self-help books

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 1, 2017 by Susan Cain · across every show →

Everything said about self-help books, oldest first

Nov 1, 2017
Assertion Supported
Cain: 20th-Century Self-Help Literature Shifted Focus From Character to Charisma
“And he looked at the self-help books from the 19th century and compared them to the self-help books from the 20th century. And he found that literally like the words that the authors use were completely different. So in the 19th century, The words in the self-…”
Susan Cain Nov 1, 2017 ▶ 13:55 #24 Susan Cain: Leading the Quiet Revolution
Dec 11, 2018 negative
Opinion
Robinson: Most self-help books fail to show practical execution
“Most how-to books and self-help, they're not really how-to books, they're what-to books. They tell you what to do, but they don't actually show you how to do it”
Adam Robinson Dec 11, 2018 ▶ 24:52 #47 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 1)
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