[impaul99]

Originally Posted by bix

Over the last two years I have found that the articles are discussing increasingly abstract things and are less and less applicable to real life.

That is probably because your version of "real life" is different than Steve's version of "real life" and everyone elses. To get true value out of his articles, you need to not only read them but apply the principles within which will hopefully have the effect of transforming your version of "real life" for the better like they have for Steve and a lot of us. Once you begin to transform your life, things will change and you will be able to get more value from his recent posts. If you used to get value from his older posts, go back to them (they are still available for free!) and re-read them and ask yourself if you are applying what he used to say. Once you actually start applying, you will solve those problems of that level of life and encounter new ones you never thought of before. The new problems will get solved by his new articles etc.

I think this is largely because Steve has started treating his self-improvement skills as a tradeable value and has started relying on them to generate money.

I believe he has relied on the income from his blog since the start, I could be wrong.

There are numerous reasons why the advice offered by self-improvement "experts" generally sucks. For one thing, such "experts" do not spend enough time in real life and thus do not know what the real problems are.

What does "real life" mean to you exactly? If they are not spending enough time in "real life", where do they go? Unreal life? By "real life" are you saying 'middle class' life compared to 'rich' life?

If so, you may be correct in the sense that people who make $2000/m generally have slightly different problems in life than people who make $10,000/m and solve them in different ways. If Steve makes $10k/m for example he can afford to hire a nanny or house cleaner, whereas at the $2k/m income level you may not be able to do so. Therefore, the "problems" he has that he is solving might not apply to you as much anymore because he's moving forward BUT this should be a good sign. It means the advice he was giving at the $2k/m income level got him to $10k/m and it can help you get there too.

The moment someone starts treating self-improvement as a business, the value in his advice evaporates. I am deeply saddened that Steve has decided to go this route.

If this is true, could you please provide me with examples of people who provide amazing self-help advice that I can access who don't make any money from that advice?