Nick,
I dun think your effort is appreciated but never mind, who cares ??
Another con man is Clement Chiang. He called himself Dr. Clement Chiang and his Phd is from some degree mills - Preston University !! He started his option trading course known as FREELY trading. A load of craps !!! A group of trainees felt that they were conned and sued him collectively. Clement was embroiled in the law suit in the midst of fending his mill degree monger. In order to "protect" his reputation and with the advice from his lawyer, Clement decided to settle out of court ultimately. When both sides meet up for the first time, Clement was fucking arrogant, refuse to back down. When he realized his reputation was at stake, he toned down. Today, you dun even see him advertising his FREELY TRADING seminar with the title Dr. Clement Chiang !!
I have attended those motivational courses paid by my company when I was gainfully employed. I checked these speakers background - fucking dubious; especially local ones !! How about those organizers like Success Resources ? Same crap....... There are other companies that pledge "alliance" with Tony Buzan, Edward DeBono, Stephen Covey, and several others to start their con jobs in Singapore and charges exorbitant price, take participants for a ride. Goodness !!! These participants still speak so highly of them.
But, after the course, ask yourself an honest question and answer it honestly. Does it make any difference in your life ??
I did not attend Anthony Robbins' seminar, I did not attend Stephen Covey workshop, I read their books and I practise what I read and learn. Of course, I benefited from it. My customers keep coming back to me with projects is a pretty good yardstick - I guess !! I only use one of the 7 habits from Stephen covey when dealing with my customers - Begin with an end in mind !! As for Anthony Robbins - Positive Thinking !! Of course, learning "How to Deal With Difficult Customers" also helped.
These books helped me in a big way at a small fraction of price of these seminars conducted by these authors and I refrain myself from being ripped off by those scum organizers.
Till today, I still have parents telling me that their children did not improve much at Adam Khoo training camp and/or after attending those camp at Mind Champ despite paying few thousands SGD $$$
They were complaining about the results expressed by those former participants on the brochures and advertising materials.
I told them - "Welcome to the world of MARKETING" !!!
Between MARKETING and CON JOB, there is a FINE THIN LINE !!!!