David Neagle - Experience The Reality of Success - Critical Review
The Emperor has no clothes! she exclaimed
Yes, today on my radio show I am my special guest. I need to “vent”, “rant”, or whatever term you might like to use about the totally unethical practices of David Neagle in promoting his workshop Experience the Reality of Success.
In “reality” we all experienced the reality of begging, not the promised vibrational manifestation.
At the end of March this year, I travelled all the way from Australia to the United States at a cost of $12,000 Aust Dollars (including the workshop cost) to attend David Neagle’s workshop “Experience The Reality of Success”.
The main thrust of the advertising is that everyone who attends will actually Experience the Reality of Success.
Here is an actual quote from one of David Neagle’s promotional teleseminars
“… we called it Experience the Reality of Success, because that’s exactly what you do. You experience it for real. We actually show you how to manifest money from nothing – bang!
Now You might say, it’s got to be some sort of dog and pony show. It’s a trick.
No it’s not. We actually do it. You start with nothing and manifest money. You really do. And if I’m lying or exaggerating you can have your money back” (The Art of Success [AOS] teleseminar Session 4 about 1hr.12mins in).
Now as to the last part, I contend that David was both “lying and exaggerating” because what we did was start from nothing and go out on the streets and beg for money.
That was the way we were to manifesting the money. There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between vibrationally manifesting money and begging for money on the streets.
Yet, instead of receiving my money back, I received a letter from his lawyer.
So again David was misrepresenting the “money-back” offer as well as the workshop.
But let’s continue and then I tell you more about this amazing “life changing exercise in manifestation”. Otherwise known as begging.
David continued in his promotional speech, and again I’m quoting:
“We teach you how to do it [manifest money from nothing – bang ] by putting yourself in harmony with you. And then you just do it according to all of the laws of the universe. Now that’s really something because now you know how to do this when you go home and you can take that, you can take all that stuff that we showed you inside of yourself and how to use it. How to harness it. How to focus it. How to control it. And then we send you home back into what it is that you want to do and you have that experience of actually doing it. That increases your rate of success dramatically. Dramatically! Because it’s something that you’ve actually experienced. You know it’s for real. You know that it’s not a game, a joke, or some hypie thing that someone is trying to sell.”
That promise and a number of other similarly phrased promises in other teleseminars, DVD and CDs, such as I teach you what no other Law of Attraction teacher teaches, is why I wanted to go to the workshop.
I’ve studied the works of most of the Law of Attraction teachers and none of them give you the experience that David promised. I wanted to experience that missing piece that no other teacher teaches.
Because I believed David’s deceptive hype and his promises, I was prepared to travel half way across the world, taking 10 days out of my life, and spend $12,000 because I was going to learn that missing ingredient. I was going to actually “experience the reality” of manifesting on the spot. WOW!
That’s what he promised.
And this is what we got.
On the 2nd day of the workshop – Tuesday - David announces that that night we are all going to manifest $1000 from nothing.
WHOOP DEE DOO I thought. Here it is. Here’s what I’ve come all this way to do.
OK so the content information presented on stage was basically the same as I can hear any time just by listening to his CDs etc, and I wasn’t at all impressed with that. But now I was going to have the actual experience of manifiesting money instantly and without any struggle by doing it in harmony with the Universal forces. And that is what I really came for
RIPPER!
This is a condensed version of what we were told to do for the exercise.
We had to go out on the streets of Las Vegas and “manifest $1000 from nothing”.
We weren’t to use anything that we might use in business. We weren’t to sell any of our products or use anything that we would normally use or do in our day to day business life. We weren’t to gamble or do anything in any of the casinos.
We were told that we had to stay on the streets throughout the entire night, if that’s what it took, to get this $1000 each. And primarily for safety sake we had to go out in groups of about 6 or so - go out with the other people who were sitting at our table.
Now in our group were a couple of people who had been to the workshop before – why they went back for a repeat performance goodness only knows. That’s what I mean by my exclamation that the Emperor has no clothes.
Anyway, they indicated that the best way, and what was really expected of us, was that we just go up to strangers in the street and ask them for money, for which we were nearly arrested.
The next day in the debrief, and the day after that, it was confirmed that that was what we were expected to do.
Now staying on the streets at night until we had each accumulated $1000 by going up to strangers and asking them for money is at best an exercise in persistence. And I’ve never been short on persistence.
But in reality it was pure and simple - an exercise in BEGGING.
And in no way is it an exercise in raising one’s vibrations and manifesting money.
Yes, the great exercise that I’d travelled half way around the planet and spent $12,000 to learn was an exercise in begging, pure and simple.
