Who else thinks business/life "Self-Improvement" book are kind of BS?
Here is where I am going with this.
- One book says you should say yes all the time, another says you should say no a lot.
- Another book says set extraordinary, unrealistic goals, while another says you should be setting realistic goals that you can conquer but just focusing a little every day.
- One book says you should devote your life to one thing at any given time in your life, whereas another says you should be constantly trying new things.
Now, if you have read many of the hit books and the ones most recommended on BP, you can guess exactly which books which viewpoints came from. I can list them here or via PM if that helps.
With that said, I will still be a guinea pig and read these books, because I enjoy great writing. And the folks writing these books will continue to make money off of it, which I am totally cool with. But lets just admit that those authors preach those viewpoints as gospel because that's WHAT WORKED IN THEIR LIFE to get them the success that they have.
And if you tell me, both polarizing strategies should be used at different times, that kind of defeats the purpose of self/business-improvement then, because the statements are so polarizing in a given book.
@Brandon Turner Because I think you can guess the books that these conflicting/opposite viewpoints came from ;)