[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gx-mknOV54[/youtube]In 1964 a young Lesley Gore, who was just two years older than I was and still in high school, had a hit song on the charts. “You Don’t Own Me” musically presented a new idea about female autonomy for that particular era and helped to launch the woman’s lib movement which ten years later was in full flower. If The Beatles song “I Want To Hold Your Hand” hadn’t come out just a bit before Lesley’s song would have been #1 on the charts instead of the #2 position it held for many weeks.
But this is not about pop music it’s about personal development.
It’s about how much the biggest leaders in personal development love ‘owning’ a lot of people and teaching them to depend on their every spoken holy word.
In most businesses repeat customers are certainly a nice steady meal ticket. I usually buy my gas at the same gas station. That’s no problem. I burn up the stuff driving around in my car. It’s a consumable product.
But this industry is one with a reputation built on promises to fix you up for life. So why do you think their clients need constant repeat applications?
Maybe it’s like a lot like healthcare. A lot of doctors are not in the health business. They’re in the sickness business.
Sorry, I can’t play that game. With what I offer you just need it once and once only. Can’t even buy it a second time if you wanted to. That’s the beauty of having a new immunity.
Perhaps you should have heard Lesley’s message delivered 49 years ago. Here it is again.
More power to you.
