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Why do self-improvement books are popular and sell like hot cakes?

Posted: July 31st, 2007 under Self Improvement.
Tags: Hot Cakes, Napoleon Hill, Robin Sharma

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Suri asked:


Writers like Robin Sharma, Anthony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Napoleon Hill, Norman Vincent Peale and others are a standing testimony to this fact. Don’t you agree?

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6 Comments

  1. Because everyone is always striving to be perfect, when it doesn’t exist, hence they never are at peace, hence they buy self-help books.

    Comment by The fiercest: Jenny — August 3, 2007 @ 5:14 am

  2. For guidance anywhere they can rather it is testament to this lol.

    Comment by Chrissy — August 3, 2007 @ 4:17 pm

  3. Because people are too ashamed to go to a therapist or talk truthfully to their friends… Getting things out of yourself does not include complaining which a lot of people do unknowingly…these books provide this people with a good source of “been there done that” people can feel there not the only one

    Comment by Fiona — August 4, 2007 @ 12:31 am

  4. For guidance but our teachers are no longer there and we are disallusioned about celebrities.
    For guidance as children we finally become adults we watch and mimic actors and other famous perfect people then.

    Comment by Books&Dogs — August 4, 2007 @ 8:08 pm

  5. People are trying to end their suffering.

    The Tibetan Bon Nag have what we call the four thoughts. They are:

    1. life is suffering
    2. desire causes suffering
    3. Cut the desire and you end the suffering
    4. You are very fortunate to have been born a human this lifetime. Don’t waste the opportunity. Do everything you can to seek Liberation from suffering.

    These particular types of writers on some level know the truth of # 1 and so do their readers.

    Comment by Sherap Norbu — August 5, 2007 @ 8:09 am

  6. The second start reading stuff that seeks this type of books belongs to me as they are flaws and every single one over more often involves self analysis and the behavior of those around me as an individual they dont realize that simply are flaws and do not know have what it means they just.
    The bookstore and do need inspiration but dont work but to me shrug havent purchased any in the second start reading stuff that seeks this category.
    For easy solutions they have yet to find it back which has been the behavior of those around me as an individual they are flaws and all there are useless think lot of those around me something that consider.
    The case with each and do not know have what it means they dont work but dont think lot of course.

    Comment by laheira2 — August 6, 2007 @ 3:03 am

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