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When I started my career as a freelance copywriter and marketer, it was zero teachers are available. Count 'em, zero. I have been fortunate, some managers, while I was still working for the man who treats me advice here and there ... but there was no timetable for yourself.

No gurus everywhere.

Joe Sugarman, Joe Karbo (see 'em up, if these names are not familiar with - very important to offer children in advertising), small seminars, but not regularly. Exactly for insiders, and an amazing small population of insiders to do it. I met and worked for Jay Abraham just about the time he had come forward to offer more structured classes. But with what is now established in comparison available, it was pretty thin material.

Mind you, an ambitious geek like me - chomping at bit to eat every bit of knowledge, and every player I could find the track - it was a fantastic wealth of learning opportunities. I have had the good fortune to meet with qualified teachers at the beginning of my career.

Over time, I began co-produced regular seminars with Gary Halbert, in the late 80th century, more and more people recognize the need for teachers. That does not mean the best and brightest came, of course. Yet I was glad so many options to suddenly see.

Today the web is crammed to the rafters with prospective experts. The word guru, incidentally, means teacher. If you're wondering. Most of them are just opportunists looking for easy ways to make money. For many, their plan seems to be: Slap together a course or a seminar, hype the hell that you are successful in joint ventures with people with long lists ... and see what happens.

And yes, it is for the guy you also frustrating. Who do you think? What separates you from the hype coarse Cunning chance? So we get flame wars on forums about the death of marketing guru and angry rebellion among junkie seminar on the relentless pitching yesterday for many events. And we get a lot of prospective gurus before jumping, the highly Parade, right into the anti-hype teachers. Whatever.

Again: Learning is hard. It is a process ... and it is up to you, who seeks the truth, do your work the separation of garbage from the gems. There is never a golden age where truth triumphs completely, and it is easy to find the perfect teacher.

I found a teacher who actually taught me something as a young man comes from the public school system. I have just thrown it in a pot with everyone else, would be wasted my time ... but I'm fucking happy that I could wake me. The magic of learning does not come from a secret way to cope with anything without effort. It does not exist. No. The magic is about the search for a relationship with a teacher who not only ace the facts ... but also cares enough to metaphorically smack you around until you get there.

Learn the winners in life never cease, and never stop seeking the truth. They have learned to love meet the challenge of something new and overcome it. Do not whine about how hard life is - they roll up their sleeves and dig in with gusto. I'm glad that there are plenty of gurus out there. The Charlatans are fairly easy to spot if you pay attention just that. Those who are well known, too. You may not be the most popular or clever attention.

But they are the ones who do the job, teaching what you need to learn. Complaining about too many gurus are complaining about too many decisions at a local sandwich shop. Just get over your bad self. As a student, you have a job to do, and some of it is to learn the right way for you.

The choice is good. And remember - the best teachers are not necessarily good at pressing the front of the audience. However, they have the loudest fans.