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Yes. He really does say this.

He also encourages people to attend finance seminars and get involved in network marketing.

The audience for most personal finance books are people with absolutely no experience with personal finance. People with no experience read a book, conclude that it is filled with expert advice, and then recommend it to others. You kick this off with things like an Oprah episode and the momentum carries itself.




His podcast was recommended to me by a colleague. I listened to a single episode and realized it's just the ramblings of a guy who made money with zero concrete advise on how to do it yourself. And of course tons of complaints about taxes and regulation.


And I think the book is the same in a way


Seminars were important knowledge distribution networks in the 80s and 90s.

Scams and low quality content are usually a strong indicator something used to be good, and attracted copy cats.


> Yes. He really does say this.

Yes, but keep reading...




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