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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  In fact, some of the best PD speakers have what might be considered negative credentials. For example, I'm a convicted criminal who was expelled from school. |
However you changed from being a criminal to earning $100K/year legally. You also went from being expelled to graduating in 3 semesters. These two things build a lot of credibility in you. The fact you started out as badly as you did builds even more credibility then someone who started out in a much better position then you because you had to grow a much greater distance.
To me credibility is important. I don't want someone fat teaching me how to be thin. I don't want someone poor teaching me how to be rich. And, I don't want someone depressed teaching me how to be happy.
ps: Steve, didn't you also mentioned a while back you don't teach people how to stop smoking, because you've never smoked and thus you could not teach how to stop smoking?