Now I have no objection whatsoever in David running workshops in begging – SO LONG as it’s promoted as such. And not promoted in such a deceptive and unethical way.
It is so important for people to stand up and speak out if someone is totally misrepresenting something in such a way that leads people [like me] to take an action that they would not otherwise have taken.
By training, I’m an ethicist. My main areas of ethics are Environmental ethics, sustainability ethics and BUSINESS ethics. I used to teach MBA students about business ethics. And these days, more than ever before, society is expecting ethical business behaviour. And what I experienced sure missed the mark there.
There were at least 8 people that I know of who just walked out of the workshop on the Tuesday in disgust, never to return again. Like me, they too were so appalled at the deception that had brought them to the workshop .
One of the Federal Trade Commission publications states “In interpreting Section 5 of the Act, the Commission has determined that a representation … [of a product or service] is deceptive if it is likely to:
• mislead consumers and
• affect consumers’ behavior or decisions about the product or service.
So not only was David Neagle “lying and exaggerating” about the manifestation we would experience in his workshop Experience The Reality of Success; but in misrepresenting the workshop as he did, and does, he is actually acting illegally by contravening the Federal Trade Commission Act.
On Friday, I’ll give you a link to a page where I talk about all of this in greater detail.
Meanwhile, if you heard the program this morning, please leave me a comment.
Or if you’ve been to David Neagle’s Experience the Reality of Success [ful begging] let me know if you felt the same way that I do.
Amazingly, I know of a number of people who do agree with my sentiments and yet they never felt like speaking out.
As the famous 18th century philosopher and politician Edmund Burke said,
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.
Richard Zoomers - Wild Mountains - June 24th
Wild Mountains, is a great description for this wonderful environmental retreat in the Wild Border Ranges in SE Queensland, Australia, near the border of New South Wales.
Some years ago, I lived on the western side of these border ranges and they are certainly magnificent - but Oh so cold in winter.
Richard spoke about his single-minded determination and absolute faith in the development of the Wild Mountain Trust/Retreat, which is an independent, community focussed, non-profit organisation providing leadership in environmental education and conservation.
Setting aside the environmental factor, this is a very inspirational interview. Richard speaks of how Wild Mountains began with just the purchase of a large plot of land, and over the years, with the help of the community, has been built into a special retreat supporting nature and a sustainable way of living.
When you visit the Wild Mountains web site, you see some of the beautiful photographs of the area and might just be enticed to go and spend some time there where you’lll learn about the Head, Heart, and Hand approach to conecting with the Earth.
ALSO as you would have heard during our talk, donations to help this important retreat develop even further are always welcome.
Visit the Wild Mountain website now at - www.wildmountains.org
Bob Doppelt - Sustainable Thinking-Part 2 - Changing Perspectives - June 17th
Today I was able to speak with Bob Doppelt once again.
As you’ll recall, 2 weeks ago we spoke about our current environmental and climate situation. And Bob left us with the knowledge that the planet is certainly experiencing climatic changes.
This week was about the positive side to the story. Bob spoke about how we can help people change some of their less environmentally-friendly habits, and also why we should, indeed, encourage such change.
If you missed either this interview or the last one 2 weeks ago you can hear it now at http://www.healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveSS.htm
It will be there for the next 3 months.
Also, I can strongly recommend that you get a hold of Bob’s latest book on which our talks have been based. It;s called The Power of Sustainable Thinking: How to create a positive future for the climate, the planet, your organization, and your life - Bob Doppelt (2008) Earthscan.
It’s a real how-to book with a number of exercises and activities so that you can assess some of your own actions and those of colleagues, friends, and family. If you are at all concerned about our planet - this is a must for the books shelves
Ben Manning - Recycled Jewellery - June 10th
Ben told us all about how he’s developed a technique for making recycled, sustainable, environmentally-friendly jewellery. Yes recycled jewellery not remodelling second hand jewellery, but actually turning waste metals into brand new jewellery.
Ben has always had a great concern for our environment. However, he started out as a traditional jeweller, then some years ago, whilst living in England, felt that there must be a more environmentally friendly and sustainable way to produce jewellery.
Today he is now able to combine his love of, and concern for, nature, with his talents as the maker of fine jewellery.
In today’s interview you’ll hear Ben sharing how his techniques differ from traditional jewellery making; and the affects making jewellery can have on the environment.
As well as making a range of ”recycled” jewelry with distribution outlets in a number of countries including Australia, USA, and Japan, Ben also teaches other jewelers his sustainable techniques.
