Buyer Guide to Self-Help Books

Get the help you need without spending a lot of dough. People are searching for all types of answers to all types of problems, and many want easy low cost solutions. You can get lots of free help on the internet if you have time on your hands to spend freely. One of the best places to get low cost help is via self-help books.

I like self-help books because they allow the reader to decide what suggestions might fit into their livelihood. A good self-help book, gives the reader the freedom to pick which strategies will work for them for the particular issues they want resolved. These resources should be written in a format that is easy to read and use. Additionally they should provide real life examples of why its suggestions work. I've found over the years that a lot of self-help titles were really confusing or difficult to use. If you like reading complicated psychological texts buy big self help books and use them. My preference is for the book the can read and used in the same day or week of purchase.

There are all types of self-help books, from dieting to exercise, to relationships to dealing with grief and loss. When looking for a guide that will help, make sure the book in hand provides you with some easy to use solutions. You want a definition of what the problem is but this should not be the balance of the content. If the book tells you all about the problem and nothing about a solution or coping strategy you may be wiser at the end of reading it, but not closer to getting the help you need.

So if you want some help for a low cost, select a well written self-help book. These guides should be easy to read and use. They need to spend as much time on the problem as they do on the solution, and provide some real life example. If your book choice has these elements, its probably a good bet.

Vince Chiles, LCSW is the author of a self-published book Happiness in Five Minutes a Day which is scheduled to be released to the public 3/26/08. Information about Vince and his book can be obtained by going to http://www.happinessinfive.com