Read (AND ACT ON) These Three Books …
I think 99 out of 100 self-help books offer prescriptions that are too good to be true—or require commitments that are implausible. But as to the 1 in 100, or 1,000: I think the following three (ALL METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED) self-help/how-to books are worth 100X their weight in gold—and are as good as Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People and Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich.
Namely …
GETTING TO YES … Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton.
LEARNED OPTIMISM … Martin Seligman.
CRUCIAL CONFRONTATIONS … Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler.
I avoid such books like the plague. HOWEVER: I HAVE BENEFITED ENORMOUSLY (personally & professionally) FROM EACH OF THESE THREE. They “fill a compelling need” … AND ARE DO-ABLE!
NB: Each of these authors/co-authors has produced a consistent body of work—c.f., Seligman’s Authentic Happiness—that is worth the price of admission; I’ve simply chosen my fav of each lot.