The Gospel According to Marianne Williamson
Do spirituality and self-help have a political constituency?
Self Help
How the Self-Esteem Craze Took Over America
“An idea too good not to believe.”
All-American Huckster
The untold story of Napoleon Hill, who practically invented the self-help scam through his 1937 book Think and Grow Rich.
'That's Not All!' Kevin Trudeau, The World’s Greatest Salesman, Makes One Last Pitch
A profile of the best-selling author, self-help guru and convicted felon.
Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?
A profile of organizational psychologist Adam Grant, who argues that the key to success comes from helping others.
EST, Werner Erhard, And the Corporatization of Self-Help
How Human Potential Movement workshops permeated our lives and our businesses.
On the Limits of Self-Improvement
There’s an entire micro-economy based on the pursuit of betterment. The author—58, full-figured, and ferocious in his consumption of cigarettes and scotch—agreed to test its limits.
Better, Faster, Stronger
A profile of Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Workweek.
Inside David Foster Wallaces Private Self-Help Library
Text from the books and Foster Wallace’s corresponding annotations:
Along with all the Wittgenstein, Husserl and Borges, he read John Bradshaw, Willard Beecher, Neil Fiore, Andrew Weil, M. Scott Peck and Alice Miller. Carefully.
Hollywood Shadows: A Cure for Blocked Screenwriters
Barry Michels is Hollywood’s most successful therapist cum motivation coach with an approach that combines Jungian psychology, encouraging patients to embrace their dark side, and “three-by-five index cards inscribed with Delphic pronouncements like THE HIERARCHY WILL NEVER BE CLEAR.”
