Have you ever wondered why people read motivational/self help books and eventually make nothing out of them? Have you ever wondered why these books end up being sweet talk? That millions of individuals read books on how to make money and success and end up having the opposite or why health books are primarily ineffective for billions of desperate individuals worldwide. This book examines, in simple terms, the basic psychological, sociological and philosophical principles underlying self help books/motivational books and individuals that read them and seeks to proffer possible solution to this looming menace and threat to individual freedom. You probably are that individual amongst the millions reading this summary and would want to know why a book on how to get rich didn’t get you rich or that health book on how to lose weight has even, on the contrary, made you add more pounds to your fat or why you became less of a leader after reading that book on leadership.


Contents

Fundamental………………………………………..6
Being Pragmatic…………………………………....7
Pages of Repetition………………………………...9
Back in Time……………………………………...10
Realistic……………………………………………13
Pop Culture………………………………………...15
Megalabel………………………………………….19
Dream-death Environment………………………...21
Class Act…………………………………………..24
Personal Stories less than Basic principles………..26
Common Sense and Thought Inventions………….29
Vanities and Weaknesses………………………….34
Vanities……………………………………………35
Spurred to Research……………………………….41
Unusual Solutions…………………………………45
Biblical and Spiritual Claims……………………...48
Fictional Use of Facts……………………………...53
Alluring Figures…………………………………...56
Between the Lines…………………………………59
Basic Sophistry…………………………………….61
A Big Stick Like Roosevelt………………………..63
A Superfluous Bulk………………………………..65
Categories………………………………………….66
Elixir-of-life remedies……………………………..68
The Last Analogy………………………………….70
Concluding………………………………………...74