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Which ones changed you're life for the better, mine are

Stop Smoking - Allen Carr - for obvious reasons
The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness - M.Williams ea - Even if you're not depressed releases you from the chains of you're thoughts (and become a buddhist without knowing it)
THe God Delusion - R. Dawkins - Got rid of that last piece of guilt
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Penthouse or any other "gentleman read".
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Gollum's Cock wrote:The God Delusion - R. Dawkins
I never really saw that as a "self-help" book to tell the truth.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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never been that into them myself, but i know 3 people that stopped smoking after reading the allen carr book :o

so fair play to that 8)
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Quiff Boy wrote:never been that into them myself, but i know 3 people that stopped smoking after reading the allen carr book :o

so fair play to that 8)
If I'm not comprised into those 3 already, make that 4... ;D

Although it was a combination of own willpower and Allen's book, but 'tis ever thus, no...?

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Although it was a combination of own willpower and Allen's book, but 'tis ever thus, no...?
indeed it is.

4 then. ;)
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Gollum's Cock wrote:The God Delusion - R. Dawkins
I never really saw that as a "self-help" book to tell the truth.
It is if you went to a Welsh Non-Conformist chapel twice every sunday from 4 to 16 years of age.
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Quiff Boy wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Although it was a combination of own willpower and Allen's book, but 'tis ever thus, no...?
indeed it is.

4 then. ;)
5! :D
But I had already stopped smoking, and then after a week or so I read the book to confirm myself.
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Gollum's Cock wrote:
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Gollum's Cock wrote:The God Delusion - R. Dawkins
I never really saw that as a "self-help" book to tell the truth.
It is if you went to a Welsh Non-Conformist chapel twice every sunday from 4 to 16 years of age.
Ah well, fairy nuff.
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Ever listen to Paul McKenna self help CDs? Sounds like a Child Molester :eek:
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Gollum's Cock wrote:Which ones changed you're life for the better, mine are

Stop Smoking - Allen Carr - for obvious reasons
he's a bit camp for my liking

anything by barbara and allan pease makes me laugh
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Sita wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Although it was a combination of own willpower and Allen's book, but 'tis ever thus, no...?
indeed it is.

4 then. ;)
5! :D
But I had already stopped smoking, and then after a week or so I read the book to confirm myself.
So what makes Allen's book so effective?
i.e. more successful than other give up smoking books.
I am curious!
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i can't stand the stuff. patronising bollox :evil:

having said that, my encounters with self help books have so far been limited to flicking through a couple of pages at the bookstore, so what do i know?

anyways, i find all the self help i need in the supermarket booze aisle, thankyouverymuch ;D
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Self Help Books I Have Known:

Mastering Golf The Chinese Way - Ho Lin Wun
Gymnastics Made Easy - Horace Ontalbars
Advanced Arboreal Techniques - Theresa Greene
Building A Great Fashion Brand - Lee Vyfyvohwon
Beating Your Addiction To Self-Abuse - Jacques Kinghof


Self Help Books I Have Read And Benefitted From:

Winnie the Pooh on Management - Roger Allen
Winne the Pooh on Problem Solving - Roger & Stephen Allen
The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
The Art of War - Sun Tzu (clichéd, but worth reading)
Straight & Crooked Thinking - Thouless
I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sallew - Dr. Seuss

The last is a classic - the story of a troubled young man from the Valley of Vung who hears about a place where they never have troubles (or at least, very few). He goes through all manner of trials and tribulations to get there, only to find that the door is locked. The doorman suggests another place where they never have troubles (no troubles at all), and the young man thinks about going there. Then he reconsiders, and the book closes with,

"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind.
Some come from ahead and some come from behind.
But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!"
"I won't go down in history, but I probably will go down on your sister."
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avaritia wrote:
Sita wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote: indeed it is.

4 then. ;)
5! :D
But I had already stopped smoking, and then after a week or so I read the book to confirm myself.
So what makes Allen's book so effective?
i.e. more successful than other give up smoking books.
I am curious!
Hmmh, I don't think it's the book that makes people quit. Maybe most people who pick it up are tired of smoking anyway. I remember it being quite blunt, so maybe people who still like smoking would flip through some pages and put it away.
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I read it from the first to the last page ... didn't work for me ... :wink:
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Self help books and CDs are my guilty pleasure. I like Michael Heppell's stuff, just the right mix of the obvious but surprisingly useful.

if you ever have a Paul McKenna weightloss CD, dont leave it in your CD player overnight, as sods law says the blinking thing will break, and the man in the fixy shop will laugh at you. A lot :( :oops:
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Godzilla's Twelve Step Program- Joe R. Lansdale.
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Being645 wrote:I read it from the first to the last page ... didn't work for me ... :wink:

Self help books that did NOT help are another story ;D
I read a Karen Kingston book on Feng Shui and straightening the mess that is your apartment. It all sounded pretty reasonable (I mean, reasonable as something that esoteric can be...) until she started talking about how to s**t in harmony with the universe :eek:

And a very nasty book that probably the Germans know, "Simplify Your Life", the ugly yellow book with the repulsive "cute" drawings of happy imbeciles. I only managed 40 pages or so, and it's been a few years ago, but I still feel sick.
Batty Von Blingtrash wrote: if you ever have a Paul McKenna weightloss CD, dont leave it in your CD player overnight, as sods law says the blinking thing will break, and the man in the fixy shop will laugh at you. A lot :( :oops:
Awww... :lol: :notworthy:
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