Any Real Change?

[yesican]

Have you read any self-improvement books in your life (e.g. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating, The 4-Hour Workweek, Awaken the Giant Within etc) Has your life really changed after reading them? Why ? or why not ?

[fiction-factory]

You only need to post once. Your username sounds as if you believe in these books but I have never been a great fan of this type of book

[Cloverjo]

I've read lots of them. They haven't changed a thing about me, sadly. Waste of time and money. That was years ago when I was younger and slightly more gullible.

[yesican]

thank you Cloverjo. Why do you think is the reason, that nothing changed in your case? For me there are not sufficient useful examples, that I can use and adapt to my life.

[saxy_jag]

I've not read many but of the ones I have read, two have stayed with me.

"When You And Your Mother Can't Be Friends" taught me that it's OK to not have good relationship with my mother and that I didn't have to feel guilty about it.

The second was a book written for musicians called "The Inner Game of Music" - really about the psychology of rehearsal and performance. One big point it made was about giving yourself permission to make mistakes. By doing so you free yourself from the pressure of having to perform perfectly, thus you relax more and actually play better.

By and large, though, most of them are just large helpings of bovine excrement.