To be clear, I am not advocating hiding who you truly are. You can be yourself without sharing every single thing about you. I am advocating not openly divulging information which could give others reason to attack, harm or doubt you. Perhaps I am misinterpreting you, but you seem to value all-or-nothing endeavors--open yourself completely, or get out! I am only advocating a middle way, basic common sense, which is to be cautious about self-disclosure. Your view seems so disconnected from my reality that I find it increasingly difficult to apply what you are teaching. I began reading your posts because I was interested in your approach in promoting and generating self-discipline, integrity and authenticity, and found that it worked for me. You had, in my opinion, a very logical and well-reasoned methodology which was backed up by research and I appreciated it. However, your excursions of late into all this spiritualism, extreme diet stuff and now this insistence that others follow your path or they are following the wrong path are difficult for me to embrace.
Speaking of meaningful careers, I have been working in the areas of cancer, neurological and HIV research for almost half of my life. I'm not a personal development guru, but perhaps my work will help at least one sick person someday. I am sure you would find this kind of work meaningless.
A few years ago, I was looking for good advice on improving my time management and sleep habits and I found your blog. Your work helped me a lot then, but I guess now is a sign that it's time to move onward again and seek out other resources. However, I know that your blog and these forums will continue helping others quite a lot and I thank you for your devotion to them.
Good luck Steve, and thanks again.
