The self-help industry is under constant attack for pedalling false miracles to duped believers. But sociologist, Albert Amao Soria demonstrates that people eagerly support self-help books, seminars and programmes because, under the right conditions, these things work.Sociologist, Albert Amao Soria, analyses the accuracy of self-help and positive-thinking claims in this ground-breaking - and wholly unexpected - exploration of what works, what doesn''t and why."Regarding my personal experience," Amao writes, "I can testify that positive thinking and positive action have worked wonderfully for me. Born in a poor Latin-American country into a very impoverished family with both parents practically illiterate, I was the oldest of five children. I started working when I was six years old, shining shoes and selling newspapers to help my family. Nobody then would have believed that I would be able to finish high school. Nevertheless, I was able to do it going to night school, which allowed me
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