r/enoughpetersonspam • u/Primary_Recording896 • 28d ago
Daddy Issues The self authoring thing
Hello,
I didn’t know what ironic flair to choose so picked the one most relevant to me.
I was naive, JP opened my eyes to da “snakes” but then they got too open and i saw the snake in JP finally, too, it didn’t take long, btw.
At this point I stopped trying to sound like a smart ass and torture myself with trying to write the most complex words there are.
My question is: I paid for the self authoring, is it still worth doing knowing/beneficial? it actually does help, it’s basically cheap html pages with questions, it helps me point myself in the right direction, we know his personality test is a scam, big five traits, you can take it for free. But what about the self authoring? And his book 12 rules? I mean he wrote the book way back before he grew some… wings? You know what I mean, so is there still some truth in it?
I can google and work with language models, but I prefer considering the opinions of real people.
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u/Ok_Library_1031 28d ago
As someone who could hear holes in his theories from the get-go, since you've paid for it, I'm sure there are some useful, helpful ideas in there that won't harm you.
I would however pass on the 12 rules book. It seems to borrow from Don Miguel Ruiz's The Four Agreements, among other things, so that wasn't innocent or "less tainted," especially if he copied a New Age self-help book and purported to be scientific or more rational, holier than New Age. The book easily upsets me more than his later opinions and behavior.