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Freud, Eric Erikson, Carl Rogers, Carl Jung, William James, Alfred Adler,
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und in this
book. They are more suited for the Philosophy section in your local
6.
We decided to go with name recognition only. Those who are primarily
known for a certain book, product, or company did not make the list.
However, we did include many of these people in Appendix E-G for other
valuable Self Improvement resources. Self Improvement: The Top 101
Experts is about the experts and their message, rather than what they are
known for.
- Should we include health and dieting experts?
We decided to exclude health and dieting experts. Those experts would
take up a complete book on their own. Health and dieting is such a large
area that we think it should stand by itself, separate from what we’re
including here.
- Should we include people who are primarily entertainers that became Self
Improvement Experts?
In general, we excluded experts who are primarily entertainers. For
example, Marlo Thomas (That Girl television show) wrote a book titled
The Right Words at the Right Time. It can be considered a Self Help book,
but Marlo Thomas did not make the list.
- Are leading psychologists from the past (Abraham Maslow, Sigmun
Alfred Kinsey, Jean Piaget, etc.) Self Improvement Experts?
We made a judgment call on each of these. We asked ourselves the
question, “What are they best known for?” Are they known for the
research or their contribution to the Self Improvement Industry?
What about great philosophers? Are they incl
No, they are not. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle cannot be fo
bookstore.
What about people whose name is not well-known but whose work is? For
example, What Color is Your Parachute is a very popular book on finding
your ideal career, but the author, Richard Bolles, is not searched for very
frequently.
