Heya, Sara, these are great videos, but as a rule we don't have duplicate content on the site. This seems like a good place for the videos as this site has always drawn a sharp line between content which could have a promotional component and content which doesn't have any. Given the emphasis on Steve and the book and the regular shots of the book cover, it's clear that the videos have a promotional component. Another way to look at it is that Steve charges $250 per session for coaching now, so from a business perspective, these look like they are, in part, a form of viral marketing.
I haven't completely worked out a policy on videos that may have a commercial component in the success stories subforum yet. However, it's pretty much moot as I avoid moving threads once they are established. It does make sense that a YouTube video series would be in the video library, though. People tend to really like this subforum and the thread has already been viewed 737 times. Also, I really like the nonprofit nature of our success stories subforum. People put up their own stories, under their own accounts, just to inspire other people who are going what they went through. That nonprofit ideal is a big part of what led me to start this site to begin with. It's why I've made
a public commitment to never make a dime off of my TMS work. Perhaps it is my training as an economist that makes me skeptical of the negative effects of money, but it's really very important to me. If you want to be bored to tears, you can click the link a couple sentences back.
It really is wonderful to see
@Walt Oleksy,
@Eric "Herbie" Watson,
@Ales and
@Colly in the videos. I'm so proud to see so many TMS Wiki "grand eagles" in the collection. Herbie, I thought you did a tremendous job of distilling down some of the wisdom in Steve's book. Colly, it is always inspiring to hear your story - keep running! And Walt, as always, you are a diamond and a model of how to live one's life.
For people who want to know more or interact with the people, you can read their success stories as well as their replies to follow up questions via these links:
Via their profile pages, you can also send them a personal message, see the posts they have made, or see the threads they have started. This can be a great way to learn some of the details of how they did it.
(Some people post their stories on their profile page so for some people both links will point to the same thing. In general, I think it's best to put one's success story in the success stories subforum, but it doesn't always work out that way.)
