What book, fiction/non-fiction, changed a part of you and how?
Stuti Agarwal
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For me it was Forty Rules of Love, by Elif Shafak, and it greatly changed my understanding of my faith.
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It's a simple book that conveys a powerful idea: the world will help you if you choose to follow your dream. If you ever happen to find yourself feeling that you're not enjoying what you do, I recommend you to read it.
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I recently read 'The Almanack of Naval Ravikant' by Eric Jorgenson. It was simply superb. It is available for free somewhere! I consider Naval as the modern-age Gautama Buddha!
@shyam_prasad_reddy would hate to download it for free, being an author myself. But shall definitely pick it up.
@shyam_prasad_reddy Naval's wisdom is so interesting!
Currently, my favourite non-fiction book is Can't Hurt Me by David Goggings. I've listened to the audiobook just because it has extra bits of dialogue between the narrator and David.
It's a fascinating book about grit, perseverance and pain. What I like the most is that David is a real human and lives by his preachings. It's definitely not for everyone but it's a good reminder that whenever you feel like you gave it all, there's a little more that you can give.
My favourite quote:
âThe Buddha famously said that life is suffering. Iâm not a Buddhist, but I know what he meant and so do you. To exist in this world, we must contend with humiliation, broken dreams, sadness, and loss. Thatâs just nature. Each specific life comes with its own personalized portion of pain. Itâs coming for you. You canât stop it. And you know it.â
@johnofardeal thank you! Iâm an audiobook geek. Definitely picking this up!
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"Atomic Habits" by James Clear , the biggest learning is how easy it is to start good habits and why not to focus on goal and rather focus on systems instead
Ohhh, a lot of them, but for sure I can recommend these ones:
"The Richest Man in Babylon" - how to manage your money, and build wealth.
"Trillion-dollar coach" - In leadership, it's all about people.
"Elon Musk", "Benjamin Franklin", "Steve Jobs" - great inspiration.
a lot of companies like:
Amazon,
Apple,
Netflix,
Snapchat,
Instagram,
Uber
also about a product/ company/ marketing:
"Insanely Simple", "Blitzscaling", "The Hard Thing About Hard Things", "Remote", "Rework", "Building a story brand" ....
@adrian_topka thank you for sharing! Thatâs a long list, and Iâm hoping to make at least a small dent in it.
"L'ßle mystérieuse" - Jules Verne which made me want to become engineer and which led me to a lot of things I'm doing nowadays
The art of thinking clearly of Rolf Dobelli with 99 examples of cognitive bias. Good for a short commute or on airplane.
@emmanguyen donât know when a plane ride will be, but doing it then!
The Optimistic Child, by Martin Seligman. This is a vaccine for depression for kids, but as adults, itâs like a handbook for handing situations that can be difficult. Well worth reading.
Though, if you are the child of divorce, The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce is the absolute best.
@davidbressler1 I am so grateful for this suggestion. Comes at an opportune time. Thank you.
Fiction - Gone with the Wind. I adored Scarlett as a child and she taught me to never give up
Non-fiction - Positive Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine. I read it when I had burnout and was close to depression. It's brilliant.
Non-fiction The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. This is the book which is accompanying me in my life journey. I think, we're all born to live our life in joy and creativity. This is what the book proves, too
@aleksandra_vovchenko Thank you so so so much. Feel like The Artist's Way is going to do for me what it did for you.
life without limps, I was in a dark place in 2014 when I came across the book and it helped me realize nothing is quite that final in life, if you fail, well tomorrow is still another day.
@trappisone thank you so much for this. Next read!
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I am a huge Seth Godin fan. Linchpin changed how I think about my work. Purple Cow changed how I think about product creation. Tribes changed how I market the products I create.
many of them
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky.
This is my life-changing desc book. Every re-reading is something new.
I advise it instead of the bible
@stuti Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is an alternate universe Harry Potter fanfiction written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, an AI researcher and decision theorist at the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
Harry's aunt Petunia didn't marry Vernon Dursley, but did marry a scientist and professor at Oxford. And Harry grew up in such a family. So what if someone who knows scientific method and has rational thinking gets to magic world?
World ruled by aristocrats, where people are judged by blood and where noone knows what is hypothesis or experiment.
This book is a real guide how we should look at the world, what questions should ask and all these wrapped in a cool story.
The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho, it changed the perception I had of life.
@eugenemarage Iâm making sense of it as I go. Almost closing the end, and there are so many bits that have hit home but Iâm yet to wrap my head around the bit about finding your destiny.
@eugenemarage It's been on my reading list. Looking for it on my shelf now!
I've read a lot of books in my life. But the most important book was Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind". It was the main character who gave the impetus to achieve the goals.
@nastjagromova4 thank you! Just what I need right now.
I haven't been reading much lately.
Quite a lot of them! Will just name a couple on top of my mind.
"Shadows of the mind" by Roger Penrose - shows how it's impossible for a computer (anything that passes the Turing test) to truly understand. Awareness is essential for understanding, and Penrose proves that through mathematical logic. He also explores few theories on consciousness.
"The Conquest of Happiness" by Bertrand Russell - few of his thoughts on making a good living. Personally, I think we shouldn't worship, or put on a pedestal a single state of mind (like happiness). However, this book covers quite philosophies on making a balanced life.
@somnathsandeep interesting! And I agree, we mustnât fixate on one state of mind. Putting these on the list.
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Came here to look for the "Rich Dad Poor Dad" comments đ
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Ponniyin Selvan by kalki - It is the Tamil historical fiction, It give awesome ancient experience when u read this.
@divya_rajendran is there a translation available?