Ever since Dale Carnegie launched his ground-breaking book How to Win Friends and Influence People in the middle of the Great Depression, self-help books, methods, seminars, and recently apps and web sites have evolved into an industry earning billions each year.

Carl Cederström, Associate Professor of organization studies at the University of Stockholm, and professor André Spicer at the Cass Business School of London, decided to try them all.

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