/self-help/

[Anonymous No.21832057]

What's your self-help stack look like, /lit/erati?

[Anonymous No.21832061]

>>21832057
The Only Way to Jhana

[Anonymous No.21832295]

>>21832057
Something like this.

[Anonymous No.21832301]

I'm such a fruitpilled peachcel

[Anonymous No.21832482]

Atomic Habits is literal autism, requires micro-manipulating every aspect of your daily life.

[Anonymous No.21832563]

>>21832482
You’re literal autism!

[Anonymous No.21832931]

>>21832057
I write my own.

[Anonymous No.21832970]

>>21832057
>>21832295
I'm not reading any of this Ivan. Nice try.

[Anonymous No.21832983]

>>21832057
I read Mastery by Robert Greene last year and didn't retain one iota of information from it

[Anonymous No.21833024]

>>21832057
Which one should I start with?

[Anonymous No.21833048]

Literally the only things that had visible benefit on my life were just: quitting caffeine, sleeping a fixed 8 hours everyday, and drinking enough water ALL the time. All the self help books I read were a waste of time and at many times worsened my mentality. Don't read and feed these scam writers, please friends.

[Anonymous No.21833114]

>>21833048
>All the self help books I read were a waste of time and at many times worsened my mentality
Sounds like a personal problem.

[Anonymous No.21833137]

>>21832057
A must-read

[Anonymous No.21833155]

>>21832931
I read all of this in a New Jersey wop accent

[Anonymous No.21833642]

>>21832057
Six Pillars of Self-Esteem is the only one I recommend.
>>21832482
No.

[Anonymous No.21833762]

>>21832983
Robert Greene is the master of writing 500+ pg books that don’t say anything at all

[Anonymous No.21833809]

if you need self help books brother you are truly lost, I will pray for your soul

[Anonymous No.21833820]

The Bible

[Anonymous No.21833854]

>>21833809
>you can read any book you like and learn whatever you want from them
>just not the books that are meant to instruct you on some concrete and definite process
low iq

[Anonymous No.21833856]

>>21833854
>can't figure out basic stuff for himself
>calls other people low iq
ironic...

[Anonymous No.21833991]

>>21833856
IQ doesn't have anything to do with changing one's habits or beliefs.

[Anonymous No.21834010]

>>21833991
in this case that other anon must be really low iq...why bring it up in the first place!

[Anonymous No.21834014]

Dianetics, obviously

[Anonymous No.21834959]

>>21833137
will you be my gf (male)?

[Anonymous No.21835518]

>>21834010
You’re actually a fucking moron holy shit, just pulling conclusions out of a hat instead of using your already scant cognitive faculties
Maybe the reason that you don’t like self-help books is that you wouldn’t glean anything from any of them in the first place you clown

[Anonymous No.21835626]

>The Sermon on the Mount
>Katha Upanishad
>The Heart Sutra
For me, these three writings are the most atomic forms of “self-help.” They have held up over centuries and confront the key issues of living, existing, and acting. I don’t try to reconcile them into a holistic system, but draw from the totality of their knowledge as guides to approach each difficult situation.

[Anonymous No.21835691]

>>21835518
no need to have a melty about it
just keep relying on grifters for obvious shit if that's what you wanna do

[Anonymous No.21835776]

>>21835691
>every self-help book was written by a grifter
shiggy diggy

[Anonymous No.21835848]

a lot of self help genre is by literal con men/grifters especially on our side with a lot of the goon stuff and primal living.
with that said i’ve gotten a lot out of self help books, two i recommend the most are:
Masculinity Amidst Madness - Ryan Landry
How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

how to win friends especially is one you can keep coming back to, just pick a random chapter and re read it here and there.

masculinity amidst madness is a very practical book that gives you actionable steps to get your shit together and go from bugman to an actual man

[Anonymous No.21835860]

>>21835848
remember this piece of shit being shilled everywhere

[Anonymous No.21835926]

>>21833642
>Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
Same.
It's been the best self help book I've read so far.

[Anonymous No.21836898]

>>21832057
I actually have those books lol that anon convinced me to get em and theyre great. Here's my small stack of self improvement books (ignore the mike tyson book). Remember anons don't just read the books, take notes and apply them to your life otherwise all you're doing is passively reading. Reading self improvement books simply to get to the next book is reading for entertainment.

