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- ISBN
- 1400054109
- EAN
- 9781400054107
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless
- Artist
- Salerno, Steve
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1400054109
ISBN-13
9781400054107
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50234923
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sham : How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Personal Growth / General, Popular Culture, General, Social Psychology, Self-Management / General
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Social Science, Self-Help, Psychology
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8.1 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Funny, naughty, and wise, Steve Salerno's "SHAM is the must-read antidote to Dr. Phil, Tony Robbins, and the whole cracked pot of American pop psychology." --Greg Critser, author of" Fat Land "In an age of self-help, why are so many Americans helpless? Why do so many self-help gurus, from Dr. Phil on down, create followers rather than independent souls? Steve Salerno exposes the SHAM with ruthless honesty destined to make more than a few people angry." --Dr. Michael Hurd, author of "Effective Therapy and "Grow Up America! "From the Hardcover edition., "Funny, naughty, and wise, Steve Salerno's "SHAM" is the must-read antidote to Dr. Phil, Tony Robbins, and the whole cracked pot of American pop psychology." --Greg Critser, author of" Fat Land" "In an age of self-help, why are so many Americans helpless? Why do so many self-help gurus, from Dr. Phil on down, create followers rather than independent souls? Steve Salerno exposes the SHAM with ruthless honesty destined to make more than a few people angry." --Dr. Michael Hurd, author of "Effective Therapy" and "Grow Up America!" "From the Hardcover edition.", "Funny, naughty, and wise, Steve Salerno's SHAM is the must-read antidote to Dr. Phil, Tony Robbins, and the whole cracked pot of American pop psychology." --Greg Critser, author of Fat Land "In an age of self-help, why are so many Americans helpless? Why do so many self-help gurus, from Dr. Phil on down, create followers rather than independent souls? Steve Salerno exposes the SHAM with ruthless honesty destined to make more than a few people angry." --Dr. Michael Hurd, author of Effective Therapy and Grow Up America!, "Funny, naughty, and wise, Steve Salerno'sSHAMis the must-read antidote to Dr. Phil, Tony Robbins, and the whole cracked pot of American pop psychology." -Greg Critser, author ofFat Land "In an age of self-help, why are so many Americans helpless? Why do so many self-help gurus, from Dr. Phil on down, create followers rather than independent souls? Steve Salerno exposes the SHAM with ruthless honesty destined to make more than a few people angry." -Dr. Michael Hurd, author ofEffective TherapyandGrow Up America! From the Hardcover edition., "Funny, naughty, and wise, Steve Salerno's SHAM is the must-read antidote to Dr. Phil, Tony Robbins, and the whole cracked pot of American pop psychology." -Greg Critser, author of Fat Land "In an age of self-help, why are so many Americans helpless? Why do so many self-help gurus, from Dr. Phil on down, create followers rather than independent souls? Steve Salerno exposes the SHAM with ruthless honesty destined to make more than a few people angry." -Dr. Michael Hurd, author of Effective Therapy and Grow Up America! From the Hardcover edition., "Funny, naughty, and wise, Steve Salerno's SHAM is the must-read antidote to Dr. Phil, Tony Robbins, and the whole cracked pot of American pop psychology." --Greg Critser, author of Fat Land "In an age of self-help, why are so many Americans helpless? Why do so many self-help gurus, from Dr. Phil on down, create followers rather than independent souls? Steve Salerno exposes the SHAM with ruthless honesty destined to make more than a few people angry." --Dr. Michael Hurd, author of Effective Therapy and Grow Up America! From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
155.2
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Annotated edition
Synopsis
Self-help: To millions of Americans it seems like a godsend. To many others it seems like a joke. But as investigative reporter Steve Salerno reveals in this groundbreaking book, it's neither--in fact it's much worse than a joke. Going deep inside the Self-Help and Actualization Movement (fittingly, the words form the acronym SHAM), Salerno offers the first serious expos of this multibillion-dollar industry and the real damage it is doing--not just to its paying customers, but to all of American society. Based on the author's extensive reporting--and the inside look at the industry he got while working at a leading "lifestyle" publisher-- SHAM shows how thinly credentialed "experts" now dispense advice on everything from mental health to relationships to diet to personal finance to business strategy. Americans spend upward of $8 billion every year on self-help programs and products. And those staggering financial costs are actually the least of our worries. SHAM demonstrates how the self-help movement's core philosophies have infected virtually every aspect of American life--the home, the workplace, the schools, and more. And Salerno exposes the downside of being uplifted, showing how the "empowering" message that dominates self-help today proves just as damaging as the blame-shifting rhetoric of self-help's "Recovery" movement. SHAM also reveals: - How self-help gurus conduct extensive market research to reach the same customers over and over--without ever helping them - The inside story on the most notorious gurus--from Dr. Phil to Dr. Laura, from Tony Robbins to John Gray - How your company might be wasting money on motivational speakers, "executive coaches," and other quick fixes that often hurt quality, productivity, and morale - How the Recovery movement has eradicated notions of personal responsibility by labeling just about