Guru Ratings
David Schwartz
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.
The Magic of Thinking Big (1995)
Offers hundreds of tips on thinking positively and creatively. It’s boring old advice, and much of it is silly: “If you believe it, you can achieve it!” Those kind of lies only hurt people.