Not a Dollar More After Three Weeks of Self-Coaching and Study!

After around three weeks of reviewing "motivational" and "get-rich" clips, articles, and books, it is clear that:

1. The fuzzy feeling good "coaches" produce reduces output 
2. One does get some interesting theories about success and how it should be possible to get rich, but these pieces of advice are like astrological comments: they seem to make sense, but don't lead to changes. 

The bottom line: I didn't make a dollar more due to my self-studies. So far my provisional impressions.

Current Coaching: More Rhetoric Than Actual Help

This animation encapsulates the majority of current coaching approaches: "People have all the resources they need - either within them or within easy reach." This might work for some people and some situations, but it strikes me as more rhetoric than real help. Positive change is much more painful and time-consuming than coaches want potential clients to believe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb59hZ02MQc&hd=1

Learning From Israel?

Maybe the almost universal military training (which naturally includes management of groups, use of all kinds of machinery, ways of clear communication and constructive cooperation, etc.) is a major factor in Israeli start-up prowess. Japan and Germany also started in '45 with similar training levels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ctInbFHBSQ

Which Books and Ideas Are Worth Experimenting With?

There are massive amounts of get-rich guidebooks out there. Which are worth reading and experimenting with? I've asked around and some examples of actually helpful texts that came up were Keith Ferrazzi's "Never Eat Alone" and “Magic of Thinking Big” by David J. Schwartz. So these will be my starting point to get into the "millionaire mindset".

Personality, Opportunity, or Intention: What Comes First?

What is the first step on the road to riches? Is it the personality (genetics, life experiences, education, etc.), an opportunity that presents itself? Or maybe the intention to become wealthy? Most self-help books claim that the third factor is most important, while (not really rich) newspaper journalists claim that the first two are decisive.
If the media people are right, I probably don't stand a realistic chance. That's why believing in the primacy of intention is the only option.

Meditation Does Not Work: It comes down to simple resting and hanging around with some friends

I don't trust the claims about meditation. There is no secret ingredient. And none of the research seems to compare meditation to simple resting, the feeling/illusion of doing something meaningful, and being together in a positive peer group, etc.
Anyway, even if meditation were great, using Buddhist or Hindu mantras or symbols is rather silly. Those were designed for triggering emotions in Indians or East Asians. Instead, I suggest using quotes from the A-Team, Sailor Moon, or He-Man.
"By the Power of Grayskull!" should be much more effective for Western practitioners instead of "Namu amida butsu" or the like.

Free Training in Exchange for a Cut of Future Earnings: Why does no coach do that?

Strangely enough, success coaches, NLP masters, hypnotists, and other experts with supposedly close-to-magical powers never agree to free training in exchange of a percentage of the clients' future earnings. If their claims were true and just a minority would pay something like 10% of a multi-million income, this should be a great investment. Yes, I've asked, but was always turned down...
I can understand that novice coaches can't wait that long for their cash flow, but established names should be able to do so.