| You can think of self-help books as stocks and you are a venture capitalist. So books may contain zero value and add no benefits to your life, while others might provide information and advice that presents you with new information that adds thousand or even millions of dollars to your life. The winners pay for the losers. Valuable insights I have gotten from reading self help books: 1. The frequency of a habit matters more for the development of a habit than the intensity. My chess coaching motto came from this book: "Consistency over Intensity"[1] 2. Most people are deficient in magnesium. Magnesium is considered the anti-stress mineral. A central symptom of the deficiency is insomnia. Personally, I started taking 250mg of magnesium supplement daily. [2] 3. Similarly, to the fight-or-flight response, there is pause-and-plan response. Your willpower can be increase by slowing down your breathing thus triggering the pause and plan response. This is something I do when I get intense cravings during my fast.[3] 4. Putting some tape over your mouth before bed can stop sleep apnea. Admittedly, I have stopped this(I will restart), but when I did, I had some of the most refreshing sleep.[4] 5. Another of my mottos, progress equals happiness came from reading self-help books. [5] [1] - https://www.chestergrant.com/26-highlights-from-mini-habits-... [2] - https://www.chestergrant.com/highlights-from-sleep-smarter-b... [3] - https://www.chestergrant.com/notes-the-willpower-instinct-by... [4] - https://www.chestergrant.com/summary-breath-by-james-nestor [5] - https://www.chestergrant.com/the-progress-principle-by-teres... |