Motivational speaker James Arthur Ray was charged with manslaughter today for the deaths of three people at a “sweat lodge” in Sedona, Arizona. Did the one-time ManKind Project “Certified Leader” Grant Cardone – now a motivational speaker - have a connection to self-help guru James Arthur Ray? Yes. Check out the link at the Huffington Post:br br br -br br Well, I met Grant Cardone in 1995 while on staff at a ManKind Project New Warrior Training Adventure in San Diego, CA. Cardone was a leader on the weekend that included a “sweat lodge” similar to the one that got James Arthur Ray charged with manslaughter.