The Ministry of Steve Pavlina
Written by John Rozewicki   
Monday, 22 May 2006

Removal

Those of you who look at this site regularly may have noticed that I have removed the link to Steve Pavlina's site from the arbitrary list of links on the left side of the page. I have admired the site from afar for a long time. I found a lot of his early stuff about freelance entrepreneurship to be very inspiring. The blog did start as a fairly straightforward website concerning freelance software developers. From there it flowed naturally into a personal growth site and is now more recently crossing the self-help border.

"We Are Now Accepting Callers For These Pendant Key Chains"

I realize that I don't pull in enough visitors for this to affect Pavlina at all, but that's not why I did it. I did it because it has turned away from so many of the things I found interesting. It has essentially become a ministry led by Steve Pavlina. It might be the way he chooses to ask for donations that bothers me the most.
If you find this article helpful, please leave a donation for Steve because then you can enjoy the spirit of giving too.
It feels more like televangelism catering and preying on the people who feel bad. Empty promises are made that if you pass along to the host of the site that things in your life will get better. The site is rife with articles that have catchy titles about making your life better or more fulfilling in x number of days. That 'x' number is usually never longer than 90 days. His site is now becoming a fluffed up version of what it once was. He is with every article and blog post become more and more divergent from things that are stable.

Personal Growth Through Seclusion

His polyphasic sleep articles are the best example. They endorse this freelance lifestyle that exists outside society. I understand that he is free to make his own hours and do what he likes because he is his own boss. However, the schedule that polyphasic sleep requires him to keep is not one that easily fits in to the more normal lives of everyone around him. Instead of working to make his new and complicated schedule complement those around him it will be easier to just seclude himself. Most of the articles about growth that embrace some of the crazier ideas have this undertone of seclusion. Polyphasic sleep is just one of these articles. There are many more(and will be many more in the future) if you can be bothered to find them around all the ads.

I Cannot Support This

I can't support Steve Pavlina's site any longer and so I removed his link. Most people probably won't care that I have removed the link, but I think a few people might find the reasons why I removed the link interesting.

***UPDATE***

Steve Pavlina secludes himself further; Overcoming News Addiction
Trackback(0)
Comments (4)add comment
...
written by wholesale Men's Boots , June 10, 2011

but they offer than the Red Army budget So "King"will look to Henderson. The newspaper also wholesale Hair Jewelry revealed that

...
written by yiwu jackets , June 10, 2011

if Liverpool be able to offer increased to 1,600 million pounds, Sunderland side will be playing for the deal the green wholesale Brooches light.

...
written by dollar shops , June 10, 2011

AP Inter we can not know how much the wholesale Jewelry Packaging & Display final sign Sanchez to go through ups and downs and tribulations

...
written by chiffon bridesmaid dresses , July 20, 2011

This is a good article and offer some helpful information for me,thank you!http://www.rs2shopping.com/short-prom-dresses-c-17_20.html">short prom dresses


Write comment
password
 

busy