I like your blunteness and understand where you are coming from on this subject. I like the analogy you used to describe the 'shining lights' on the topic as "diamonds in the rough". I like to think of myself as one of those. Maybe you could spare a couple of minutes to tip toe one last time into the subject and check for yourself before your final breakup with self-help articles Here is my latest https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/we-are-all-explorers-5c4b8c846081