ClareNov 18, 2022
@bookstodon my book club theme next month is "bad self help books"... any tips?
Show threadricketson
@clarespurrell @bookstodon "Who moved my cheese" -- blame yourself for difficulties in life and ignore/serve the people who created them.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/kevin-carson-who-moved-my-cheese-revisited
Who Moved My Cheese, Revisited

Kevin Carson Who Moved My Cheese, Revisited January 29, 2006

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Show threadClareNov 19, 2022
@ricketson @bookstodon thank YOU! as its a swiss based book club, this feels remarkable appropriate 😀
Show threadricketsonNov 19, 2022
@clarespurrell @bookstodon Glad it sounds interesting to you. Perhaps another good one is the classic "the secret". I suspect that this is an American thing... have you heard of it?
https://hackspirit.com/i-followed-the-secret-for-2-years-and-it-nearly-destroyed-my-life/
I followed “The Secret” for 2 years and it nearly destroyed my life

Right after quitting my PhD to begin my business, I came across “The Secret”. This is a supposed universal law of life known by some of the most successful people […] More

Hack Spirit
Show threadClareNov 19, 2022
@ricketson @bookstodon no but its going on the list. I was also reminded of "The Rules" which came out i think in the 90s.... surely a contender  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/style/the-rules-book.html
Stuff Your ‘Rules’

“The Rules” taught us how to deform ourselves to nab a husband. But what would we do once we had him?