In a world inundated with self-help books, motivational seminars, and life coaches promising the keys to a better you, perhaps it's time to challenge the very essence of the self-improvement culture.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Our lives are based on self-worth. It affects the type of relationships that we ...

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