I'm having trouble expressing this, so please take it in that spirit if I misspeak:
I've always had great respect for Steve's site and its attitude of "Personal Development is time-consuming, hard and painful but it's worth it". I also respect his attitude of "find a way to create (personal and social) value
and make a living from it".
Now, an animated banner ad has been added to the left of the forums : "Improve ANY aspect of your life In 20 minutes a day even while you're sleeping <Click Here> (recommended by Steve Pavlina)" (yes, the "In" is capitalised
).
It
looks like making money has become more important to Steve than the principles upon which the site was founded (or that Steve's articles have all been rendered redundant!) - and that Steve's recent blog entry "Making Money Consciously" is a defensive response to these concerns.
But neither that blog entry or this thread really address those concerns.
I greatly appreciate Steve's posts and articles but this apparent new direction makes me uneasy. I, for one, would greatly appreciate an explanation of how promoting this product fits in with the site's charter of "Personal Development for Smart People".
Thank you,
P.S. Can the links at the bottom of the blog posts be automated to go straight to the relevant thread (rather than the forum in general), please?