Self-help books give you frameworks. An identity report tells you which framework applies to you.
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The self-help genre has produced genuinely useful ideas. The problem is that most books are written for an imagined average reader, and your situation is specific. You read about atomic habits or the power of now and you recognise something, but you cannot always figure out how to apply it to the particular thing that is not working in your particular life. A personal identity report starts from your specific answers and returns something written for you, not for everyone.
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- Broad frameworks and ideas that may or may not apply
- Written for a general audience, not your situation
- Requires you to do the translation work yourself
- Useful for building vocabulary and perspective
- Analysis built from your specific answers
- Tells you what applies to you, not everyone
- 15 minutes to a personal written report
- Shows the one thing most worth working on first
The honest answer
Read the books. But use an identity report to know which ideas are actually relevant to your situation. Generic advice is less useful than specific understanding.
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