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Caps lock fever dream

The Gap and the Gain: The High Achievers' Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

January 21, 2022 by carmelpie 1 Comment

I don’t remember how I first learned about Benjamin Hardy. Not much of his advice resonated with me. However, one medium post in particular did. In it, he describes the concept of the gap and the gain.  “Your future growth and progress are now based in your understanding about the difference between the two ways in which you can measure yourself: against an ideal, which puts you in what I call ‘the GAP,’ and against your starting point, which puts you in ‘the GAIN,’ appreciating […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: bad self help, Benjamin Hardy, Business, Dan Sullivan, Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy, motivational, Psychology, Self-help

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: bad self help, Benjamin Hardy, Business, Dan Sullivan, Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy, motivational, Psychology, Self-help ·
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Marginal to bad advice wrapped in a “You can do it/Tough Love” package

Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

January 2, 2019 by Niki 8 Comments

I grabbed this audiobook from the library after internet algorithms kept pushing it at me.  I knew nothing about it, and thought with the title and the cover photo that it might be humor-centric self help.  After listening to it, I might have to re-evaluate some life choices to see why amazon thinks this is for me.  It starts off earnestly, as a lot of mommy-blog type advice does, but even in the introduction, she gets self-righteous and talks about the contempt she has for […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: bad self help, exhausting, rachel hollis

Niki's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: bad self help, exhausting, rachel hollis ·
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