Don't Worry, Be Happy

Confession: I used to read self help books few years ago. Not the Dale Carnegie ones but Anthony Robbins, Deepak Chopra and Stephen Covey etc. I used to be very motivated soon after reading their books but that motivation didn't last long. Later I started learning about our ancient Indian texts like Mahabharat, Bhagavat etc. through discourses and I was struck by the profoundness of the wealth of knowledge of our land. Then on, these self-help motivational paperbacks appeared rather shallow and quick fix to me. I was very happy to find this article on the Internet that points out what's wrong with this genre of books that have been on the bestselling lists worldwide.