Are You Going to "Get Motivated" in Charlotte?

If you read the Charlotte Observer surely you've seen the full page promotional program advertising speakers Colin Powell, Laura Bush, Rudy Guiliani and Zip Zigler (?) at the Charlotte seminar of  Get Motivated!.  This seminar title should be expanded to "Get Motivated to Buy Our Overpriced Investment Tools Because Jesus and Uncle Sam Want You To."

Husband and wife team, Peter and Tamara Lowe organize these seminars that profit handsomely from blurring the lines between inspirational, aspirational and motivational.  They've been at it for years.   What is especially disappointing to me are the "celebrity" speakers that have signed on to this.  I mean do President Bush (special guest speaker Fort Worth seminar) and First Lady Laura Bush, and President Clinton (who toured in 2002) really need the money?   I wonder what these speakers are being paid?  What a disgrace.

I sure hope you're not planning to attend this scam.  Oh, you are?  Well then surely don't waste your money registering for it.  Not when Craigslist is advertising for Charlotte seminar "volunteers" (to fill up seats for free) for this scam of an event.   Seat fillers are needed.