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04 Jun 2023, 8:20 pm

Hello everyone,

I would like to hear what self help books you have found helpful and interesting. I am going through a challenging transitional period in my life right now and I feel that I need new coping strategies and life skills to adapt.

Look forward to hearing all of your responses.



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04 Jun 2023, 8:37 pm

Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People

Steven Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

David Allen’s Getting Things Done

The Bible (best seller)


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04 Jun 2023, 9:03 pm

Is there a specific category you're seeking self-help guidance in, or just broadly?


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04 Jun 2023, 9:38 pm

How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic and very well written. It has lots of interesting personal stories and isnt dry at all. Dale Carnegies book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living is also excellent.



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04 Jun 2023, 11:33 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Is there a specific category you're seeking self-help guidance in, or just broadly?

Just broadly, I am open to anything right now.



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05 Jun 2023, 8:11 am

Canadian Freedom Lover wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Is there a specific category you're seeking self-help guidance in, or just broadly?

Just broadly, I am open to anything right now.


Not a book, but Psych2Go is a good resource for mental self-care.

I tend to try to stick to self-help in fairly narrow fields, I'm skeptical of anyone (or anything) that claims or portrays itself as having all the answers, just because it's a field that attracts a lot of snakeoil salesmen.


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