Is self-improvement the same thing as self-advancement?
As a formula for success, winning friends and influencing people has little in common with industry and thrift.
The significance of contemporary self-advancement frameworks lies not so much in their purported objectives as in the angst to which they appeal and the vision of reality that informs them. This vision is that success is dependent on the psychological manipulation of others. All life, even the apparently achievement-oriented realm of work, revolves around the struggle for interpersonal advantage in the deadly game of intimidating friends and seducing people.
As a formula for success, winning friends and influencing people has little in common with industry and thrift.
The significance of contemporary self-advancement frameworks lies not so much in their purported objectives as in the angst to which they appeal and the vision of reality that informs them. This vision is that success is dependent on the psychological manipulation of others. All life, even the apparently achievement-oriented realm of work, revolves around the struggle for interpersonal advantage in the deadly game of intimidating friends and seducing people.