demk: "Heaven helps the man who fights his fear"
But there is no heaven in Steve's model. And he spoke about "letting go of", not fighting.
You are just fabricating something. When you are looking for clues, you find clues.
I think
Bix makes a valid point. Pavlina's language is becoming increasingly abstract and that's usually a bad sign. Think about Occam's razor. Shave away those complexities, and there's a greater chance that you are actually describing the truth as it is.
Basically, I think that what we are begining to see is Steve Pavlina's philosophy of life disintegrating a little. And that's probably for the better. He has begun to scrape on the surface of the huge topic of philosophy and when he begins to see how much more there is to life than minimizing your sleep, increasing your web traffic etc. he then uses a sort of "bridge" (this is were the abstract language comes into play) to go from the old "cheap like philosophy" to something really meaningful.
So basically what I think we are witnessing is the beginning of something new. What will be interesting to see is how he will react when he understands that there is 1) not so much money and 2) not so many definite answers in the field of philosophy (which he seems to be turning to) than there is in pop psychology.
The fact that he is making money in an avalanchic style and that it is "almost silly" how easy it is, has probably more to do with the fact that he is writing during the golden era of blogging, than with his intentions. Being a bit more humble would be suitable.
One thing I think is interesting, and something I really hope he will begin to write more about - is his children, friends and his wife. During the last two years he has hardly mentioned them in his blog. I don't even understand how that is possible. Most parents describe being parents as full time jobs. Does Steve spend every day with them without writing about it or is he one of them fathers spending "quality time" with their children - an hour or two? Children/Friends/Wife should be one of your greatest sources of knowledge and yet I've never seen a comment like "something I learned from my friend" or similiar.
So, to summarize. The abstract language is due to the fact that Pavlina is not exactly sure what he is talking about. He is testing, searching, asking and that is also why we see errors like the one the first poster in this thread pointed out. The three most probable outcomes in the future are probably:
1) That Steve will turn to philosophy and find out that he is really just a child in this field and has to start all over again. Would be very interesting to see, I guess he could contribute a lot.
This alternative will also mean a lot less web site traffic, people don't like to think...
2) Write on the topic of pop psychology. Problem is that Pavlina doesn't have as much to say like he used to do. Maybe it could work if he integrated something new and fresh into the blend - parenting for example.
3) Continue mixing "cheap like philosophy" with pop psychology. The worst alternative because it will not help anyone.
Enjoy!
