Today, an unprecedented demand is being observed for books and trainings on personal growth and self-development. Hundreds of homegrown "coaches" promise help in finding the meaning of life, creating an ideal figure, saving a marriage and earning the first million.
But is it worth it, having lost faith in their own power, buying up their books and disks and giving away the last money for personal consultation believing in happy changes? In a word, it's time to reveal the maps and remember those idols of humanity who taught "how to live right", but they themselves could not cope with it!
The author of the book "How to save the marriage" Derek Medina killed his wife and posted a photo in Facebook!
In this it is impossible to believe, but it turns out that a man whose advice was believed by thousands of readers was himself unable to maintain his own marriage. Derek repeatedly threatened his wife - Jennifer Alfonso reprisal, if only she dared to leave him. In the ill-fated August day of 2013 it happened. Immediately after the murder, the author of the bestseller took his dead wife to his mobile phone, after which he posted a photo in the social network with a signature:
"I go to jail or to be executed for killing my wife. I love you all, I will miss you. Take care of yourself and watch the news about me ... "
By the way, his book can be bought today!
Dale Carnegie died all alone
"How to win friends and influence people", "How to stop worrying and start living", "How to enjoy life and enjoy work" - these books have already become classics of this genre, and we will not believe that you did not hold in your hands one of them.
So, did you know that when the book with the chapter "7 rules for a happy family life" was being prepared for publication, he went through his first divorce, which, for obvious reasons, was kept secret? He failed to save his finances - they were picked up by his second wife. And he did not manage to win friends either. It is known that Dale Carnegie suffered from Hodgkin's disease, although there are rumors that he committed suicide. After the death in November 1955 in the newspaper "New York Times" appeared an obituary, which mentioned about 500 thousand people who were helped by the courses of the speaker-motivator. But, alas, no one wanted to come to the ceremony of farewell - Carnegie was buried only by the closest.
Maria Montessori gave her own son to be raised in a rural family
Today, the "Montessori system" is one of four pedagogical methods that have received worldwide recognition, and millions of moms use it daily in the upbringing of their children. But, it turns out, in the biography of this deserved woman, too, there are pages she does not mind wringing. So, at age 28, Maria became pregnant with her colleague, Dr. Giuseppe Montesano. The proposal "hands and heart" then she did not receive, and instead of it - an oral agreement for the sake of scientific and social activities to consist in a spiritual union (today it would be called a guest marriage). Fearing the collapse of the reputation, Maria gave the boy Mario for education in one of the rural families, where she came with visits for the weekend. It is known that when Mario grew up, she took him to her and even made her companion. True son, Montessori recognized him almost before his death, calling the guy a nephew or an adopted child.
The author of the book "Child and Care for Him" Benjamin Spock could not find a common language with his children!
You say, shoemaker without boots? But in fact, almost the way it happened. It is known that in the winter of 1998 the second spouse of a pediatrician urgently sought money for his treatment. It was necessary to collect about 16 thousand, which turned out to be an unbearable sum for the family. Mrs. Morgan even advertised in the newspaper "Times", with the appeal: "Help pay for the doctor's treatment. He cared all his life for your children! ". Then the readers tactfully hinted to the woman that he has sons who can take care of him. Of course, Mary already asked them, but the senior Michael, an employee of the University of Chicago and junior John - the owner of a construction company in Los Angeles, flatly refused, advising him to give his father to a nursing home, so that he would be taken care of by the state!
Allen Carr died of lung cancer
Allen Carr is the author of books dedicated to the release of alcohol dependence, excess weight and various phobias. But perhaps the most famous bestseller that brought him worldwide recognition and popularity was the book - "An Easy Way to Quit Smoking." Once Carr said: "Since I smoked my last cigarette 23 years ago, I was the happiest person in the world. Today I still feel the same. " Only happiness did not last long - in the summer of 2006 he had an inoperable swelling in the lungs, because of which he did not live even before winter ...
The author of 20 books on happiness, Choi Yong-hee committed suicide
The South Korean writer Choi Yong-hee taught for many years how to live happily ever after. "Preacher of Happiness" - her grateful readers were nicknamed for two dozen priceless books with recipes for a cloudless and harmonious life-being. And then, like a bolt from the blue, the news arose that a 63-year-old woman had decided to settle accounts with this very happy life, and even for the company with her 72-year-old husband! This is what she wrote in her suicide note:
"The doctor told me that there was a lot of fluid in the lungs, because of that, it's hard for me to breathe. My heart is also in disorder. I did not want to stay in a hospital stuffed with drugs. And I can not stand the pain any more. My husband could not let me die alone. So we decided to leave this world together. "
Robert Atkins died of obesity
Robert Atkins is a dietician from the United States and, perhaps, the author of the world's most famous nutrition system based on a reduced intake of carbohydrates. Well, do you remember - eat fat and lose weight? So, today the official cause of his death at the 72nd year of his life is a craniocerebral injury as a result of falling on a slippery pavement. But a year later, The Wall Street Journal managed to get to the truth by publishing shocking information from a confidential medical report stating that the cause of the fall on a slippery pavement was a heart attack, as a result of heart failure and ... obesity!
It turns out that the marketers and family of the deceased tried desperately to hide this fact and were categorically against the autopsy, but already today it is known that before the death the doctor-nutritionist weighed 117 kg and had serious health problems.