Self Help

[schmeckinger@lemmy.world]

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.

[allonzee@lemmy.world]

"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

[tikiporch@lemmy.world]

"How to Cope with Having a Flat Butt"

[thereturnofpeb@reddthat.com]

Just buy the two book "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.

[where_am_i@sh.itjust.works]

On lemmy the answer to everything is "capitalism bad".

[kadup@lemmy.world]

Quick reminder: anything can be turned into a book, anyone can write one. There's no regulating body, authority or even peer pressure overlooking the veracity of what's written.

Your weird uncle can write a self help book based on a random dream he had.

You might have heard teacher complaining about Wikipedia as a source... books aren't different, you need a lot of supplemental research to use a book as a source after you verify it's valid as one.

[kadup@lemmy.world]

And that's non-ironically correct, yes.

[synopsistantilize@lemm.ee]

Yea I spent an hour reading about a 10$ diet study book before I bought it for this exact reason.

[clasm@ttrpg.network]

"How to Make a Fortune: Selling Fortune-Making Guide Books to Rubes" - Griff T. Runner

[wytch@lemmy.zip]

Came here for this, thank you

[knock_knock_lemmy_in@lemmy.world]

I'm pretty sure the 2nd title is disproportionately large.

[kolanaki@yiffit.net]

I prefer the self-help books that insult my intelligence in the title.

"Self-actualization for complete dumbasses"

[bcgm3@lemmy.world]

Brilliant idea -- I'm gonna write a book the helps people figure out which self-help book they need!

[grepe@lemmy.world]

sometimes the research you are able do yourself is not enough because of hype. the hype alone can trigger "scientific studies" that get approved just because they are about a visible topic and the results get cherry-picked by "journalists" creating a false sense of consensus to everyone who didn't spend their life studying the topic in detail.

see books like 80/20 running (based on a "study" done by the author on members of a single running club with n<=5 participants per group) or baby led weaning (based on the ability of the author to bullshit parents with baby brain) that created whole movements behind them and claimed to be based on strict scientific research.

sometimes even researchers themselves can get swiped away by the collective delusion (hype) even in otherwise very rigorous fields (e.g. string theory in physics or all the "AI" research going on right now).

the only way to be sure that what you are learning is right is if it can show past results. someone (many someones) took the risk before you and went with it. and they came up with predictions that panned out and applications that were useful and are well known.

you can be adventurous and try new promising things, but be aware of what you are doing, why and what the cost and consequences are.

[kameecoding@lemmy.world]

Atomic Habits is pretty dope and makes a lot of sense

[grepe@lemmy.world]

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.

[son_named_bort@lemmy.world]

Is there a Power of I Don't Know or a Power of Can You Repeat the Question?

[meliaesc@lemmy.world]

The Power of The Power

[captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works]

According to Ben Rich, 2/3 HBS = BS

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

The secret is buying these books! It's all about buying these books!