Why Most Self-Help Books Are Trash

Bad self-help books are blog posts stretched to 300 pages, with 250 pages dedicated to iterating on some rewrite of "this strategy helped me, and it will help you!"

I've read a lot of self-help books. I love the idea of them! After all, therapy is expensive, and conversations on topics like anxiety or productivity too often circle around the same tropes. Most of these books leave you feeling like you've spent hours failing to find wisdom amongst filler.

Full blog here: https://www.kenreid.co.uk/blog/self-help-books.html