{"id":1054,"date":"2016-01-09T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/do-we-really-need-self-help-gurus-to-feed-us-commonsense-advice\/"},"modified":"2016-01-09T13:13:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T06:13:09","slug":"do-we-really-need-self-help-gurus-to-feed-us-commonsense-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/do-we-really-need-self-help-gurus-to-feed-us-commonsense-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Do we really need self-help gurus to feed us commonsense advice?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n If I have any unresolved issues, any stupid, niggly things or people ruining my days, it\u2019s like an empty bag of crisps in my head, that rustles every time I thinkHappy new year! It\u2019s a time for introspection and reflection, for new beginnings, and for writers and publishers of self-help books to exploit us at our most vulnerable.Look, I\u2019m not naive. The festive period has just finished. It\u2019s reasonable to assume that most of us ate something when we weren\u2019t that hungry, or bought something non-essential. I\u2019m pretty sure my daughter didn\u2019t need a WMF McEgg egg-cup-and-spoon set for Christmas, but the McEgg, which I presume is the egg\u2019s surname, comes wearing a tiny hard hat (that keeps the egg warm), is holding a tiny hammer in one hand (to smash its own head in) and a tiny spoon in the other. Plus, as a Laurel and Hardy and Humpty Dumpty-loving Catholic, my daughter enjoys nothing more than violent slapstick and self-flagellating, humanised eggs. The makers of the McEgg cup and spoon set know this full well. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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