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There’s a very popular televangelist out there who also writes “self-help” books. I think he has published more than 20. Twenty books to tell you how to live and what you should be thinking? Should anyone really need more than one of these books? Should you need more than a paragraph of “instruction” on such matters? Should you really need more than a few sentences? And shouldn’t those sentences have come from a grandparent or teacher or coach way back in your life?
Since this religious figure has a mansion the size of Houston and a bank account that looks like Fort Knox, is it possible he doesn’t want you to find too many answers so you keep buying his books and listening to his message? I think so.
So, I want to ask you a favor. I’m going to take a crack at a self-help primer, if you will, and see if I can fit it onto the next couple of pages. If it rings true and seems sound, will you please share it with a friend or two? Maybe pin it up on a bulletin board at work or make a copy and send it to some of your closest friends. And if by chance you know someone who can circulate it to even more people, ask that person to do so. Let’s send this simplified message out there and see if we can’t get some of these profiteers to find something else to do.