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For anyone interested in another famous book from this time period I recommend reading “As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen[0]. I came across this book during a d
by dvaun 5y ago
For anyone interested in another famous book from this time period I recommend reading “As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen[0]. I came across this book during a depressing period 8 years ago and it helped me climb out of my hole. In addition to this, I read a portion of another book of his, “Eight Pillars of Prosperity”, from which a lot of concepts are now probably common advice and platitudes.
I’d venture to guess that a lot of these older books have some “outdated” concepts within them — though it’s easy enough to ignore. There are still good parts within old books that you can take to heart, and selectively skip past things you disagree with.
I have not read Smiles’s “Self-Help”, so I’ll give it a shot here.
[0]: https://www.thinketh.io/ https://www.thinketh.io/
- pdamoc 5y agoI personally think the self-help movement peaked with "Lead the Field" by Earl Nightingale. The only things better than that program can be found in science backed endeavors from something like Psychological Self-Help[1] to the entire field of Positive Psychology. [1] - https://www.psychologicalselfhelp.org/ https://www.psychologicalselfhelp.org/