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Sham demonstrates how the selfhelp movements core philosophies have infected virtually every aspect of american lifethe home, the workplace, the schools, and more. Sham slam borkman 2006 nonprofit management and leadership wiley online library. Nov 19, 2015 in an oped in the wall street journal, steve salerno, author of sham. My concern is that the resolution takes the place of the action, as is also true with so many millions of people.
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