I totally had to look up Chutzpah. I'm sure I'm not the only non-Hebrew-speaker here.
There is a lot of posterior-kissing, and a lot of the opposite. I think people would be better off just taking Steve's writings at face value, instead of Jesusizing them to the point that his humanity gets in the way. A lot of people are like, "Subjective Reality? Polarity? wtf" and end up never reading another article on time management, or emotional mastery, or any of his other non-woo-woo subjects.
I like to think of Steve Pavlina as not so much a real person, but a sort of mythological god, the god of Personal Development. He has his moments of mischief, like the Greek gods, but stays on track most of the time. Would you throw out Athena just because she acts like a jerk sometimes? Maybe. Some people would. But those people don't have a lot of courage, because courage comes from Athena. If it takes a mythological Pavlina to incite personal growth, then I'm willing to listen to his Subjective Reality, or Polarity, or fairies, or whatever it is next.