Many were what I call "Guru Books". Call them MBA-lite, loaded with can-do spirit about how you too can change your life. Just read my 223 pages of inspiration about blah, blah, blah.... Everyone gets a blue ribbon.
There are great exceptions in the Land of Mediocre Guru Books. Start with Clayton M. Christensen's iconic The Innovator's Dilemma. Consider Michael E. Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed The Three Rules. It is loaded with some serious math on what companies actually do.
What is missing in the cheerleading of these books and in most discussions about "getting ahead" is rigor. There is simply no substitute for gut courses combined with gut general reading.
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I must say that this describes my experience as well. That is, the things I have learned the most have often come when I have applied myself the most.
