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just stumbled upon this and thought it was a great deconstruction of Tai Lopez's bullshit :v:
Stop giving Tai Lopez attention. Stop posting about Tai Lopez. Stop, and he'll go away.
who tf is tai lopez
[QUOTE=MasterFen006;48304402]who tf is tai lopez[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;zZKp_jFxQJc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZKp_jFxQJc[/video]
I haven't seen a Tai Lopez advert for a few months, but I pretty much wanted to punch his face through my screen whenever he frequently popped up and started talking about his sodding Lamborghinis
[QUOTE=wauterboi;48304398]Stop giving Tai Lopez attention. Stop posting about Tai Lopez. Stop, and he'll go away.[/QUOTE]
I made one other post about Tai Lopez :v:
in any case no he won't man, he won't because he's everywhere on my fucking tv, on the internet, everywhere
but it's ok because I don't think about Lopez as Lopez anymore, I think of him as a fuel unit, because my hatred for him fuels me with energy every day now
it's like my hate boner said, it said 'Ryback changed my life', wrestling CAN change your life, and in WWE Ryback said FEED ME MORE
[QUOTE=frankie penis;48304405][video=youtube;zZKp_jFxQJc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZKp_jFxQJc[/video][/QUOTE]
just looks like one of those motivational people idk why people think he's a troll
[QUOTE=MasterFen006;48304427]just looks like one of those motivational people idk why people think he's a troll[/QUOTE]
It's because he's a scam artist who runs several shit dating websites that collect highly personal information about you and bill you after you've stopped your subscription
the same thing happens here, his program is essentially all this meaningless motivational shit for a cool 60 something dollars, with recurring fees on top of that that they don't tell you about, and again, continuing to charge you after you stop your subscription, and sending you surveys that ask for things like your yearly income and other highly personal information, as well as collecting your personal information for use with dating websites when you use his financial program he keeps pitching
[quote=Reddit]So, created a Reddit account to talk about this.
For some background- I'm a current business/accounting student, and I read a lot. On the one hand, this means that I'm more likely to fall for the similarity principle- The subconscious cognitive bias that tells you that people who are similar to myself, and share certain traits [in this case, love of reading and an interest in business] are more trustworthy than people who don't.
On the other hand, it also means I know what the similarity principle actually is.
Now, I haven't finished the 67 steps, and I don't plan to. I had initially, of course, but after completing 1-12 I feel that I've seen enough to make some broad generalizations.
First, a disclaimer- Tai's advice is not all bad. In fact, a lot of it is fairly sound. Now, before you get your wallets out or prepare to call me out as a sockpuppet or whatever, let me finish- Tai's advice might be sound, but it is not unique or special. You can get pretty much the same advice, and a lot more depth, by signing up for a student success and intro to business class at your local community college.
Moving on, I'm going to address Tai's commercial. Now, I'll be honest, Tai's commercial is the entire reason I joined his site- Because I have never before seen an advertisement that hit every single one of the cognitive biases listed in "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion," and I thought that anyone who put together a commercial like that must have some idea of what they were doing- Even if they were a bit clumsy about the application. IMO, That 2-hour commercial can probably teach you more about marketing and sales than the entire rest of the 67 steps combined.
If you're not familiar with Influence, that's fine. I'm about to explain the ways that his ad used the cognitive biases described in it.
First, he opens up the ad with promises that he is going to give you something worth $100, free of charge, just for watching the video. This is the Principle of Reciprocity, the psychological bias that says that if someone gives you something, you are obliged to pay them back.
Now, his actual application of Reciprocity is very clumsy. You're just watching a video, after all, and as most people are aware, you can't just hand people things through the screen. Plus, as you all know, at the end he goes from offering you something for free, to offering you a free gift... With your purchase of a $67/month subscription. At this point, Tai falls prey to the Contrast principle- His initial promise of a free gift comes up against the sudden brick wall of a $67 fee. Now, he also clearly uses that principle when he asks us "What is living well worth?" and goes down the list from 1000, 500, and so on and so forth until he reaches that point, in addition to the established value of the gift- or, rather, claimed value of the gift- being higher than the asking price for the program.
Next, I'd like to talk about his convenient user testimony. The Social proof- Other people think this is a good thing! They like it! You know, Tai hasn't heard of anyone not liking the program at all! So, clearly... If you try it, you will find it valuable, because everyone else did. He used it pretty well, to be honest, even including e-mail addresses and contact info to 'prove' he wasn't scamming you. Which, he might not be- For all I know, there are real people at the end of that contact info, who really do feel that the program helped them.
That doesn't mean anything beyond their own personal feels, though.
He also spends a lot of time flattering the viewer ham-handedly. "If you've watched this far, you're obviously pretty smart" came up at several times- And this was probably calculated just like everything else. When someone compliments you, even when it's obviously fake... You like them more. Maybe only a little bit, but it's a measurable amount, and the Principle of Liking states that if you like someone, you're more likely to buy what they're selling you.
He also claims to have experience, and luck, in finding several mentors- Who he quotes, along with other famous authors, almost religiously. He's not the one who came up with this, he claims- It was other people, wiser people, respected people. Authorities, you might say, which he is appealing to.
Then, you get the final bias in the advertisement video- The scarcity bias. Why, he's only opening this program [which he advertised on youtube, heh] to a handful of people- Maybe a hundred or two, I dunno, not that many, so you'd better buy in fast!
And there we get the principle of Consistency- Come on, sign on the dotted line. Once you sign, once you pay, you'll know that you've signed up for it, and you'll rationalize it- Obviously you've gotten benefits, obviously you think it's worth it, otherwise why would you have signed up for it?
Every single cognitive bias in the book, all in one single video. Pretty impressive, though he's obviously not that great at using them- His whole video screams "Scam Artist", not "This is a great idea and you should feel great for having it," after all.
Unfortunately, the steps themselves are much less educational than that first ad video. Each of the videos could probably be summed up in less than five minutes, if it wasn't for Tai's rambling anecdotes, and- As Tai himself says once or twice- He could have condensed them into a much shorter length. However, he has two reason he doesn't, which he spells out at length.
Firstly, he wants us to put the effort in to glean the 'Ounce of gold' from the hour long pile of dirt. Second, he wants us to take at least 67 days going through the course- Long enough to form a habit.
These feed back, again, to the consistency bias- If you've spent this long, and this much effort, going through the course? You must find it worth it! So, if you've found it worth it, you might as well keep your subscription active, so you can keep learning more. It's only 67 a month after all, right?
Let me counter that, with one of Tai's own arguments- If you're spending 67 a month on his program, that's time and money you're not spending on other things- Things like actual business books, which cost about 5-10 on Amazon from my experience.
Which, to be fair, is not to say that Tai's series is worthless. It's entirely possible that at some point later in the series, he comes out with something unique and insightful, completely different from his early videos. If you want to check and see, though, make sure to cancel the additional monthly fees. There's no need to pay more than the initial seventy bucks for what he's selling you.
I hope this helps.[/quote]