anything--from drug abuse to "sex addiction" to shoplifting--a dysfunction or disease - How Americans blindly accept that twelve-step programs offer the only hope of treating addiction, when in fact these programs can do more harm than good - How the self-help movement inspired the disastrous emphasis on self-esteem in our schools - How self-help rhetoric has pushed people away from proven medical treatments by persuading them that they can cure themselves through sheer application of will As Salerno shows, to describe self-help as a waste of time and money vastly understates its collateral damage. And with SHAM , the self-help industry has finally been called to account for the damage it has done. Also available as an eBook, Self-help: To millions of Americans it seems like a godsend. To many others it seems like a joke. But as investigative reporter Steve Salerno reveals in this groundbreaking book, it's neither--in fact it's much worse than a joke. Going deep inside the Self-Help and Actualization Movement (fittingly, the words form the acronym SHAM), Salerno offers the first serious expose of this multibillion-dollar industry and the real damage it is doing--not just to its paying customers, but to all of American society. Based on the author's extensive reporting--and the inside look at the industry he got while working at a leading "lifestyle" publisher--"SHAM" shows how thinly credentialed "experts" now dispense advice on everything from mental health to relationships to diet to personal finance to business strategy. Americans spend upward of $8 billion every year on self-help programs and products. And those staggering financial costs are actually the least of our worries. "SHAM" demonstrates how the self-help movement's core philosophies have infected virtually every aspect of American life--the home, the workplace, the schools, and more. And Salerno exposes the downside of being uplifted, showing how the "empowering" message that dominates self-help today proves just as damaging as the blame-shifting rhetoric of self-help's "Recovery" movement. "SHAM" also reveals: - How self-help gurus conduct extensive market research to reach the same customers over and over--without ever helping them - The inside story on the most notorious gurus--from Dr. Phil to Dr. Laura, from Tony Robbins to John Gray - How your company might be wasting money on motivational speakers, "executivecoaches," and other quick fixes that often hurt quality, productivity, and morale - How the Recovery movement has eradicated notions of personal responsibility by labeling just about anything--from drug abuse to "sex addiction" to shoplifting--a dysfunction or disease - How Americans blindly accept that twelve-step programs offer the only hope of treating addiction, when in fact these programs can do more harm than good - How the self-help movement inspired the disastrous emphasis on self-esteem in our schools - How self-help rhetoric has pushed people away from proven medical treatments by persuading them that they can cure themselves through sheer application of will As Salerno shows, to describe self-help as a waste of time and money vastly understates its collateral damage. And with "SHAM," the self-help industry has finally been called to account for the damage it has done. Also available as an eBook "From the Hardcover edition.", Self-help: To millions of Americans it seems like a godsend. To many others it seems like a joke. But as investigative reporter Steve Salerno reveals in this groundbreaking book, it's neither--in fact it's much worse than a joke. Going deep inside the Self-Help and Actualization Movement (fittingly, the words form the acronym SHAM), Salerno offers the first serious exposé of this multibillion-dollar industry and the real damage it is doing--not just to its paying customers, but to all of American society. Based on the author's extensive reporting--and the inside look at the industry he got while working at a leading "lifestyle" publisher-- SHAM shows how thinly credentialed "experts" now dispense advice on everything from mental health to relationships to diet to personal finance to business strategy. Americans spend upward of $8 billion every year on self-help programs and products. And those staggering financial costs are actually the least of our worries. SHAM demonstrates how the self-help movement's core philosophies have infected virtually every aspect of American life--the home, the workplace, the schools, and more. And Salerno exposes the downside of being uplifted, showing how the "empowering" message that dominates self-help today proves just as damaging as the blame-shifting rhetoric of self-help's "Recovery" movement. SHAM also reveals: * How self-help gurus conduct extensive market research to reach the same customers over and over--without ever helping them * The inside story on the most notorious gurus--from Dr. Phil to Dr. Laura, from Tony Robbins to John Gray * How your company might be wasting money on motivational speakers, "executive coaches," and other quick fixes that often hurt quality, productivity, and morale * How the Recovery movement has eradicated notions of personal responsibility by labeling just about anything--from drug abuse to "sex addiction" to shoplifting--a dysfunction or disease * How Americans blindly accept that twelve-step programs offer the only hope of treating addiction, when in fact these programs can do more harm than good * How the self-help movement inspired the disastrous emphasis on self-esteem in our schools * How self-help rhetoric has pushed people away from proven medical treatments by persuading them that they can cure themselves through sheer application of will As Salerno shows, to describe self-help as a waste of time and money vastly understates its collateral damage. And with SHAM , the self-help industry has finally been called to account for the damage it has done. Also available as an eBook
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