Self-Help Books as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

I came across a book in the King's Bookstore entitled "Three Steps to Getting the Relationship YOU Want."

That would be the problem, wouldn't it? If your relationship sucks, it's probably because

• you are self-centered, and
• you think there's a quick, 3-step fix

Both are lies. So if you are the type of person who would buy such a book, you probably will not ever have a successful relationship, because it isn't quick or easy, and most of all it's about self-giving and not self-fulfillment: learning to esteem another person's needs as more important than your own. 

Needless to say, the book in question now lies buried underneath a stack of other books, so that you won't find it unless you are looking very hard for it.