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Naive Self-Help

Naive self-help refers to self-help authors and products that distort reality, provide sub-optimal advice, and potentially even harm the learner.

Here at The Power Movie we know something about self-help.
We’ve gone through thousands of self-help products, and we summarize and review hundreds of them.
We’ve seen great products, and… Not so great ones.

But… How to recognize what’s good, from what’s not?

In this article, you will learn how to recognize and avoid naive self-help (so that yo...

You Can Heal Your Life: Summary, Review, & Criticism

You Can Heal Your Life (1984) purports to cure at once mental and body ailments via the power of self-love, self-acceptance, the “evaporation of guilt”, and positive thinking.

Bullet SummaryThe issues that we face in our lives stem from a lack of self-loveYou have to approve of yourself exactly as you areYou get what you focus on. Focus on positivesFull Summary

About the Author:
Louise Lynn Hay was an American motivational author and the founder of Hay House, a publisher of “new tho...

The Power of Positive Thinking: Summary & Review

The Power of Positive Thinking says that to be happy and content in life you must take control of the thoughts in your mind, avoid negative thoughts, and replace them with more positive ones.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

-Norman Vince Peale

Bullet SummaryAvoid negative thoughtsReplace negative thoughts with positives ones -and believe in them!-When stressed, take a break. Prey, meditate, walk in the woods. Reconnect with natureFull Summary

About The Author:
Nor...

The Secret: Summary, Review & Criticism

The Secret is a new age self-help book based on the law of attraction and teaches readers that to get what you want, you need to think about what you want and believe that you will get it. Then, the universe will give it to you.

Bullet SummaryYou attract what you think, because our minds are magnets that vibrate with the universeBe specific about what you wantRelease your thought into the universe, albeit there are no exact details on how to do thatBelieve you will get itAct as if you al...

Tom Torero: What Happens When You Come Across As A Taker (Case Study)

Tom Ralis, in art Tom Torero, is a late pick-up artist and dating coach.

He was active in the pick-up and coaching community for a long time and had several books, including “Conversation King” that we review here.

Tom Torero took his own life after he had been “canceled”.

INTRO

First thing to say is: sucks to hear of Tom Torero’s.

I wish he had weathered the cancelling storm, I wish he was still here, and I’d have gladly spoken to him if it could have helped.

So “it sucks”...

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: Summary & Review

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success teaches readers how to achieve success and fulfillment through a mix of spirituality, positive thinking, and law of attraction.

Bullet SummaryLet go of your ego as a separate identityJoin the connectedness of the energy that underpins the whole universeWhen you connect to divine energy, you can get anything you wantFull Summary

These are the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success:

1. The Law of Pure Potentiality

We are part of the divine force tha...

Dragons, Monsters, and Men by Jordan B. Peterson: Summary & Review

Dragons, Monsters, and Men is a 4-part series taught by clinical psychologist, Jordan B. Peterson, aimed at teaching men how to discover their purpose, overcome challenges, raise their masculinity, and effectively pursue greatness.

Bullet SummaryDevelop a vision for yourself and start taking on more responsibility: to develop your skills and characterOnly take on worthy challenges: avoid foolhardy behaviorArm yourself with words: your social power is more important than the coercive power...

Awareness: Summary & Review

In Awareness (1990) author Anthony de Mello proposes a different approach to religion and Christianity based on spiritual enlightenment. De Mello teaches how that enlightenment, or “awareness” as he also calls it, feels like and provides guidance on how ot become more aware and content in life.

Exec SummaryTrue happiness is unconditional of things and eventsTrue love does not need the object of love. True love, deeper, comes with awareness and enlightenmentEnlightened people are content w...

Power: Why Some People Have It – and Others Don’t: Summary & Review

In Power Jeffrey Pfeffer explains why learning power dynamics is crucial and teaches readers how to acquire power with tips and career strategies on topics such as networking, self-development, reputation management, how to act and speak with power, and coping with opposition and setbacks.

Exec SummaryPower is good for your health because it prevents anxiety and feelings of helplessness. Conversely, not having power is bad for your health because it creates more anxiety and feelings of he...

Radical Acceptance: Summary & Review

Radical Acceptance (2004) teaches readers how to use the two wings of mindfulness plus compassion to become more enlightened and improve our experience, life, and relationships.

Exec SummaryRadical acceptance is mindfulness plus compassion: to see the world and ourselves for what they are, moment by moment (mindfulness) and accept it with compassionWhenever you’re overwhelmed, pause, and meditatePain is OK, part of life, and you can also learn to accept itFULL SUMMARY

About the Aut...