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What book, fiction/non-fiction, changed a part of you and how?
For me it was Forty Rules of Love, by Elif Shafak, and it greatly changed my understanding of my faith.
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Utsha Sarker
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@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.
@stuti Yes, while reading it you can wonder how you can relate to this story but on the LT, you may realize how accurate it is.
"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
Ikigai - understanding the secret to long life
Anti Fragile - how to take criticism and improve ourselves "Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes a fire"
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.
The Challenge for Africa by Wangari Maathai. I always borrow from her courage to do what she feels is right.
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.
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.
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
@dribas Harry Potter I get. Can you tell me a little about Methods of Rationality?
@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.
Every book I have read have helped me grow into the person I'm & will continue to do so. If I talk about 1 book, it has to be Century Trilogy by Ken Follet
It is an historical epic throwing light on the times during World War.
It made me become more grateful for everything :)
@pallavi_jaisinghani thank you for sharing. Will definitely add this to my list. On my own journey of finding faith.
I will go ahead and name two: âA Thousand Splendid Sunsâ by Khaled Hosseini and âTuesdays with Morrieâ by Mitch Albom. Both have a story of love and loss which connects with the real life at so many levels.
For me it is Leadership wisdom by Robin Sharma. I see myself as someone who wants to impact people's life by my thoughts, words and actions. Reading this book has given me direction to understand the same.
"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