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You Don’t Need Another Book. You Need This Simple Truth.
It’s 10:03 am on a rainy Wednesday. I’m sitting on the couch, looking at a stack of self-help books promising to fix me and make me unrecognizably better.
I’ve read them all. Highlighted the best bits and nodded along like this time it’s going to be different. But here I am, still feeling stuck, searching for that one missing piece that will finally make everything click.
So, I did something radical. I stopped reading. Cold turkey. No books, no podcasts, no “Top 5 Secrets to Success” YouTube videos.
I don’t need another book. Neither do you.
You already have everything you need.
The Illusion of Progress
Self-help culture is a trap. Not because the advice is bad — it’s often brilliant — but because it’s addictive.
For years, I was addicted to self-help books. Every new release felt like a shiny hardcover promise that my life would change if I just read this one.
And for a while, it felt like progress. Because reading those books feels like doing something.
You feel inspired. You feel like you are making progress. But the second you close the book or scroll away, reality slaps you in the face.
