The Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need
Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, Be a Good Blamer, and Throttle Your Inner Child
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Fat? Unhappy? Looking for love? With 20,000 plus self-help titles on the shelves, people are still overweight, suicidal and unfulfilled. Neuropsychologist Paul Pearsall debunks the promises of the self-help genre. He exhorts you to treat it skeptically, being mindfully aware of whether its counsel fits your life. This is probably not the "last self-help book you’ll ever need;" it’s certainly not the last self-help book Dr. Pearsall is likely to write (and he writes well, so that’s fine). However, it will make you think and help you gain perspective on "self-helpism." Quit obsessing about the future and what you don’t have. Seize the moment. A life well-lived must, in fact, be authentically lived, not just contemplated. getAbstract advocates Pearsall’s contrary point of view as the antidote to way too much positive thinking.
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About the Author
Neuropsychologist Dr. Paul Pearsall speaks widely on psychological issues and has written other self-help books including The Pleasure Prescription and The Beethoven Factor.
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A lot of teachings in this summary contradicts what I read in most self help books and yet the author gives a good plausible defense for what he writes.
I recommend this opposite side of the coin summary to be read right after reading a traditional self help summary.
The $100,000 take away I got from reading this is rather than thinking positive, think with full awareness.