Thank you for your comment.

While I am certain that burn out happens with some people, it’s not something of which I see a lot. If anything, some people get burned out on themselves rather than the material. In other words, they end up blaming themselves for not achieving.

Of the books on that list and knowing you a little bit, I highly recommend that you give PROMETHEUS RISING a read. It’s not exactly a self-help book. I think you’d really enjoy it.

All the BEST!

Have fun … Tony.

PS – For anyone reading these comments, click on Connie’s link and visit her blog. She’s an excellent writer and has much to say about the self-help industry. She’ll open your eyes a little bit.

Thanks for this list — and this article. I do think you may have left out a third possibility that can occur when someone reads too many “soft-core” self-help books: burnout/cynicism. I’d be willing to bet that overexposure to this sort of material even leads some folks to become snarky bloggers.

Of the books on your list, I’ve read nearly half, and I’m willing to give the others a whirl too. (Yes, even “Scientist Bob’s” classic work. )

Anyway… thanks again, Tony. I think I’ll even “Tweet” about this article.

Thomas Troward … He was a good writer in the New Thought movement. There is no doubt about that. Haanel culled quite a few ideas and quotes from him. So, he was – and in a small way still is – quite influential.

Reading him now, though, is tough. His writing style has become VERY dated and he really doesn’t state much more than what Haanel – and others – state. His writings are also steeped VERY heavily in the Christian Science.

I included a selection of his in my MASTER KEY ARCANA (http://www.masterkeyarcana.com) and his writings are available online.

While I wouldn’t go out of my way to recommend reading Troward to anyone, I certainly wouldn’t dissuade anyone either. Troward was a writer who had some good things to say. If you read what he has written and get one nugget from it, then it would be worth it.

I hope this helps. Please let me know if I can be of service to you. All the BEST!

Have fun … Tony.

I also have Haanel’s “Master Key System,” which I got from you, and Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich.” I’ll have to look more closely at some of the others you recommend.

I get a lot of my writing ideas from these materials, as well. Good stuff! Thanks for sharing your list.