Though the term self-help can refer to any case whereby an individual or a group (support group) betters themselves economically, intellectually or emotionally, the connotations of the phrase have come to apply particularly to psychological or psychotherapeutic nostrums, often purveyed through the popular genre of the "self-help" book. Sometimes writers refer to a "self-help movement", though this movement exists independently from self-help books. Self-help - History. The first "self-help" book was - indee ...

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Group and corporate aid for the "seeker" has also moved into the "self-help" marketplace, with LGATs and therapy systems ready with more or less pre-packaged solutions to instruct folk seeking their own individual betterment. Compare with other motivational groups that are sometimes called cults: Landmark Education Scientology Silva Method ...

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A counter-argument is that some readers of self-help books are seeking "easy answers", but that doesn't mean the answers in the books are easy to apply. A book can suggest a course of action (easy or not), but only the reader can carry it out, and some readers are more willing to do so than others. Those who make the effort often do make improvements in their lives. Steven Berglas wrote: In fairness to [Mark] Monsky and other self-help authors, there is often much useful material in their writings, and much of the damage ...

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Self-help, Self-help - History, Self-help - Self-help marketplace, Self-help - Criticisms, Self-help - In Defense of Self-help, Self-help - Resources, Self-help - Web books, Self-help - Web articles, Self-help - Websites, Self-help - Books

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