Why do i feel like people devalue self help and regard it as fraudulent?

[charlie cho]

It seems funny. When people try to develop themselves to be kinder and noble, others applaud for the kinds of effort. Such as being a monk, a priest, going to church, reading philosophy. But when people read about success and study success, people seem to regard such topics claiming to bring success to the reader to be fraudulent. I don't know if this is just me, do you guys feel this? 

When reading classical history books, many historians I've read were very self help oriented. For instance, some write about historical accounts that will give the reader wisdom about how leadership should be. Or, some writes about what kind of person in history is able to win wars against factions. Some say you need to be kind like person (x), some say you need to be cruel like person (y). 

Why do you think people around me criticize the self help circles? 

[EddieEddie1995]

They see too much scammers and fake gurus 

They don't want to change 

 

[The_Alchemist]

Most people are basically brain dead extremists.

They think there is an alternative to self help, there isn't.

You either get better or worse.
You either move towards or away from your dreams.
You either help yourself or hurt yourself.
You either improve your body or it gets worse.
You either become dumber or smarter.
You either become more primitive or enlightened.

People's minds are clouded by pleasure chasing activities where the options are endless;

What chips will they use to stuff themselves?
How many partners and with who will they sleep with?
How many things can they buy?
How can they impress even more people?
How can they sleep even more?
Which drugs and parties are best?

Life is more binary than that, so naturally they assume that the endless options of their pleasure chasing lifestyle ALSO apply to "self help" or a million other options (there's just 1).