No. It means that I generally don't like him, but some of his ideas are good. Like Ron Paul, or Michael Bloomberg or Jason Whitlock. That's all it means - nothing more, nothing less.
And because he's polarizing, which he admits and actively tries to do. Also he's a glorified scammy sounding pill pusher who is a master of PR and good at articulating ideas. The pill advertisements for BodyQuick and BrainQuicken, which he owns, are reminiscent of weight loss or penis pills.
Any time you praise someone who's done a lot of good and bad I think it's essential to qualify the parts you like about them.
But I do understand your point and should have elaborated in my original post. In addition, to the autoresponder (btw, what's hilarious is emailing him, getting an autoresponse and then a reply from him a minute later), here's a list of some of the other things he does or actively promotes that I think qualify him as an "epic dbag" or rather take a lot away from his successes, ideas and good qualities:
And because he's polarizing, which he admits and actively tries to do. Also he's a glorified scammy sounding pill pusher who is a master of PR and good at articulating ideas. The pill advertisements for BodyQuick and BrainQuicken, which he owns, are reminiscent of weight loss or penis pills.
Any time you praise someone who's done a lot of good and bad I think it's essential to qualify the parts you like about them.
But I do understand your point and should have elaborated in my original post. In addition, to the autoresponder (btw, what's hilarious is emailing him, getting an autoresponse and then a reply from him a minute later), here's a list of some of the other things he does or actively promotes that I think qualify him as an "epic dbag" or rather take a lot away from his successes, ideas and good qualities:
1. Shady pills making ridiculous claims
2. This is his world record: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9pWKB2D23k
3. He "won" Wired's greatest self promoter of all time
4. Read about the Chinese kick boxing championship
5. Self claimed "Advisor to more than 30 world record holders in professional and Olympic sports (not substantiated)."
6. Self claimed "Cage fighter in Japan, vanquisher of four world champions (MMA)" and a "National Chinese kickboxing champion" (not substantiated)."
7. Self claimed: "Actor on a hit TV series in mainland China and Hong Kong (not substantiated)"
8. Plagiarism? http://www.johnwinsor.com/my_weblog/2008/04/was-another-new....
Ivygate (yeah, I know) has a pretty hilarious write up as well: http://www.ivygateblog.com/2007/05/timothy-ferriss-out-vayne...
http://is.gd/2pjW