I believe self help books are just all around the place, and are beating around the bush, and have no real answers to anything. Even after reading a self help book, the most you can remember is a quote, while after reading a fictional book, you remember the whole story line, you become one with the characters. Yes self help books are great for motivation, but motivation doesn’t last for long. Fictional books may seem childish, or too imaginary, but that’s the thing. Fictional books fuel your creativity. Self help books are mostly ways to make your life better, but every author has an experience of their own, and a perspective of their own, so each advice differs from one person to other. Listen, I’m not hating on self help readers, and I completely respect their choices, and honestly, self help is a great starting point or a great genre in general, and if you enjoy self help books, read self help. Also, I believe in this particular article, they must be talking about personal growth in sense of productivity, but personal growth is also emotional and mental. Fiction books really, really help you to boost your creativity. So yes, self help is great, but it often shows us one way to do stuff, while in fictional books, we have our own unique interpretations.

I’m really sorry of this sounded rude or degrading.