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Title. Whats one book that literally changes your life?

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[–] Technical_Sign6619@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago
[–] hikingrugger@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill was the single most impactful book that altered the trajectory of my entire life!

[–] OneNineSevenNine@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Peopleware.

The best book on managing people I have read full stop. Nothing even comes close.

[–] Dirt_Illustrious@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Synergetics- Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking- by Buckminster Fuller.

It’s a very challenging book to read and the author is very long-winded at times, but blame the linguistic constraints for that, because many of these complex concepts simply cannot be distilled into simpler terms. The long and short of it is this: if you can manage to read Synergetics in its entirety, it’s like a firmware update for how you perceive the world and this effect has huge implications on how you go about strategizing your entrepreneurial endeavors

[–] Adamsan41978@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Rich Dad Poor Dad, Atomic Habits, Ishmael.

[–] arrache2@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking

[–] youngvapor1@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Life Force by Tony Robbins. Changes your perspective on age, health and life in general. It‘s quite the read but worth every second imo 😊

[–] WiFiProfitingDOTcom@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Gonna check back in a few days and add a bunch of these to my list. Thanks guys 💚

[–] sexyskyexox@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The Miracle morning

[–] Certain-Criticism160@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thinking fast and slow

[–] ratedaco@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Millionaire fast lane

[–] JPGStrokeys@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The 48 Laws of Power is underrated imo

[–] RAMOLG@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Chick-chicka-boom boom

Learning the alphabet helped changed my life as I can now read.

[–] msheikh921@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Failing Forward by John Maxwell

[–] Afro_Senpai_Wealth@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

[–] SnooCookies2907@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins. Truly blown away and every now and then I read a few pages and apply the steps.

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[–] Weak_While_You_Sleep@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Everybody Poops

[–] ShiverMeTimberssss@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Can’t Hurt Me - David Goggins

I went from 200 down to 150lbs and found a new love of physical activities. It’s been some years since reading it and I’m still out here getting it

[–] Asset-Management-Guy@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Real Estate Finance and Investments: Risks and Opportunities by Bruce Kirsch and Dr. Peter Linneman

[–] GermanK20@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

the Macbook

[–] PhilosopherMost9654@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

How to Win Friends & Influence People. I'm autistic and having social skills best practices written out for me with examples landed me interviews, got me into romantic relationships, and more than 10x-ed the number of people I made friends with. It completely demystified social interactions. Before reading it I felt like a fish that never learned how to swim.

I think this book, and other nonfiction books in similar styles (The 48 Laws of Power, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, etc) illustrate that although their teachings might seem obvious to some, most of us are more ignorant/forgetful than we think and could use a tutorial now and then.

[–] ashleyalair@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The Alchemist. ✨

[–] VidaCamba@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The Bible. I became catholic.

[–] Fantastic-Status413@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Rich dad poor dad, as simple as the concepts are it really helped have a different perspective

[–] Ron-Erez@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The old man and the sea

[–] Anon-Because@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I know it's going to get everyone going, but The Fountainhead. I have since accepted how the ideology and utopian bullshit is just that. Total fantasy.

But I would be remiss if I didn't admit it encouraged me to take my life into my own hands, try my best not to have to rely on others, become resourceful and useful. That has all helped me quite a bit in the subsequent decades.

Not too long after my indoctrination, I decided hey if I'm so sure about this ideology, then no harm in reading the other stuff. So I read the Communist Manifesto and accepted, yeah, Engels & Marx made some good points about a lot of stuff.

For a long time I've been happily in the middle understanding both those extremes and their appeal to people.

[–] Illustrious_Cold495@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Atomic Habits

[–] bathroomcypher@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Reality Transurfing. Also, The Science of Getting Rich.

[–] thePsychonautDad@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Rich Dad Poor Dad

I've read it as a teenager and this is the book that made me realize that even tho nobody in my family has ever achieved anything, it's possible to get out of that cycle and do something big with my life.

This is the book that made me want to create my own business. It's been over two decades now that I've read it, and the business I co-founded raiseSeries C at a value of $350M. And in a way, it's thanks to that book for changing my world-view.

[–] oliverhallbiz@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The Psychology of Money

[–] WaterPecker@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The way of kings...cuz during my panic attacks I had a way to escape to a different world.

[–] Quick_Environment140@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

48 Laws Of Power

[–] Major_Percentage_152@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago
[–] philonerd@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Two: Demanding the Impossible by Marshall should be read by everyone, the younger you are the better. You will be ready in your political knowledge after reading this.

Second is A Concise Introduction to Logic, by Hurley & Watson. Particularly the first 1/3.

[–] SwimmerFan@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The Emerald Mile.

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