No doubt there are a lot of "self help" books that are a scam - but that's true for a lot of genres. A lot of the criticisms seem highly dubious e.g. is this r

No doubt there are a lot of "self help" books that are a scam - but that's true for a lot of genres. A lot of the criticisms seem highly dubious e.g. is this really true? > The entire business-focused self-help industry is built on the fallacy that successful people read a lot of books. Altogether seems more like a rant than reasoned criticism. BTW the list of books cited as an example of the 'scam' includes "Thinking, Fast and Slow" - reasonably sure that reading this is a lot more worthwhile than reading this particular post.