Contrary to public opinion I find that most of the most of what passes for "self help" is counter intuitive and ultimately unhelpful. In an effort to dispel myths I talk on what I find problematic and also what I think might actually lead to an improved self.
Personality tests have been popular ever since they appeared in every magazine in every waiting room. Most people don't realize that some personality tests are less valid than others. Most notably the Enneagram and the Myers Briggs. Two tests that have been pervasive and gained a close association with the academic study of personality in psychology.
Finding "yourself" is something that people have been doing forever. The development of a self is something that all humans have been participating in since there were selves to develop. Although now, this process has taken an ugly turn. In a maligned effort of self-development, people try to find themselves by abandoning everyone and everything in their lives.