There's one in the middle you can't see that says "Moderation In All Things"
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I found one book that actually helped me.
"Discover What You Are Best At" by Linda Gail.
It's six self tests you can knock off in half a day, then a list of the jobs that use the skills you already have.
I always thought I just hated working, then I found a job where I felt useful and productive.
When you can wake up on a rainy Monday and not hate going to work, you've solved most of your problems.
Just buy the two books "What They Teach You at Harvard Business School" & "What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School" and that should cover the entire fucking universe.
Everything is either a potato or not a potato
what about potato superposition
Just measure it's potatoness, should fix it for bit.
Someone once tried to achieve enlightenment with just the second book, but it turns out the familial relationship between the soul and the mind is covered in an elective course.
I'm pretty sure the 2nd title is disproportionately large.
Infinitely so
The book actually grows in size every day, a great read for the rest of time!
According to Ben Rich, 2/3 HBS = BS
"If you're looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else? That's not self-help... that's help. There's no such thing as self-help. If you did it yourself you didn't need help. Try to pay attention to the language we've all agreed on. "
-George Carlin
Came here for this, thank you 🖤
yes, you do it yoursef, but you always need some external inputs and inspiration before you try something new. and where you get that inspiration and what you try matters a lot.
and where you get that inspiration and what you try matters a lot.
I get mine from spite.
I guess capitalism does offer choice?
/s
you're joking, but "choice paralysis" is a real thing and actually makes people feel worse about their choices than if they had fewer options to choose from
https://youtu.be/VO6XEQIsCoM yes it's a ted talk, but from back before they turned to shit
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I mean you need to know what your problem is before you cna get help for it. Sometimes finding the problem is harder than finding the solution tho.
Brilliant idea -- I'm gonna write a book the helps people figure out which self-help book they need!
EDIT: I'm still working on the title, but right now I'm leaning toward "Self-Help Yourself to Self-Help"
The Power of The Power
Is there a Power of I Don't Know or a Power of Can You Repeat the Question?
Atomic Habits: How to use habits to build your own identity for the life you want.
12 Rules for Life: Follow these specific habits to take on the author's identity for the life he thinks you must have.
Atomic Habits is pretty dope and makes a lot of sense
I love Christmas and Halloween, but International Naked in the Library Day is my favourite.
Tuesday?
You betchah. See you next Tuesday.
When you haven't seen the sun in so long you start to glow.
That's what I did. Eventually I just became the sun.
Are ya winning, sun?
I get the joke, and certainly not all self-help books are good, but also people are unique and at different places in their lives. With just a little introspection one can probably tell which book would be better for them. Maybe they say yes too much and would benefit from learning how and when to say no; or they say no to everything and would benefit from learning to embrace new experiences.
Or, you know, pick one up and thumb through a few pages.
Hmm I should make a book titled "everything in moderation". It'll be 500 pages long, and take every single self improvement be-all-end-all solution to whatever problem, and tell you "no, there is no single solution that magically solves every complex issues". Nothing fancier, just that, over and over, for hundreds of pages.
A book called 'Everything in Moderation being 500 pages is ironically hilarious.
You should do in first chapter a summary of the yes book and the no book, and give the reader a way to keep the tally.
2md chapter same thing with next topic, and so on.
Readers will be 2x as powerful per chapter compared to any single book.
"If Books Could Kill" vibes.
"How to Make a Fortune: Selling Fortune-Making Guide Books to Rubes" - Griff T. Runner
"How to sell tat to wankers" - Donald J Trump
Hey, that's the same person who sold me a bridge!
"How to Cope with Having a Flat Butt"
Long Back Syndrome
Information is not truth.
The point of a teacher is to challenge the student. We become wiser by putting knowledge to the test, not by merely ingesting information. There is as much misinformation as there is true information, if not more. That is why learning is only complete once the misinformation is separated from the true information. And the only way to do that is to experience the information in the context of the real world.
This is just as true for machine learning/AI BTW.
Interestingly, each and every title portrayed here is, individually a lie, and collectively probably more accurate. Because the truth is usually much more nuanced and complicated than can be distilled into a short book title. But you won't get that by reading a single book or author. And while reading multiple authors is closer to getting to the truth, the real truth is found when you put the books in context with your own experiences and reality.
That's not an excuse for climate denial though. A teacher will rightfully tell you your world view is too small to experience climate change.
Sounds like it's all about selling books. Be sure to Like and Subscribe!
And turn on the bell!
Well... help yourself.
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