TED talk, animated series, sermon series, or Christian book (and there are many) that elevates you, your feelings, or even your calling—making you the hero in the story—is an agent of self-helpism. Anyone who says they don’t desire happiness, prosperity, or firmer abs is probably lying (or inanimate). I asked Siri. She didn’t seem to care. Desiring these things doesn’t make someone a selfish pig—it makes them human. Our earliest ancestors, Adam and Eve, had everything they could