Books that Changed Your Perspective on Life
Hi all,
I just wanted to start a thread for great books that people recommend reading in their free time. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Although finance book recommendations are great, I really want to start reading books that will change my perspective on the world.
Cheers!
Start with these: Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky- Covers morality, suffering, and judgement. Not a light read.
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie- Great, simple book about dealing with people.
The Death of the West by Pat Buchanan- Essential reading about our current state of affairs.
The g-factor by Arthur Jensen- Psychology book about general intelligence and its heritability (aka think twice about pumping your seed into some dumb slut). Scientifically a very interesting read.
(Have read at least 10 times at various stages of my life. Has completely different meaning at each stage. Captivating story about the evolution of a small business and IDing the various stages. Great read for anyone thinking about going out on their own or just being "entrepreneurial" .
The whole fly wheel thing is brilliant. Aligning what you love, what you're great at, and monetizing it. When aligned, it's a Home Run. When not, can be good but NOT GREAT!
Don't know. What I do know is at a personal level, it's a great formula for success. Not just because you ultimately make more money, but it's sustainable. Byproducts (again at the individual level) include:
I'm sure lots of others.
Clifford the Big Red Dog, teaches you a lot about diversity.
Read Ashley Vance's autobiography on Elon Musk. Delves deep into his thinking and puts forth the good and the bad. A lot of things to take away from it.
The Complete Guide To Divorce Law
Ok slightly lit but compelled to reply.
I have read a lot of shit over the last 10- 15 years and I have come to the conclusion (props to Taleeb for helping me along the way) that if you want meaningful go old. Really old.
If something has stuck around for hundreds of years there must be a reason. Hell, even if it's utter shite the fact that is it has stuck around means it has had a meaningful impact on the development of thought in the modern world so it is at least useful from that perspective.
The thing that has struck me about reading older material is that these were people who actually thought about how they lived their lives, what makes a good life and how they can live a good life. This was not about scoring a mutli-million dollar book deal or getting your balls licked by Jimmy Kimmel. This was the most serious shit in the world to these guys.
That is incredibly valuable insight and it is timeless. Revisiting the works of great thinkers throughout history has had an immense impact on my life.
So here is my advice.
Read "How to read a book" (I know) by Mortimer Adler. This is not exciting stuff but it really helped me to get more from reading.
Have a look through the list of recommended books in Adler's book. What topics interest you? pick something you think you will like.
If you want some suggestions I would recommend the stoics. Stoic philosophy is incredibly relevant to the modern times we live in. There is a lot of good shit about the world today but as a society we face unique challenges unseen previously and a lot of aspects of Stoicism are tailor made for dealing with this shit. As a start read Seneca and Marcus Aurelius Meditations.
It is my opinion that from the perspective of living a good fulfilling happy life there is no more useful single book in the history of mankind than Meditations.
this one was an absolute game changer for me.