F. Scott Fitzgerald said "There are no second acts in American lives," but he never met Mark Brener and Cecil Suwal, the husband and wife team behind The One World Initiative, "The World-View that Guarantees Your Happiness, Health, Wealth, and Success in Everything You Do." After going to prison for operating the escort service Emperors Club VIP, which counted disgraced ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer as a client, Brener and Suwal are back in business! This time they're not pimping out women to high power johns, they're "empowering" everyday folk with a seminar that promises to help you "become immortal and adore every minute of it. Live the life of your dreams." The cost is $35,000, which may seem steep, but who can put a price on immortality, dream fulfillment, and, um, empowerment?
Brener, a 62-year-old former Israeli tax official, was released from prison last year, while his "bubbly" 20-something wife got out in 2009. Their debt to society paid, the couple has been completely focused on their One World Initiative, which has a super inspiring website promising adherents "increased wealth, and happiness, thus ensuring that you always enjoy the absolute best that life has to offer be it luxury, food, beverage, leisure, company, and life adventure." With your $35K payment, you also receive a complimentary copy of the couple's book, The Science of Activating Your Supreme Power.
The first seminar won't start for another six months, but don't delay because of "fear, anxiety, or worry, which leads to missed opportunities and suboptimal decision-making." This is SCIENCE. And don't listen to the fear-based NY Times, which is skeptical about the seminar's fine print requiring participants to give 3 percent of the first $1 million they earn as a result of having taken the course. As Suwal explains, "Well you know, it’s not really that far from a lot of industry standards." Whatever; as long as they let us leave our socks on, we'll sign anything!
