Personally... I would never even consider reading a self-help/motivational books. Unless of course I'd have a hidden agenda, but that is very unlikely.
I consistently noticed S types liking them... A lot. "Books about life" is what they call them. N types, however, don't seem to like them much, in my surroundings (online and offline) at least.
SJs or SPs, they like them. STs or SFs, they like them. Why? Is this "phenomena" widespread, or is it just my surroundings?
Would/have you read such a book? Why?
Personally... I would never even consider reading a self-help/motivational books. Unless of course I'd have a hidden agenda, but that is very unlikely.
I consistently noticed S types liking them... A lot. "Books about life" is what they call them. N types, however, don't seem to like them much, in my surroundings (online and offline) at least.
SJs or SPs, they like them. STs or SFs, they like them. Why? Is this "phenomena" widespread, or is it just my surroundings?
Would/have you read such a book? Why?
Whatever you need to tell yourself to make yourself feel superior. I'd rather admit my ignorance and take steps to stop being ignorant, but to each his/her own.Skimming through, I did that to see what those books are about... And to be able to make fun when I want to. That falls under the "secret agenda" category.
[MENTION=4]cafe[/MENTION] reading up on how to do something (how to tie my shoes, how to weld a PC case) is not self-help or motivational books.
Personally... I would never even consider reading a self-help/motivational books. Unless of course I'd have a hidden agenda, but that is very unlikely.
I consistently noticed S types liking them... A lot. "Books about life" is what they call them. N types, however, don't seem to like them much, in my surroundings (online and offline) at least.
SJs or SPs, they like them. STs or SFs, they like them. Why? Is this "phenomena" widespread, or is it just my surroundings?
Would/have you read such a book? Why?
Can you explain to me how I am wrong?
Basically self help books that focus on happiness are pointless, agreed. Knowing a lot of facts about happiness doesn't actually make anyone happier.
I think of self-help books as the NF department, not S.
I generally like them, you just have to sort through the fluff to find the useful ones. I'd say they're more useful as an inspiring touchstone and casual resource than the panacea they sometimes present themselves as.
I disagree with this. I think that there's a lot of good literature on paths to happiness. Facts about happiness are generally presented with the point of you figuring out the correlations... If I know, for example, that any increases in my salary past 70K will have no statistically significant impact on my quality of life, then I can apply that in a number of ways.
Same.I've read a lot of them, they're of pretty varying quality or usefulness.
I began reading these sorts of books in my late teens when I read How to Win Friends and Influence People, I wanted to read it because I was lead to believe it was a classic book and when I did I liked the style of writing and thought it imparted knowledge which deserved to be common sense or common place and it wasnt.
Self-help books are just how-to books for your finances, psyche, or relationships. Those are some of the most important factors in one's quality of life. Writing off a whole segment of potentially useful information because some sources are crackpots is illogical.
Well, that's all well and good for people that have common sense. I'm notoriously lacking in that department. As a matter of fact, if it ever looks like I have common sense, I generally read it in a book or screwed it up enough times to finally figure it out.It's just that oftentimes, what they try to "teach" you is common sense with a little bit of motivational kool-aid.
Personally, I like studying and researching, but I'd rather devoted my time to something more groundbreaking, or at the very least...not so obvious.