What’s Wrong with This Picture?
It’s estimated that Americans spend $11 billion (that’s a b—billion)
a year on self-help products—everything from books to DVDs to
diet pills—while American companies spend over $400 billion a
year on professional development programs for their employees.
Personally, I think those are very low estimates; especially when
you consider all the weight-loss programs, exercise equipment,
business books, and everything else you could put in the category
of self-help.
(Yes, I know there are a lot of other, fancier terms for this:
personal
growth, self-improvement, professional development, etc.
But for now, let’s just agree to call it self-help, OK?)
Actually, I call most of this information SHELF-help—because
that’s where most of it goes—on the shelf along with all the rest
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