Self help books
Self help books promise a lot. Diego Segura's books are short and practical instead: each chapter tackles one obstacle to starting something of your own and ends with something to do.
Self help books: what the books say.
You heard it as you said it, and so did they. There was a small pause afterwards. Somebody was kind about it, somebody else changed the subject, and you went home knowing exactly what the room had quietly decided about you.
From I Want to Start a Business but I Can't Quit My Job, introduction
Preparing feels almost exactly like progress. It produces work, it produces decisions, and it produces a folder that gets bigger every month. It does all of that without ever exposing you to the one thing that could go wrong, which is a person outside your head looking at what you made and saying no. The feeling of the two is so close that you've never had to notice the difference. That is not a character flaw. It's a very good trap, and you've been inside it for years.
From I Want to Start a Business but I Never Actually Start, introduction
Failing is an art, and like any artistic expression, it requires practice, patience, and persistence. In every failure, there is a lesson to be learned, a skill to be honed. I invite you to join a journey that demystifies failure and transforms it from a feared end to a hopeful starting point.
From You Are Not a Failure, introduction
These passages come straight from the books. So, if one of them speaks to you, read the full chapter. It goes further, and it ends with a practical exercise.
Book titles about self help books.
In addition, these titles look at self help books from different angles. Each one opens with a passage from the book. Then, pick the one closest to your situation.
- Find Out Which Fears Are Telling the Truth: I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward
- I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward: Find Out Which of Your Fears Are Telling the Truth
- I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward: Eleven Fears, Checked Against the Evidence
- I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward: Eleven Chapters, Eleven Fears, One Evening Each
- When the Coward Is Right: I Want to Start a Business, and Eleven Fears to Check First
- I Want to Start a Business but I'm a Coward: Find Out Which Fears Are Telling the Truth
- I'm a Coward: I Want to Start a Business, and Eleven Fears Say Don't
- But I'm a Coward: I Want to Start a Business. Find Out Which Fears Are Telling the Truth.
Check your runway before you quit.
Self help books: the books by Diego Segura.
For example, here are the books by Diego Segura. Each one is available in several languages. Most of them are also audiobooks.
Topics from Diego Segura's books.
How to start a business.Diego Segura's books begin somewhere else: with a small test you can run this week, a first paying customer, and costs kept close to zero.- Business ideas.Lists of business ideas are everywhere, but a list can't tell you which idea fits you.
- Online business ideas.Online business ideas look easy because the tools are cheap.
Low risk business ideas.These passages show how to limit the downside, so that fear doesn't decide for you.