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By Dwight Hyde

I’m a little tired of books on studies …

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Actually I’m a lot tired of books on studies. Let me be a bit more clearer. Self-help books that go on and on describing a study, setting up the participants, putting them in MRI machines, and the truths they discovered on being human. Chapter after chapter. Where does this disdain come from you might ask?

I don’t live in a fucking lab and as logical as these findings are they really don’t help me change much because two more paragraphs down they explain another study where different parts of our brain lit uP and what that’s supposed to mean. OR they have so many fucking quotes from dead white dudes my head starts spinning. AND to go way off on another tangent why the hell are there hardly any self-* books by women authors listed on Amazon? Seriously! Frick off already!

I get much more from an individual just explaining how they personally navigated a difficult part of their life. At a minimum I can resonate on how difficult it can be to live in this collective and many times find inspiration and hope from their personal story. Somewhere along the way our elders stopped telling us stories and we searched out the great wisdoms. It’s just not the same!

I’ll leave you with …”so there’s that”.

Dwight

Dwight Hyde

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11 responses to “I’m a little tired of books on studies …”

  1. tanjabrittonwriter Avatar
    tanjabrittonwriter

    You had to get that off your chest, didn’t you?! 🙂

    If you remember a scene from Blazing Saddles, that quote might apply here as well: “Gentlemen, we have to protect our phony-baloney jobs.”

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  2. ortensia Avatar
    ortensia

    I think at some stage of our life we all are tempted by self help book(well all except the traveling husband …in his wisdom😂) fir than realizing they don’t really say anything new and , most of all, anything really practical .

    Sure they help themselves with marketing though🙄

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  3. annemariedemyen Avatar
    annemariedemyen

    I’d like to agree Dwight, but as soon as authors start down that path of ‘studies’ I tend to drift off and move on to something more ‘from the heart’. There are so many greats like Dyer or Goggins that you just know that they KNOW.

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    Lovie Price

    it’s hard to find good self help books anymore. i think the trend has turned towards more science to back up what is initially the point because so many out there rant about how studies are actually done. I like science up to a point, but when i am soul searching, it’s not really what i wanna read about.Mainly, ive been sticking to trail Tales and adventure stuff because i get more out of the stories people tell than i do the books labled “self help”.

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  5. jacquelyn3534 Avatar
    jacquelyn3534

    You crack me up! I totally agree though, a self help book with personal content that they went through and how they are working or did work to change is what I relate to most.

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  6. Barb Avatar
    Barb

    Solid rant, Rucker. 😂

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    1. Dwight Hyde Avatar
      Dwight Hyde

      Told you I was a bit salty. Not very peaceful🤣

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  7. Crystal Byers Avatar
    Crystal Byers

    Two books I’ve read recently in this genre that I highly recommend: Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown (I posted about it in February) and The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (March Let It Go post).

    I have to alternate between fiction and nonfiction. Nonfiction often annoys me, but I look for something good that works for me and leave the rest behind.

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    1. Dwight Hyde Avatar
      Dwight Hyde

      Thanks, Crystal. I’ve read both and even attended a class on The Four Agreements. Brene does have great insights and a wonderful skill on connecting to what’s going on inside… but she sometimes annoys me with her study levels. I’ve read so much of Wayne Dyer and I don’t recall him droning on in each chapter on this and that study. He just wrote from his heart how spirit conveyed it … and my soul nodded its head and said YES.

      I’ve been thinking of you. Big hugs on this latest path. Focus on the light😊❤️

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      1. Crystal Byers Avatar
        Crystal Byers

        Thanks, Dwight. I’m doing well. Better every day!

        I love Wayne Dyer. You’re right. He connects the message to a story. I’ve also been listening to Louise Hay (YouTube). She and Wayne Dyer were in cahoots.

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      2. Dwight Hyde Avatar
        Dwight Hyde

        Glad to hear that😊. You nailed it … connecting the message to stories I can relate to and feel. Storytelling❤️

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