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Self-help: so good even when it's so bad

Self-help: so good even when it's so bad

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Leslie Kern
Jul 24, 2023
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Isn’t it just the most annoying thing when someone you strongly dislike makes a really good point? And you have to agree with them, and you maybe even learned something? So irritating!

This happens to me all the time with self-help books. It’s always something: the book’s poorly written. It got weirdly religious. Wa…

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