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Self help/productivity/pop business books all seem to follow the same template these days(I had a 100 book reading challenge this year and read a at least a qua
by sanswork 10y ago
Self help/productivity/pop business books all seem to follow the same template these days(I had a 100 book reading challenge this year and read a at least a quarter of them fit in one of those groups.
Chapter 1: Tell a bit about the author
Chapter 2: Tell about the amazing thing someone has done because of "the technique"
Chapter 3: Tell about the authors path to discovery
Chapter 4: More stories about amazing things people have achieved(note by this point the author has never mentioned what their great one thing is
Chapter 5: Another bunch of stories about how great the author is
Chapter 6-12: More stories from people about how their life was changed by the author. Possibly a sales pitch for an online course.
Chapter 13: About 2 paragraphs describing something super simple "Start a mailing list"
Chapter 14-25: More stories