[Anonymous No.21836903]

>>21835926
>>21833642
How much influence does Rand have on this?

[Anonymous No.21836962]

>>21836903
She's mentioned a handful of times in the book.

[Anonymous No.21836997]

>>21832295
>your brain on porn
One of the worst books ever written. This will make your porn addiction worse. It speaks nothing on the ill effects of masturbation and recreational sex. There are all these anecdotes in it from hypersexual brainlets. I fell asleep listening to the audio book or pdf to text audio, forget which, and I woke up and remember fragments of it in my dreams. I would say this set me back several months at least. The idea of quitting porn but not masturbation is even worse by the way because the brain is going to be drawn to thinking of scenes consumed and time to climax will be longer, reinforcing the memories of them and the habit. The end result is more time spent on onaism with greater frequency. Best bet is to look at pinups and make the best effort to reduce the frequency and avoid websites. When you read a half measure book, all this talk of sex and pornography without any game plan or associations to why it's harmful, is just going to serve to reinforce porn. As an atheist, I found old catholic sermons and writings on lust much more helpful. Even St. Augistine's confessions helped. YBOP is peak reddit. All these brainlets le porn bad but tantric sex good (as the author assets) , just pathetic amounts to just be aroused all the time bro. I want to avoid it because it's a waste of time and influences my behavior in such a way it's able to hijack what my will was previously set on. You can't really plan around it either. The saitety produced from a single orgasm often is insufficient leading to repeating it and once done too frequently one thing never is mentioned is the tupor and anhedonia that follows repeated ejaculations in a short period in men. I'll write a good book on the topic one day I hope with the best way of quitting porn and reducing sexual frequency and desire as well.

[Anonymous No.21837615]

>>21832057

[Anonymous No.21838819]

>>21837615
>bible

lol

[Anonymous No.21838823]

>>21837615
the more i look at it, the worse it gets. surprised rich dad poor dad isn't on here. please never post this again or share it with anyone.

[Anonymous No.21838829]

Hogg by Samuel Delaney changed my life

[Anonymous No.21839473]

>>21838823
I have most of these books on my to read list, why do you think this graphic is shit?

[Anonymous No.21839491]

>>21838823
There's nothing wrong with Rich Dad Poor Dad

[Anonymous No.21840746]

>>21832057
the name is retarded and the book is fucking old (first edition is from 1975) but it has some interesting concepts, pic related.

The newer edition only add some commentaries from the new editor.

[Anonymous No.21840817]

>>21832482
Not at all, the book boils down to
>have visible reminders for your desired habit
>make your habit as simple and easy as possible
>tie your habit to rewards or pleasurable activities
>keep track of your habit, don't break the streak
That's literally it. No autistic micro-managing, no OCD required

[Anonymous No.21840948]

>>21840746
I had some cosmetic surgery done on myself and I can fully say this guy was right on self-image.

[Anonymous No.21840965]

>>21840948
from cosmetic surgeon to psychologist, impressive change of career.

[Anonymous No.21840977]

>>21840948
What's your experience? This is fascinating.

[Anonymous No.21841014]

>>21840977
Had a scar on my face that pretty much made me self-conscious throughout my youth. It was pretty hard waking up in the morning and looking in the mirror and think to yourself that you were a person worth loving. It killed my self-esteem, along with my confidence in pretty much everything. After getting a job and saving up money, I went to a plastic surgeon and had work done to fix it. I took the bandages off after a couple of days and the result was much better than I had hoped so. But even after fixing my face, I still worried about my appearance and had feelings of inadequacy. The old scars were still there mentally and I had to consciously put effort into fixing how I viewed myself, my self-esteem and learning how to look at life positively instead of negatively.
I read the book after I had done a lot of work fixing my mental self and it's text still resonated with me with how accurate it is.
If I had read Psycho-Cybernetics and The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem back in highschool, I would have had a much more bearable youth.

[Anonymous No.21841044]

>learning how to learn
just take adderall
its that easy

[Anonymous No.21841066]

>>21841044
>Learn how to learn and then take adderall
And this is to go...even further beyond

[Anonymous No.21841105]

big issues will be cheap
>xchips