No hype. No lies. Just results.
False promises, excessive hype and a lack of any real substance are just three of the unfortunate things that have come to be associated with the ’self-help’ genre, but that hasn’t always been the case.
The term self-help was originally coined to describe the concept of a person making a concerted effort to improve his or her own life in an honest, rational and systematic way, and our mission here at Solid Self-Help is to publish a range of titles that will support you in doing precisely that.
What makes Solid Self-Help titles unique in this much hyped genre is a deep commitment to the following values:
HONESTY
None of our titles promise anything that can’t be achieved by each and every reader. We believe that any self-help book which is genuinely worthy of that label should deliver tangible and measurable results to every person who follows its guidance in the manner suggested.
TRADITION
Men and women have been improving various aspects of their lives for a long, long time, and many traditional methods of self-improvement are just as workable today as they were decades or even centuries ago. We are proud to promote the use of traditional techniques and ideas that continue to be effective in the modern world, and we will never use specialist language or jargon in order to suggest that we have reinvented the wheel.
SIMPLICITY
Improving your life can be a fairly simple matter if you proceed in a focused and methodical way, and so we don’t artificially complicate matters—or pad the pages of our books—to make things appear any more difficult than they really are. Instead, we focus on keeping things simple and straightforward so that you can start using the techniques as quickly as possible and waste zero time wading through superfluous waffle.
PRACTICALITY
All of our titles are designed to be used as reliable instructional guides, and so they provide information of a practical rather than theoretical nature. There are plenty of books available from other publishers which provide lengthy discourses on theory, but our focus here is on helping you to get tangible results in the real world.
AMIABILITY
Call us old-fashioned (and we wouldn’t take that as an insult by any means) but we value politeness, good manners and being respectful to all. This being the case, all of our books are written in a friendly and down-to-earth style, and we would like you to view them as reliable and honest companions that can help you to improve your life, one aspect at a time.
In short, we want our reputation to be built on genuine service that enhances your life rather than on empty and hollow promises. We are confident that this title will provide the instruction you need to make good progress on your personal journey of self-improvement, and we hope that your success will encourage you to share the Solid Self-Help philosophy with others.