10 best self-help books of all time

From Benjamin Franklin to Norman Vincent Pearle to Stephen Covey, here are 10 of the best self-help books ever written.

6. 'The Road Less Traveled,' by M. Scott Peck

M. Scott Peck, a psychiatrist, became best known for his 1978 megahit "The Road Less Traveled." In this book, Peck tells readers how to have more fulfilling lives, focusing mostly on ideas about love and relationships. A common fallacy, Peck believed, is that people tend to view love relationships as means of getting, rather than understanding them as channels for giving. Love, he urges readers to understand, is about truly working to nurture and understand another being. Peck also believed in the importance of self-discipline and that to succeed in life we must work to solve our problems and challenges. "It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually," he wrote.

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