Analysis Of Kamal Ravikants Love Yourself Like Your Life...

If you could improve every aspect of your life by loving yourself, would you do it? This is exactly what Kamal Ravikant suggest in his 2012 book, Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on it. The author claims that repeating â€Å"I love myself† all throughout the day helped him overcome his depression and made him more successful in both his personal and professional life. Kamal encourages us to do the same, as he believes that this will truly improve our lives for the better. However, with only anecdotal evidence and no studies conducted, it is uncertain whether this technique offers real improvement. This brief self-help book addresses the idea that repeating â€Å"I love myself† can improve a person’s life. While the book also offers some†¦show more content†¦It would have been beneficial to include existential theory and self-efficacy as support in Kamal’s self-help book. As learned in class, the goal of existentialism is authenticity: â€Å"l iving in a way that is compatible with ones physical, mental, and spiritual components† (Polifroni, 2017). A consequence of being stuck in the past is guilt, while one feels anxious when moving towards the future. Kamal expresses guilt, explaining â€Å"I’m the one who shared this truth with friends†¦but who wants to take advice from a man barely scraping by† (Ravikant, 2012). A few paragraphs later, Kamal references anxiety by saying, â€Å"honestly, it scares me a little†¦but if life is working, and you do the practice, how high can life go?† (Ravikant, 2012). While his description of this technique and experiences fit into existentialism very well, Kamal does not mention it once in his self-help book. The book would be far more credible if there was more science behind it. Without conducting a true experiment, Kamal cannot accurately claim that repeating â€Å"I love myself† really does improve the overall livelihood of an individual. W hile Kamal does reference long-term potation by stating, â€Å"The more you remember something†¦the more you will reinforce the pathways connecting neurons,† (Ravikant, 2012) there have been no direct studies testing the specific practice of repeating â€Å"I love myself† in order to improve one’s quality of life. One way to test his