People find religion useful Ideas can be useful even if they're not scientifically valid nuggets of fact There are 7 billion unique people on the planet, all

People find religion useful Ideas can be useful even if they're not scientifically valid nuggets of fact There are 7 billion unique people on the planet, all in unique situations, if you reduce the ideas you find help to those with scientific basis that apply in all 7 billion cases, you're left with a pretty small reservoir of ideas I've found that a lot of self help books provide useful frame in which thinking about how to approach different challenges in life I found a fair amount of good food for thought how much is that worth? I've found a good rule of thumbs is that if I can invest a trip to the library, or a few minutes of my time while I drink a coffee in Barnes & Noble, or 5 or 6 dollars for a used copy on Amazon, I have good return on my investment if I have to drop several hundred dollars to attend a seminar, I'm less impressed with my return on investment, to the point that I'm probably not going to go down that road I think its helpful to be open to ideas wherever you can find them, then use the supercomputer on top of your shoulders to decide if that helps you find a useful solution to whatever problems you are going through in life