Is there a self-help book not about things like making money or being happy, but about being flawless along a set of dimensions the designation of which as desirable is itself considered flawless reasoning? I've only really gotten hints form Taoism, Buddhism, decision theory, and economics thus far; nothing really from science-y folk. This kinda thing:
“One must give value to their existence by behaving as if ones very existence were a work of art.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
But with more detailed advice.
This is getting into other-optimizing territory, but I'm inclined to think that sort of goal is a bad idea. I'll give details if you're interested.
I've spent several years studying scientific self-help. I'm sharing some of what I've learned in my sequence The Science of Winning at Life, but I probably won't have time to write additional posts in that series for a while. In the meantime, those who are interested in what mainstream scientists have discovered so far about effective self-help methods may want to read some of my favorite popular-level scientific self-help books: