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Originally Posted by bix  But what do you think about the topic in general? Do you think it is possible to make offering self-improvement advice a full time job without the practical value of that advice deteriorating and the entire direction of the advice changing? You can't deny that this site is becoming more and more abstract and that Steve primarily works on bringing in traffic. |
I think it is most definitely possible to earn a living while maintaining integrity, focus, and continuing to evolve one's own thought processes. I also think it is perfectly reasonable to earn a great living doing this. But I don't get the impression that Steve is in it for the money. I am sure he thinks the money is nice (who wouldn't?), but I truly believe he does it for higher reasons. I sense a lot of generosity of time and spirit, humour and fun, and the true wish to help others.
Abstract information only has meaning in life when applied practically, of course. This is something which comes relatively easy to me and which can be learned.
My own singing voice, for example, is abstract in the sense that it cannot be touched or manipulated. So, I learned through abstract thinking to get my voice to do what I want. Otherwise I would be concerned with moving the third muscle in the left of my neck, the sixteenth in my tummy, and tons of other very concrete/practical directions which have no possiblity of being carried out simply because there is no way to control every little muscle and tendon which needs to work in order that I can sing.