Self Improvement – The Top 101 Experts that Help Us Improve Our Lives

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HALLENGES ALONG THE WAY

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We included the following areas for Self Improvement: Empowerment,

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We decided to include present and past leaders in the Self Improvement

ine those leaders for us.

Dale Carnegie is included, one example that an expert’s legacy and

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improve our lives, we left them out. However, if

we felt certain religious leaders were mostly well-known for their

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e was how we would define a Self Improvement expert. We came up w

questions that needed to be answered.

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Which topics fall under Self Improvement? Does Empowerment?

Personal Finance? Business Improvement?

Spirituality, Business, Relationships, Personal Finance, and Professional

Academic Skills.

Should we only include living Self Improvement experts? What about

ones from the past like Dale Carnegie?

industry. We let the Internet search criteria def

contribution can have a lasting effect even after he/she is gone.

Are religious leaders (Jesus, Muhammad, Moses, Buddha, the Pope, e

Self Improvemen

We excluded most religious leaders. Even though we personally feel that

religious leaders help us

contribution to the Self Improvement Industry, they were included.

Reverend Norman Vincent Peale is a prime example. He is the author of

The Power of Positive Thinking, an important book in the Self

Improvement arena.