Yeah I realized self help books and audio books are a waste of time and money. You get the gist from the back cover. I believe in improving myself, sure, but my approach is much simpler - just deliberate practice and being a well rounded person. Being humble and realistic helps too - I’m probably not going to be super rich, wealthy, or famous but my current life is far from bad.
This self help obsession especially among urban professionals is pretty amusing. A lot of people who only read the latest self help books and listen to the same podcasts at 2x speed but don’t actually do much.
>I realized self help books and audio books are a waste of time and money
You may think that about the books you read, but that's not true about a genre in general. It's useful to discriminate sources and figure out whether the author has particular credibility in what she is talking about.
>This self help obsession especially among urban professionals is pretty amusing
I think it's pretty telling that you think it's funny that people are spending time thinking about how to make their lives better. What would be a better use of time? Americans in particular used to habitually think about how to change their habits for the better when they went to church every week. Now that people don't do that anymore, something else fills that need. If you're reading material written by someone who actually knows what they are talking about (e.g. a doctor or respected psychologist) that is arguably analogous to and better than attending church weekly.
This self help obsession especially among urban professionals is pretty amusing. A lot of people who only read the latest self help books and listen to the same podcasts at 2x speed but don’t actually do much.