I happen to love him for his tough love tactics! Here's the bottom line...you would like to make more money? then stop making decisions that don't make you money. Turn off the TV, turn off the sports page, stop talking about nonsense with simple minded people and start doing things that make money. Same with anything. Want to be good at sports? Stop doing the things that keep you from that... video games, fast food, etc. By getting real with yourself and shouldering the blame, you see the errors of your ways and begin to heal and begin to work towards those goals. I gave this book 4 stars because it just rehashes the same thing over and over and over using different examples. Its true that by the end you really get the message at the end, but there seems to be too few concepts for so many pages.