3 Myths about Self-help: Why do you need to work on improving your life experience?
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Self-Help and Chris
One of the constant companions to me has been family and books. If you have read my blogs at Chriseducator.com you know me, an ambivert leaning towards introversion.
I must confess I use to think of it as some kind of shortcoming. But I realized that most people mistake shyness for introversion. My introversion introduced me to Self Help books.
Discovering Self-Help
One of the first books I remember was reading at my Uncle's library. These books had something magical about them. They promised a lot of things. They exuded a lot of authority and masterful techniques.
A couple of decades later I do value them but not in the same way. I think of them as experiments in self-development. We all have areas we have to work on, either developing our strengths or dealing with the weaker parts of our personalities.
I think a lot of negative flak that Self-Help receives is due to certain myths that people buy into...
Three Myths on Self Help
Self-Help books are recipes to success
Self-Help is only for the weak
Self-Help is only a coping mechanism
I will elaborate on these 3 Points in the coming posts. Now let us shift our attention to how self-development is important. Subscribe now to catch this series.
Self Help is also about improving our Life Experience
I think we all have our reasons. We all have our own needs and dreams. Self-Help takes the attitude that you can control over your life, your time, and consequently your destiny (with obvious limitations). One thing I believe is that we don't live in a perfect world and so we may not apply all the wisdom and knowledge we may have. But it doesn't mean our journey starts becoming meaningless.
Catch you in the next post we shall explore this topic in even more depth.