Has anyone ever followed something they have read in a self help book and improved their lives by so doing?
I ask because I have started a number of these books, never finished any of them and never really taken much from them outside of the blindingly obvious.
I ask this because I heard a conversation on the bus a few days ago between two people, one of whom had obviously been reading a self help book.
The conversation went something along the lines of:
"So it said be kind to yourself and learn to say no. That way you conserve energy."
And of course that's not rocket science. In fact it's not any kind of science. A lot of this self help stuff seems like drivel to me and some of it concerns me because in effect it is encouraging people to become selfish.
How about instead of saying no you decide instead to say yes. I like to say yes when I can. Yes I'm happy to help, yes I'm happy to do that, yes I'm occasionally happy to move outside my comfort zone, yes I'm happy to try something new.
That way I feel I continue to keep developing as a person. By saying no too often it might be construed as a tad selfish and shows a lack of development. Over to you.
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Had a lovely and ever so slightly surreal evening at the launch for my friend Richard Headicar's book about his philosopher friend Alfred Reynolds.
I have written lots about this and Richard was very kind once again to mention me both in the book and his speech on the night.
Good friends, good company, good wine, good nibbles and I'm expecting a few comments from a Bloggette who also enjoyed the evening.
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Norwich continued on their hit and miss football season with a win at Hull. But they continue to be inconsistent. We win one, we lose one, we win one, we lose one and so it goes on.
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As usual I was concerned about a shortfall in stories for the latest Good News magazine. How am I going to fill all the space I said to myself at 10 am yesterday. By midday I had received a mass of stuff and was finding it tough to get it all in. C'est La Vie.