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On The Futility of Offering Advice
by platitudes, slogans and wishful thinking.
Steven Bartlett • The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
The False Promise of Understanding Yourself
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Reading self-help books and not improving can actually harm us. It can strengthen our sense of failure and weaken our resolve. Knowing more and more about our problems, but never learning how to change the root of the issue is not self-help; it’s a setup for disappointment.
Grace Smith • Close Your Eyes, Get Free: Use Self-Hypnosis to Reduce Stress, Quit Bad Habits, and Achieve Greater Relaxation and Focus
The problem with receiving bad advice is that you do not realize that the advice is bad when you are a beginner, and the bad habits become ingrained and very, very difficult to remove. My advice is: learn from the best or teach yourself. And do not bother at all if you do not have an exaggerated sense of curiosity."