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The Bottom Line: Series 16: Self-Improvement

28/02/2014 GMT

Self-Improvement

Series 16

BBC World News - The Bottom Line, Series 16, Self-Improvement

Evan Davis and guests discuss the business of making your life better.

Cosmetic surgery, fitness programmes, diets and self-help books. Evan Davis and guests discuss the industry of making yourself a better person, inside and out.

Self-improvement: If you want to look better, feel better, perform better, there's no shortage of help available. Whether it's cosmetic surgery for the perfect body, fitness programmes to boost self-esteem, or self-help books to improve the mind, there's plenty of choice. But do they promise the world and fail to deliver - or give you the strength to achieve the personal growth you desire? Evan Davis and guests discuss the industry of making your life better. Guests: Jon Congdon, President and Co-Founder, Beachbody.com Carole Tonkinson, Publisher, Harper NonFiction John Ryan, Founder and Chairman, Make Yourself Amazing Producer: Sally Abrahams.

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