Book that had the biggest impact on you

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So, as the title suggests, what is the 1 book that had the biggest positive impact on you and the one that you would recommend people to read?

Also, please share how the book affected you and your actions or your outlook on the world.


Asking because I'm kind of in a rough spot now and looking to read into some different perspectives on things and life.

Thank you in advance
 
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Maybe you’ve read this one already: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig.

Edit: forgot the why part. Relativation and context. Cold rationalization vs having a romantic view of the world. Both are present in every body In my opinion, but some people hide the latter for a wide range of reasons, most of the time based on their experiences in life. Then again I’m no Freud or Jung.
 
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rudrapada said:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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Why ?

nakamura said:
Biggest impact by far:

48 Laws of Power - must read for everyone

Some others:

Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
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I've read 48 laws of power a while ago. It was surely an interesting read. But I'm still not sure how I feel about that one.

What did you take from it personally?

mickyfu said:
Probably the yellow pages when someone dropped it on my head from a fourth floor window.
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I kinda walked right into that one with the title, didn't I?
 
"Shivaji and His Times"

This is the only book I read which made me cry. Its about the King who fought against Islamic invaders to save India. Its nothing about religious hate but its about the real Islamic invasion and a fallout that killed millions of innocent people.

There are massive forts made in his times which are jaw dropping and will make you ask yourself many questions. You can visit these forts in India and can literally walk in clouds in rainy season.

No offence but if that king never existed, India would be a part of Afghanistan. Every guy no matter his religion, should read this book or watch the TV series to know how our forefathers fought till death to save the country we live comfortably in this day.
 
I liked Josh fechter’s BAMF bible about growth hacking. He gets more hate nowadays but his method does work. Hope you get out of your rough patch soon.
 
nirajjoshi said:
"Shivaji and His Times"

This is the only book I read which made me cry. Its about the King who fought against Islamic invaders to save India. Its nothing about religious hate but its about the real Islamic invasion and a fallout that killed millions of innocent people.

There are massive forts made in his times which are jaw dropping and will make you ask yourself many questions. You can visit these forts in India and can literally walk in clouds in rainy season.

No offence but if that king never existed, India would be a part of Afghanistan. Every guy no matter his religion, should read this book or watch the TV series to know how our forefathers fought till death to save the country we live comfortably in this day.
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Sounds like propaganda to me. I was reading Henry Ford - The International Jew and Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf. Same shit, other religion.


Oh by the way; Another book I can recommend:

Edwards Bernays - Propaganda
 
brian tracy's psychology of achievement/psychology of success is good if you are stuck in a rut and need new perspective. he has many other books all sort of same theme. eat the frog is another very popular one of his.
 
rudrapada said:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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Great book.

The books that had the biggest impact on me were all of the books written by this author - http://www.robinhobb.com/

Why? I just loved the worlds that were created by the author. The characters and the ideals portrayed in these books really inspired me.
I think I read these books around 15 years ago and some parts I even think about daily to this day.

So they are definitely my inspiration.

In terms of business books, these two -

thinking, fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

These are also two books that really inspired me, and some things discussed in these books I also think about regularly.
 
davids355 said:
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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Great read, but depressing at the same time, assuming that his observation about being born at the right moment in time is true. Still not sure if he mistakenly focuses on the outliers and derives to his conclusions that way, but again: who am I.
 
NotAllenTuring said:
Great read, but depressing at the same time, assuming that his observation about being born at the right moment in time is true. Still not sure if he mistakenly focuses on the outliers and derives to his conclusions that way, but again: who am I.
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Well, it’s true in some ways at least; imagine if you are born in a poverty stricken place, you may not have any opportunity to improve your situation.

So I think, at least from what we know, luck does play a big role. For that reason I hate it when people say about homeless people; it’s their fault (it might be, but it might not; how do you know?

Really we know so little about this world though. So who the F knows anything with any level of certainty.
 
nakamura said:
Sounds like propaganda to me. I was reading Henry Ford - The International Jew and Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf. Same shit, other religion.


Oh by the way; Another book I can recommend:

Edwards Bernays - Propaganda
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Prapoganda? It's history and not a fiction. It's not from million years ago. There's every proof about what happened. I already said it's not about religion. Everything that goes against your narrative isn't a prapoganda.

There are forts, coins, manuscripts, weapons and remains of dead.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaji

There have been extensive research, carbon datings of tools, remains, currency and manuscripts. History isn't a prapoganda my friend. History backed with scientific research is what you need to accept as a fact. I can say Indian mythology might be a prapoganda/over the top fiction but I will never deny the history that millions of people died to save a country from foreign invasion. That's pure disrespect for the people who died to save the country we live in today.

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These warriors were the real god who fought till their last movement. They didn't have to fight. They could've done anything but they choose to sacrifice their life to protect their people from brutal foreign invaders.

This is the real Game of Thrones.
 
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