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Comment author: [deleted] 11 November 2015 11:09:14PM 0 points [-]

Since, for better or worse, most self-help material doesn't wind up helping or harming even when someone actually tries to use them,

Small nitpick: I think the reason self-help has little effect is that most people don't apply it, not that they apply it and nothing happens.

Comment author: ChristianKl 12 November 2015 12:49:48PM 0 points [-]

Small nitpick: I think the reason self-help has little effect is that most people don't apply it, not that they apply it and nothing happens.

I think a sizeable portion of people do things like daily affirmations. But even for applied self help there are often effects but the effect are neither that the person ends up as a billionaires or homeless.

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