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 The text is a nice observation of principles in nature. The picture made me cringe. Not sure if the text was AI aswell now :/ 
 SELF HELP SUCCESS COURSES ARE A SCAM.

PEOPLE THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL DO NOT SELL COURSES ON HOW TO B... 
 Stay humble, Matt! Your statement is too general.

There are scams, but also many amazing courses etc that contain lifechanging elements from effective psychotherapies. 

The principles I learned from 'self help', helped me to immediately recognize Bitcoin apart from shitcoins on first contact.

My 'self help' friends are the smartest and most openminded people towards Bitcoin and freedomtech.

Self help at its healthy core is self responsibility. 

Undernuanced statements like that, repell smart people and put an ignorant on your otherwise genius and human being. 

I love you.  
 Nah, most self help teaches taking responsibility and action. Sorry to hear you got in contact with the fiat versions. 
 Not true. I personally know several millionaires that take self help trainings. They never stop learning, thats the attitude that got them there in the first place.
 
 That's the same as saying "All businesses are evil." Very undernuanced, communist thinking. 
 How many people do you know, who spend money on self help courses and follow through? I know many and they are all above average successful. 
 Unfortunately, most Bitcoin Maxis act like they reached the end of the rabbit hole. That's like realizing you are still a child and then thinking that alone makes you an adult. 

Bitcoin taken seriously IS self development. 

So many immature plebs among us, but the Mandible times will force them to open their minds. 
 If thats you, i would focus on reels like this and link self development topics to bitcoin. Leave the platitide low quality pictures, its a waste of time 
 I can highly recommend "The most dangerous Superstition" by Larken Rose, completely aligned with you values. Its about the religious belief in authority. Highly underrated must read for all Bitcoiners. 
 You could have easily added your own spin to this, by adding "and the nudge to master psychology you never had" or something like that.  
 To be honest, I think they deserve >100k for their massive impact, but maybe that could be even more transparent to donors. 
 People that have reasonable complaints unfortunately get called Karen aswell. As Bitcoiners we need to represent more nuanced views in my opinion. It's an honorable thing to claim your part of a contract, if someone breaks theirs.