What are some actual good self-help books?

[Anonymous No.12373791]

I've been looking for some self-help books that cover various topics (finance, work ethic, general life advice) but it seems most of them just spout the same "Live, Laugh, Love" bullshit.

Does anyone have recommendations for books that actually provide something of substance?

[Anonymous No.12373798]

Yeah, try studying finance if you want to study nothing. Work hard. There you go. Self help books don’t exist.

[Anonymous No.12373810]

The subtle art of not giving a fuck
40 ways to be miserable
Anne Frank

[Anonymous No.12373819]

The Compound Effect has a very useful practical method for self-discipline which in essence is meticulous record-keeping.

>>12373798
>Yeah, try studying finance
That's like telling a gambler to study probability

[Anonymous No.12373822]

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[Anonymous No.12373830]

>>12373791
self help books are scams

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[Anonymous No.12373835]

>>12373791
Papa Peterson cleans your room

[Anonymous No.12373836]

>>12373822
Hey there, I see you've decided to make a thread on /lit/. Here's some helpful questions for you to self-evaluate on whether your thread is a piece of shit or not:

1. If you are asking for reccomendations based on genre/subject/content/a certain atmosphere or feel, have you tried searching other places beforehand, such as review sites, academic journals, university syllabuses, or, if you have any, friends?
2. Does your thread contain the name of any famous literary or philosophical figure(s) (or that figure's ideas) that has been shilled extensively on /lit/ in the past few months?
2a. If the answer is 'yes' to question 2, does your thread contain any extensive references to that literary/philosophical figure's works in order to provide a good jumping-off point for deeper discussion?
3. Does your thread contain any ambiguous buzzwords (e.g. "postmodernism", "nihilism", "Marxism") that would require a great deal of elucidation and scholarly analysis to come to a consensus as to the exact meaning of the word?
4. Is your thread related to the act of/motivation to/doubts about etc... reading books rather than the books themselves?
5. Is your thread related to religion?
5a. If the answer is 'yes' to question 5, do you reference any theological studies or actual religious texts in detail in your thread?
6. Do you use any terminology that is used frequently on /pol/?
7. If you are asking for an opinion about the quality of a specific book, is it a book that has been extensively shilled on /lit/ in the past few months?
8. Does your thread contain any actual words (as opposed to punctuation marks or emojis)?
9. Is your thread related to writing advice, yet is not a part of a critique thread?
10. Does your thread consist of only 1 sentence?

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[Anonymous No.12373838]

>>12373832
Faggot

[Anonymous No.12373847]

>>12373832
do your browse /lit/ 16 hours a day

[Anonymous No.12373872]

http://my.ilstu.edu/~wjschne/selfhelp.html

[Anonymous No.12374067]

>>12373872
Ty lad

[Anonymous No.12374510]

Unironically 12 rules for life.

[Anonymous No.12374520]

>>12373791
How to Sneed Friends and Chuck-fluence people

[Anonymous No.12374598]

Jesus loves you