you watch your back, because Salty is after you.
Oh, and screw you.

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]]> By: Ruben http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-14843 Ruben Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:47:17 +0000 http://powip.com/?p=3486#comment-14843 Gerade beim herumstoebern im Netz bin ich auf einmal auf deinem Blog gelandert. Und jetzt komme ich nicht mehr wirklich weg weil mir die Artikel welche du geschrieben hast richtig zu sagen. Sind schoen interessant geschrieben so das man sie gerne lie Gerade beim herumstoebern im Netz bin ich auf einmal auf deinem Blog gelandert. Und jetzt komme ich nicht mehr wirklich weg weil mir die Artikel welche du geschrieben hast richtig zu sagen. Sind schoen interessant geschrieben so das man sie gerne lie

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]]> By: John Curtis http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-13556 John Curtis Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:09:07 +0000 http://powip.com/?p=3486#comment-13556 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 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

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]]> By: Sam http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-13535 Sam Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:31:08 +0000 http://powip.com/?p=3486#comment-13535 The e-mail message you rec'd was a message he sent out to his entire database. The jackass should be a little more dilligent in reviewing who's on it but then again he let his entire staff go and he's not use to doing "grunt" work. Sorry you got the message. From somebody who worked for him...think James, think!!!!! The e-mail message you rec’d was a message he sent out to his entire database. The jackass should be a little more dilligent in reviewing who’s on it but then again he let his entire staff go and he’s not use to doing “grunt” work. Sorry you got the message. From somebody who worked for him…think James, think!!!!!

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]]> By: Enoch_Root http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-12927 Enoch_Root Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:35:51 +0000 http://powip.com/?p=3486#comment-12927 Many thanks. Many thanks.

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]]> By: BabbaZee http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-12919 BabbaZee Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:21:04 +0000 http://powip.com/?p=3486#comment-12919 BTW, excellent blog. BTW, excellent blog.

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]]> By: BabbaZee http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-12918 BabbaZee Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:09:23 +0000 http://powip.com/?p=3486#comment-12918 And they have not even charged this MFer yet. Oh the power of Chaching. And they have not even charged this MFer yet. Oh the power of Chaching.

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]]> By: Enoch_Root http://powip.com/2009/12/james-arthur-ray-emails-widow-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-12915 Enoch_Root Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:21:20 +0000 http://powip.com/?p=3486#comment-12915 sadly, yes - it can kill you. sadly, yes – it can kill you.

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