Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 25 minutes ago
Self-help or "motivation" if you will has been around, in one way or another, not for decades or centuries but actually for thousands of years.
The modern-day self-help world however is a huge industry, with for example the top 10 motivational speakers raking in over $200,000,000 each year.
Are these self-help gurus actually the real deal though?
Should you spend your hard-earned money on motivation books, self-help apps, guru webinars and things along those lines?
That is unfortunately hard to say, as there just isn't enough proper research out there as to just how useful (if at all) all of these motivational products are.
There are however statistics we should consider worrisome, such as the fact that over 80% of those who buy self-help books are repeat buyers.
Are they repeat "customers" because they're amazingly happy with the results generated by the self-help industry or are they buying new motivation books because the previous one(s) didn't work?
Whether we're talking about self-help books, audiobooks, apps, webinars or anything else, a fair conclusion would be this: whenever there's a lot of money involved (and in the self-help industry, there most definitely is), caution is the operative word :)
To support the channel, give me a minute (see what I did there?) of your time by visiting OneMinuteEconomics.com and reading my message.
Bitcoin donations can be sent to 1AFYgM8Cmiiu5HjcXaP5aS1fEBJ5n3VDck and PayPal donations to oneminuteeconomics@gmail.com, any and all support is greatly appreciated!
Oh and I've also started playing around with Patreon, my link is:
patreon.com/oneminuteeconomics
Interested in reading a good book?
My first book, Wealth Management 2.0 (through which I do my best to help people manage their wealth properly, whether we're talking about someone who has a huge amount of money at his disposal or someone who is still living paycheck to paycheck), can be bought using the links below:
Amazon - amazon.com/Wealth-Management-2-0-Financial-Professionals-ebook/dp/B01I1WA2BK
Barnes & Noble - barnesandnoble.com/w/wealth-management-20-andrei-polgar/1124435282?ean=2940153328942
iBooks (Apple) - itun.es/us/wYSveb.l
Kobo - store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/wealth-management-2-0
My second book, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller The Age of Anomaly (through which I help people prepare for financial calamities and become more financially resilient in general), can be bought using the links below.
Amazon - amazon.com/Age-Anomaly-Spotting-Financial-Uncertainty-ebook/dp/B078SYL5YS
Barnes & Noble - barnesandnoble.com/w/the-age-of-anomaly-andrei-polgar/1127084693?ean=2940155383970
iBooks (Apple) - itunes.apple.com/us/book/age-anomaly-spotting-financial-storms-in-sea-uncertainty/id1331704265
Kobo - kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/the-age-of-anomaly-spotting-financial-storms-in-a-sea-of-uncertainty
Last but not least, if you'd like to follow me on social media, use one of the links below:
facebook.com/oneminuteeconomics
twitter.com/andreipolgar
ro.linkedin.com/in/andrei-polgar-9a11a561
Self-help or "motivation" if you will has been around, in one way or another, not for decades or centuries but actually for thousands of years.
The modern-day self-help world however is a huge industry, with for example the top 10 motivational speakers raking in over $200,000,000 each year.
Are these self-help gurus actually the real deal though?
Should you spend your hard-earned money on motivation books, self-help apps, guru webinars and things along those lines?
That is unfortunately hard to say, as there just isn't enough proper research out there as to just how useful (if at all) all of these motivational products are.
There are however statistics we should consider worrisome, such as the fact that over 80% of those who buy self-help books are repeat buyers.
Are they repeat "customers" because they're amazingly happy with the results generated by the self-help industry or are they buying new motivation books because the previous one(s) didn't work?
Whether we're talking about self-help books, audiobooks, apps, webinars or anything else, a fair conclusion would be this: whenever there's a lot of money involved (and in the self-help industry, there most definitely is), caution is the operative word :)
To support the channel, give me a minute (see what I did there?) of your time by visiting OneMinuteEconomics.com and reading my message.
Bitcoin donations can be sent to 1AFYgM8Cmiiu5HjcXaP5aS1fEBJ5n3VDck and PayPal donations to oneminuteeconomics@gmail.com, any and all support is greatly appreciated!
Oh and I've also started playing around with Patreon, my link is:
patreon.com/oneminuteeconomics
Interested in reading a good book?
My first book, Wealth Management 2.0 (through which I do my best to help people manage their wealth properly, whether we're talking about someone who has a huge amount of money at his disposal or someone who is still living paycheck to paycheck), can be bought using the links below:
Amazon - amazon.com/Wealth-Management-2-0-Financial-Professionals-ebook/dp/B01I1WA2BK
Barnes & Noble - barnesandnoble.com/w/wealth-management-20-andrei-polgar/1124435282?ean=2940153328942
iBooks (Apple) - itun.es/us/wYSveb.l
Kobo - store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/wealth-management-2-0
My second book, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller The Age of Anomaly (through which I help people prepare for financial calamities and become more financially resilient in general), can be bought using the links below.
Amazon - amazon.com/Age-Anomaly-Spotting-Financial-Uncertainty-ebook/dp/B078SYL5YS
Barnes & Noble - barnesandnoble.com/w/the-age-of-anomaly-andrei-polgar/1127084693?ean=2940155383970
iBooks (Apple) - itunes.apple.com/us/book/age-anomaly-spotting-financial-storms-in-sea-uncertainty/id1331704265
Kobo - kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/the-age-of-anomaly-spotting-financial-storms-in-a-sea-of-uncertainty
Last but not least, if you'd like to follow me on social media, use one of the links below:
facebook.com/oneminuteeconomics
twitter.com/andreipolgar
ro.linkedin.com/in/andrei-polgar-9a11a561
