Personal Development is just Brain Washing
December 16, 2009 by mbelcher
Filed under Personal Development
“Yeah, I know all about that Personal Development rubbish, it’s all just brainwashing anyway!”
Ever heard someone say this? Perhaps to you?
Great! You know why I think that is great? Because I 100% agree with them! Personal Development is just brainwashing!
Yep you heard me right. I am saying it now, Personal Development is just brainwashing. Ok, don’t worry I have not gone mad!
Let me be clear here, I DON”T agree that Personal Development is rubbish but I do agree it is brainwashing. That’s exactly what is it. It clears your brain of all the crap you have been putting into it. All the negative, all the thoughts that keep you from achieving your goals, all the times someone has told you, you are a loser. Every “No” you have had as a salesperson, every bad conversation that went the wrong way and upset you and the other person.
Personal Development (Self Help, Self Development) cleans it out.
Most of the people who tell you Personal Development is brainwashing don’t realise what they are saying. What many don’t know is that we are brainwashed all the time! Just that type of brainwashing isn’t by choice. Newspapers, TV, people, the internet etc all brainwash us all day long.
I was going to a meeting the other day and while waiting in the foyer I noticed there was big LCD screen above the receptionist. The sound was on and I could hear it very clearly. Do you know what they were playing on it? The news. It was on a news channel!
No I don’t know about you buy have you seen how those work? All they do is have the same news on all day long. I wondered how that receptionist felt at the end of the day. That negative content would be going into her brain subconsciously without her even wanting it to.
As we do the activities we do on a daily basis we are constantly being given brainwashing messages. On the radio in the car, road advertising, the newspaper you read all have messages in them.
Have you noticed how cars have the name of the brand stuck on them? Why is that? It’s so we know what it is so we can go and buy it! They don’t do it to make the car look good. Normally the badge looks odd, not really in keeping with the car.
Even seeing people in different clothes can give us messages about what we might want to buy.
Don’t be fooled by the negative
So many people I have met think that the entire Personal Development industry is a rip off. They say that people who write self help books are just looking to make a profit. Again I would agree with that. They are looking to make a profit, like any good business person but large share of them are also looking to help people.
Sure, if they write a good book and it sells they will make a lot of money. Just ask Jack Canfield.
But so what? If a book helps me then I am very happy to buy it. The same would go for a text book on any subject.
If you find yourself in conversation with someone about this who believes that Personal Development is a big con then I suggest you walk away. They are not really interested to hear what you have to say and just want to tell you what they “know”. If you really do have talk to them just ask them this: -
“Have you ever read a book (Listened to CD etc) that has shown you how to do something? Maybe a text book at school?” They may not be honest and say no. But you know as well as they do that they have read a book that has helped them. That then is a Personal Development book.
As I said I wouldn’t bother even doing this but if you have to then it can help.
Remember, this is your life and you can read what you like!
Matt – Personal Development Fan
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