Two failings of the self-help industry and what to think instead

Jeff Valdivia
6 min readMar 25, 2019
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Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal… requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

~ Martin Luther King Jr.

There are two things that drive me crazy about the self-help industry.

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Jeff Valdivia

Following my curiosity and hoping it will lead me to wisdom. I write about psychology, meditation, self-development, and spirituality.