The $14B Problem: Why Personal Development is Failing the Smartest People You Know (And What To Do About It)
With over 500,000 self-help books published in the U.S. in just the last 25 years—and an industry now worth over $14 billion—you’d think more people would be thriving.
And yet, across key measures like happiness, wellbeing, and wealth… the majority aren’t getting better. Many are actually doing worse.
So what gives?
In this candid video, Michael Breen, one of Europe’s top executive coaches and elite NLP trainers, shares why so much of personal development is quietly failing the people it’s meant to help.
You’ll learn:
- How unrealistic promises, pop-psych fads, and “one-shot” solutions distort expectations and set people up to fail
- Why knowing what to do (or buying another book) doesn’t translate into being able to do it when it matters
- The hidden system running beneath most people’s conscious awareness—and how it blocks change even when you want it
- And why most “change attempts” fail… not because you’re broken, but because they target the wrong layer of your system
If you’ve ever felt like personal development hasn’t lived up to its promise—this conversation will show you why, and what to do instead.
👇 Watch now and start shifting your frame for real, lasting transformation:
If you’ve ever said “I’d like things to be different, but I don’t want to do anything different”—you’re not alone.
It’s one of the most common sticking points Michael hears from even the most committed students.
In the next video available here, we’ll show you why that internal resistance exists… and the surprising leverage point that can move you past it—without force or self-coercion. Check it out now.
To your success,
Tom
Tom O'Connor
Everyone has something they’d like to achieve or change in life. I help people transform the behaviours that get in their way so they can have the life they want.