5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Self-Help Books and Articles
Stop looking for prescriptions and have faith in the process
Self-help books are everywhere. From the ones with the word F*ck on their dust jackets all the way back to the private diaries of Roman emperors and advice written in ancient Sanskrit, if you want self-help, you got it.
Universal truths and sage advice have become so ubiquitous we ignore them. Advice such as “It’s better to regret something you have done than regret something you haven’t” is so overused and trite we don’t even think about its meaning but instead, turn it into a banging house track (Orbital, if you’re asking).
We treat timeless advice like adverts flashing on a webpage, our mind simply blots them out.
Worse, self-help these days is the snake oil salesmen’s drug of choice; it’s an intangible product, subjective and easy to shift the blame on the consumer if it doesn’t work.
“Obviously you didn’t try hard enough, no you can’t have your money back, please f*ck off.”
All of this means, most people don’t take self-help seriously.
I do it too. My life was transformed by Tony Robbins performance coaching, but even now, when I see those awful YouTube adverts with him and Dean Graziosi…
