Comments on: All This Self-Help / Self-Development Stuff Can Really Annoy Me!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:45:49 +0000

I totally agree! I want to improve myself, so I’m constantly looking for something inspirational…..but it’s hard to keep looking after sifting through so much sap. I can’t do things that feel so contrived.

By: the Story Lady

the Story Lady — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:27:34 +0000

So true and so funny. There is a place for affirmations but that particular place probably isn’t it!

So many self help books and systems - and your job as an upcoming author is to say something in a different way and to create a true solution rather than yet another “seminar stew” book.

Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady

By: CindySense

CindySense — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:37:16 +0000

Hey Fighter, I have a rant about your rant … You can read it at

CindySense.com/positive-thinking/self-help-self-talk-is-it-for-you

Just another way of thinking

Cindy

By: Self-Help / Self-Talk Is it For You | Cindy Sense

Self-Help / Self-Talk Is it For You | Cindy Sense — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:32:06 +0000

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By: Fi

Fi — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:51:21 +0000

I think that self-help books are like cookery books. When I buy a cookery book, if I get out of it one single recipe that ends up as part of my regular cooking repertoire, it was worth the investment. If I get one good idea from a self help book, an idea that becomes part of “the way I see things,” then it was worth the investment.

I don’t expect self help books to fix everything. It’s enough if they add one little tool to my self-help personal toolkit. As you say, it has to be something unique. Not some time-wasting happy-clappy nonsense like “tell yourself you’re AWSOME!”. I mean really.