After reading some negative reviews about Tony Robbins materal, and Stephen Covey material, and other personal-development guru/coach/instructor materials, I came away with a reinforced distinction: take what you need and leave the rest.

You know, who cares that Mr. Robbins thinks a Big Mac has 5MHz of energy? Over the years, I’ve read so much from so many authors that was just so much garbage it’s ridiculous. You, as a reader, have to be smart enough to take what’s offered and apply it to your own life.

If you think food has electrical energy and believing so helps you enhance your health, more power to you. If believing that gets you off the fence and convinces you to take better care of yourself, it’s all good. You could think that all chocolate has little green Martians inside that will eat your stomach lining. If it keeps you from eating too much chocolate, then you accomplished your goal. You didn’t violate any of your principals, so who cares how you got there?

The whole point of this post is to emphasize this distinction: if you see something here that you don’t agree with, don’t use it! Who cares? Use what you need, and leave the rest. Be smart about your education, enlightenment, and growth.

I will tell you one thing: as you learn, your beliefs change. Duh! I told in an earlier post how I thought my wife’s little “cancel cancel” routine was ludricous, until I gained more knowledge. So, who knows? Maybe food does have electrical energy and I just don’t know enough yet. Maybe it doesn’t. But I don’t let whether it does or doesn’t cloud my ability to evaluate knowledge that’s offered and use what I can to grow.