The problem with self help books, besides the fact that most of them could have gotten their point across better as magazine articles, is that while their points may be good, there’s no follow through or follow up. You can read the book, get some fabulous, life changing insight, and six weeks later you’ve forgotten everything and you’re back to your same old thing. Things like therapy or good support groups work better, because you have ongoing support when you’re trying to make changes.

Dave Allen’s Getting Things Done was life changing for me, though. Or at least career changing.