Explore Ben’s web site now - www.UptopianCreations.com.au
Ben also told us about a special community of jewellers all working to make their art as sustainable, and environmentally-friendly as possible. You can contact this community at www.KitandCaboodle.ning.com
Meanwhile, if you haven;t heard the interview then listen now by going to the HealthyLife.net archives at http://www.healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveSS.htm
Bob Doppelt -Sustainable Thinking - Part 1 - The current situation
This interview started out as a normal one-off talk with social scientist Bob Doppelt. However, by about the 3rd segment of the show it became evident to me that we’d never cover everything that I wanted to cover with this wonderful man. So in a commercial break I asked if he could return for round 2. He agreed. I was then able to focus this entire interview on the current global environmental situation. And then when he returns in 2 weeks time, the plan is to talk about how we can change our thinking and in so doing help to change our world.
Bob Doppelt wears many hats. He’s a writer and speaker on Climate Change issues, involved in numerous committees, and the Director of Resource Innovations and the Climate-Change Leadership Initiative in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon.
His latest book, The Power of Sustainable Thinking: How to Create a Positive Future for the Climate, the Planet, Your Organization, and Your Life (2008, Earthscan), formed the basis for today’s talk.
I first “discovered” Bob in about 2003, not long after his first book, Leading Change Toward Sustainability, was published. That book became a major sustainability resource for me when I was an academic teaching MBA students about sustainability. So I knew that this next book, The Power of Sustainable Thinking was going to be a must-read. And I was right.
If you want to find out some more about sustainability and what’s happening on our Planet today, then both of Bob’s books are a must.
If you haven’t yet heard his talk, go to the Healthy Life archives now http://www.healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveSS.htm
and listen to this first part, and then make sure to be listening to part 2 in 2 weeks time.
Yollana Shore - Soul Business & Coaching- May 27th
Today I had the great pleasure of speaking with an old friend (who is not all that old), Yollana Shore. Yollana is based in Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland.
When I first met Yollana, about 10 years ago, she was studying Environmental Science at university. She then moved on to train and work closely with Brandon Bays who developed The Journey. However, in more recent years she’s been closely mentored by Mark Silver known for his work on the “Heart of Business’.
Today, Yollana spoke about how she’s integrated her training to develop a coaching, training, and speaking organisation called Soul Business.
Yollana is truly one of those genuine, beautiful, sensitive and caring souls.
In fact, I was so impressed with what Yollana had to say today that I’m going to do one of her coaching programs myself.
I’ll tell you more about that in a few weeks time when I’ve completed the sessions.
Meanwhile, I do hope that you’ll visit Yollana’s website, have a good look around and subscribe to her newsletter . You’ll find her at http://soulbusiness.com.au/
Tambra Harck-Soulful Living by Design-May 20th
WOW! What a great show today. I had such fun.
My guest was Tambra Harck, founder of Soulful Living by Design - www.SoulfulLivingbyDesign.com
Tambra began with an incredibly diverse education in life, spiritual, and consciousness-raising studies, and then asked a great question. “How can I use all of this to help others?”
The answer was to help people discover how their soul can be linked with the environment in which they live or work. And so she’ll help you uncover, not what you want to HAVE in a room, or in your house, or in your work environment, but what FEELINGS and EXPERIENCE you want to enjoy.
And that really is what Personal SUSTAINABLE living and a personally sustainable lifestyle is all about.
During the call, Tambra took me through a very brief exercise to demonstrate the sort of work that she does. And I was amazed at her results.
So if you missed the call, I do encourage you to listen live now at www.HealthyLive.net and then you can hear the talk for the next 3 months on my archive page - http://www.healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveSS.htm
Meanwhile, I also strongly recommend that you fully explore all of the pages on Tambra’s beautiful website - go through the front door, and I’m sure you’ll agree, when I say that it is one of the most elegantly designed websites I’ve seen. Absolutely in harmony with what she does.
The site, again, is www.SoulfulLivingbyDesign.com
ALSO when you go to her site and fill in the form there, you’ll be able to download a FREE guide - Soulful Solutions to your Design Dilemmas.
I’m certainly going to get my copy as soon as i finish here.
ACTION OF THE WEEK
Go visit Tambra at www.SoulfulLivingbyDesign.com. Fill in the form, and think about and see what changes you might be able to make to your home or work environment.
