4 Myths That Self Help Books Taught You, Explained | BoldSky

Advice on how to improve one’s self accounts for about $10 billion industry per year, and that’s just in the U.S. However, research shows that much of the advice extolled may be misleading or even wrong. Several myths about performance persist, despite research and practices that show they are half-truths at best. This might explain why people who buy one book have a high tendency to buy another one within a short period of time, as the previous one didn't work out for them. Advice too often mistakenly assumes performance can be compared across people, using the same gauge. That’s absurd. Let's look at some of the Myths propagated by most Self Help Books vs. how it is in real life as well as our advice to you regarding the same.