May 11, 2006
I Hear There Is Great Money in the Spleen Removal Business
You may think this cartoon is an exaggeration:
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It's actually a fairly accurate description of fair number of the folks selling info-products on how to be "wealthy."
For example, I know a guy who lives just above the poverty line and drives a beat up pre-historic car. He also has a website where he teaches people how to use spacey new age technology to have "wealth beyond your wildest dreams."
Why is this bad? Well, would you want the same guy removing your spleen?
Of course not -he's never done it before. He's likely to really mess things up.
Similarly, the people selling information on how to make money can give out some downright dangerous advice.
For example ... (more on that tomorrow)