weargon
Experienced
- Apr 20, 2019
- 201
This is probably the best place to get a bunch of interesting responses on the topics. I have known a few friends in the past who were the typical yuppies who would just eat it all up and rave about self help books, quotes, websites, youtube videos.
There's some genuinely interesting and scientific stuff out there, such as Thinking Fast And Slow, but it takes forever to read/listen to and I get distracted easily. So I'm still not raving about it.
Overall I think almost all of it is bullshit, and it's kind of obvious. Everyone knows it. The people who benefit from it the most are the self help writers and motivation coaches and whatever other talentless positions they call themselves.
The one thing that kind of irks me is the amount of padding. A lot of self help books can be reduced to 10% of their content without loosing a single point.
So anyways, I'm curious to hear what your thoughts are, which ones you believe actually might help, which ones are bullshit, which ones are funny, etc. Personally I laughed my ass off at the Tony Robbins episode they did on Family Guy. That guy is pretty damn weird and cult like during his speeches though. Watching a few random clips of him interviewing people at his events really made me go wtf. But I guess if we really think about it, the oldest and worst self help con out there is religion itself.
I think the only self help or motivation I've ever gotten out of any material was watching documentaries about, or listening to lectures from extremely accomplished intelligent people. And by accomplished I don't mean someone who's rich from cashing in on so many suckers, but trully accomplished in a way that benefits society. One example was watching the documentary Internet's Own Boy. Or reading a book on Tesla's entire life. I think it boils down to what you surround yourself with, media and people. When you're around nothing but lazy and ignorant people you are more content with being lazy and not learning anything.
There's some genuinely interesting and scientific stuff out there, such as Thinking Fast And Slow, but it takes forever to read/listen to and I get distracted easily. So I'm still not raving about it.
Overall I think almost all of it is bullshit, and it's kind of obvious. Everyone knows it. The people who benefit from it the most are the self help writers and motivation coaches and whatever other talentless positions they call themselves.
The one thing that kind of irks me is the amount of padding. A lot of self help books can be reduced to 10% of their content without loosing a single point.
So anyways, I'm curious to hear what your thoughts are, which ones you believe actually might help, which ones are bullshit, which ones are funny, etc. Personally I laughed my ass off at the Tony Robbins episode they did on Family Guy. That guy is pretty damn weird and cult like during his speeches though. Watching a few random clips of him interviewing people at his events really made me go wtf. But I guess if we really think about it, the oldest and worst self help con out there is religion itself.
I think the only self help or motivation I've ever gotten out of any material was watching documentaries about, or listening to lectures from extremely accomplished intelligent people. And by accomplished I don't mean someone who's rich from cashing in on so many suckers, but trully accomplished in a way that benefits society. One example was watching the documentary Internet's Own Boy. Or reading a book on Tesla's entire life. I think it boils down to what you surround yourself with, media and people. When you're around nothing but lazy and ignorant people you are more content with being lazy and not learning anything.
