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Do Self-Help and Self-Improvment Books Work?

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Recently, in my personal and professional life, I've hit a wall. Not just any wall... a wall made of the thickest steel in the world and nothing would bring it down. Now, I'm not going to bored you with my self-pity party details, because everyone has problems in their lives and that isn't what this is about.   In January, I turned the big 3-9! Yep, my thirties are almost in the past and the I'm knocking on forty's door. Normally, I'm okay with my birthday. Usually, my spouse takes me out, I drink a bottle of wine by myself (well, that's any given day - but my birthday one will be expensive, not the Kroger ON SALE Tag kind I normally look for on an average day) and at the end of the night, I will have a LARGE piece of cake (or maybe the whole cake - whichever!). However, this year it was different. I should have been proud of being 39. In 2018, I lost 60 pounds. I hit the USA Bestseller List. I landed an incredible day jo