Personal Development and FTC Case Filed

We’re talking about personal development this week on MLM.com. From giving and receiving feedback to time management for management, we’ll cover a range of topics to help you maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses.

When it comes to personal development, we all know there are some key areas on which to focus. Today’s post is the FTC’s case against Life Knowledge, LLC, a company that promoted products for people wanting to be life coaches.

Long story short, while there are certainly legitimate companies who help people organize their lives, self-improvement strategies aren’t secrets. We’ll share some tips for you to evaluate for yourself the areas you and members of your staff can use to evaluate where your weaknesses lie and how to magnify your strengths.

Carroll Bryant stated the goal of personal development simply:

“Know who you are, and be it. Know what you want, and go out and get it!”

Here’s the summary of the case the FTC filed against Apply Knowledge, LLC, a company that was also doing business under a variety of other names:

Here’s the link to the actual document the FTC filed that includes the details of the allegations.