The Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need
by:
Paul Pearsall (author)
Although the tenets of self-help have been attacked before, Pearsall is the first psychologist to expose these deeply entrenched ideas to scientific scrutiny. And unlike other debunking books, The Last Self-Help Book You’ll Ever Need goes beyond skepticism to propose a set of life-affirming (and...
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Although the tenets of self-help have been attacked before, Pearsall is the first psychologist to expose these deeply entrenched ideas to scientific scrutiny. And unlike other debunking books, The Last Self-Help Book You’ll Ever Need goes beyond skepticism to propose a set of life-affirming (and refreshingly contrarian) axioms that can help anyone lead the Good Life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780465054879 (0465054870)
Publish date: January 2nd 2007
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
I thought this was a much-needed antithesis to the self-help movement (and I have read many a self-help book). I like his opposing views to some of the things I, myself, have tried and found unhelpful. However, I don't feel he fully lived up to providing the scientific studies to debunk those self...
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