It's also interesting to see that the majority of self-help gurus who are now financially well off have made their money solely from preaching about and obtaining their income from selling books, CD's, and courses about the mystical properties of positive thinking. How many of these modern-day self-help gurus have demonstrated the effectiveness of their beliefs by becoming successful or financially secure by doing anything other than preaching their positive-thinking palava to the desperate and gullible for money (i.e. become successful or financially secure by any means other than their positive thinking spiel)? I think you'll find very few have.