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How to Spot Bad Self-Help Advice

The $43 billion self-help industry is full of people peddling a wide range of different ideas. How do you tell the good from the bad?

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Thomas Walker-Werth
Feb 28, 2025
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The self-help industry is massive—in 2022 it made more than $43 billion. This goes to show the huge volume of people who are looking for ways to improve their lives. Some self-help figures do offer valuable advice for achieving happiness and success—but a great many offer false hope and impossible promises.

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