Is Self-Help Making Me Helpless?

No filter, just fire in the sky befitting of the holiday
 

I've bought the books, I've listened to the podcasts, watched the YouTubes - the human and the AI content, heard the upper-echelon gurus ... and what do I have to show for it? Absolutely NOTHING. 

Anytime you set foot on the Internets, you are bombarded with the "influence," the hope of reinvention, the joys of finding your passion and solving all your pain points, no matter where you go because your algorithm is always, always, ALWAYS listening - whether you're on your device or your PC or not. It "knows" you.