Guru Ratings
Srikumar S. Rao
Bad.
Remember my ratings criteria. I’m not judging these gurus on “global” or moral values, but very specific criteria. Many of my favorite books would be rated “bad” by my criteria for self-help (probably, because they are not self-help books). My ratings don’t reflect how well an author met his own goals, but how well they met my criteria for useful, accurate self-help.
Are You Ready to Succeed?
Buddhist-inspired, motivational, inactionable gibberish.
He tells parables. “When you have one eye so firmly fixed on the goal, you have but one eye left to find the way.” How does that help anyone succeed?
Some people really like that stuff. But it can’t live up to the purpose of these guru ratings.