DRS. JUDITH SHERVEN & JIM SNIECHOWSKI -
The Heart of Marketing: Love Your Customers and They Will Love You Back
I also spoke on the show about Judith’s & Jim’s new book and asked you to help it become an Amazon #1 Best Seller. So if you haven’t already done so, buy your copy right now and you’ll also get a big bundles of FREE goodies by going to www.TheHeartOfMarketing.com See my earlier post at
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The Heart of Marketing-Buy it TODAY-make it #1
Yes, today Thursday May 14th is the day to go to www.TheHeartOfMarketing.com and click on the Amazon link there and buy your copy of The Heart of Marketing: Love Your Customers and They Will Love You Back - published by Morgan James Publishing
This is the latest book from the husband and wife psychology team and Internet Marketers Dr. Judith Sherven and Dr. Jim Sniechowski.
A couple of months ago, I spoke to Jim and Judith on my show about Soft-Sell Marketing. If you missed the broadcast then you can listen now on my archives at http://www.healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveSS.htm - March 11th. Judith and Jim have become the leading voices of this International Soft-Sell Marketing movement.
During our radio chat, they mentioned this new book, but I didn’t realise that the publication date was so close. And now it’s here!
It’s now available on Amazon, and we all want to help it retain its #1 Best Selling status for two reasons.
1. Because there are so many insights and helpful hints that will help your business flourish in unexpected ways - whether you have an on-line or off-line business.
As David Riklan, founder SelfGrowth.com said: ”Part marketing, part self growth, part spiritual expansion, this books opens the way for your much larger future while changing the way we’ve all thought about business and making money”.
And that brings me to point number 2.
2. It is so important that this sort of message gets out. The quicker it does, the quicker our unethical Western focus on money at the expense of people will be replaced by this ethical soft-sell focus on people first, which will, in turn, attract even more money.
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ALSO, if you go now to www.TheHeartOfMarketing.com you’ll find the biggest mob of thank you gifts there just waiting for you to download, once you’ve bought your copy of the book, using the Amazon link on the site.
Happy Reading and Successful Marketing
When will business learn to be ethical
I read an article the other day in Our Planet which is the newsletter put out by E Magazine.
It was titled “Greenwashing Rampant in Consumer Marketing” and was based on a recently released report from TerraChoice. This report showed that of 2219 consumer products in Canada and the USA, 98% of them committed greenwashing.
A take on the word ‘whitewashing’ to cover up the truth; ’greenwashing’ does the same with regard to environmental claims. It’s when an organization makes environmental claims that are just NOT true. Each year an award is given on-line for the companies committing the worst greenwashing offenses.
If you have a company that does this, or you work for a company that engages in greenwashing then take note:
1. Like all unethical practices - you will be sorry in the long-term. As I used to demonstrate to my business ethics students - unethical practices might have some short-term gains - indeed they often do. BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS have long-term PAIN.
Example after example demonstrates that unethical practices are just NOT WORTH the short-term benefits. Ask any of the ENRON executives what they think as they sit in their jail cells.
2. Once you’re found-out, you have then lost the trust of your customers. And once lost - trust is almost impossible to regain.
3. If you do the right thing in the beginning and do what you say you’re doing, then unless you have some sort of psychotic disorder, you’ll feel really great about doing the right thing
Tell me below if you agree or not.
Jason Bond-The Environment Shop-May 13th
Today I did something a bit different.
You see a week or so ago I received my latest Habitat Magazine. Habitat is the official magazine of one of Australia’s leading environmental groups - the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). And the magazine had an insert from the Environment Shop in Melbourne. It was a catalogue of the most wonderful range of environmental products for sustainable living.
As soon as I saw it, I thought, ‘that’s what I’ll do on the show next week. I’ll talk to someone from the environment shop about a number of these different products.” And so that’s what I did.
I spoke to “Bond, Jason Bond”, who knew so much about all of the products.
Off air he said, “this is just talking to a customer and having to explain what the different products are all about”.
It was great fun, and just some of the things we spoke about included:
The Clear Comfort transparent window insulation kit; the Bokashi Bucket, Bio Picnic and Party Plates; Bamboo Nappies - which are ultra soft; the Advanced Energy Meter to check how much energy your different appliances are using; and recycled wedding rings. These aren’t as a result of a divorce. But they are made from melted down, post-consumer 18ct white gold. Now that is something that I’d never have thought of, but is such a great idea.
ACTION OF THE WEEK
Go to www.EnvironmentShop.com.au Check out their products on-line. If they are smaller items that you’re interested in, then no matter where in the world you are, you can buy them on-line from the Environment Shop. And for the heavier, larger items, do a Google search for the product and you might find a local distributor. The Bokashi Bucket for getting rid of your kitchen scraps is something that you can Google for a local distributor. You’ll also find it demonstrated on a You Tube.
Oh and in a few weeks I’m intending to invite the people from Utopian Creations on the program to tell us more about their recycled and eco-friendly jewellry. So watch out for that one.
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