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Danny Kouba
What's the most powerful book you have ever read?
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I recently bought the book "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill at a well-known bookstore for $4. I absolutely do not understand how this is possible, because I have to say that it is probably the best book I have ever read. And it was only $4, WTF?! So, what's the most powerful book you have ever read?
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Aaron O'Leary
Republic of Shame by Caelainn Hogan, it's about a really dark time in recent Irish history. Not powerful in the sense of business etc but powerful in the sense of understanding just how much women in Ireland went through because of the state and religion
Swapnil D Puranik
Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz - this book has single-handedly changed the way I do business, build partnerships, choose whom to work with and what to say yes to.
Nithin Jawahar
Trust Me I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday.This book completely changed the way I consume content online. And it revealed all the shady stuff that one can pull behind the scenes of publications to get what they want published. An eye-opener for sure.
Jasper Ruijs
How To Win Friends and Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. The secret of this world is that the best books can be bought under 10$.
Jacopo Lai
I'm not into excessive reading but "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" by Jordan B. Peterson is the most powerful book I've ever read. It has helped me create a better professional and personal vision for life.
Hunter Carter
Napoleon Hill is great - particularly his later works. My fav is a transcript of a series of lectures he gave later in life, which is called Success Habits. Very good. Most impactful books I've ever read are: The Undiscovered Self - Carl Jung The Art of Living - Epictetus Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu The Kybalion - Three Initiates As A Man Thinketh - James Allen The Power of Awareness - Neville Goddard
Anfas Ashrf
"The story of my life" Is an autobiogrophy of Helen Keller.It's a powerfulbook i ever read. Its a survival story of a lady with deaf and blind.
Deniz Sutaş
Voltaire's Candide; a timeless piece that keeps me grounded, and reminds me the importance of stuff that genuinely matters to me. Edit: I especially want to highlight the value of this for many of us who are consumed by the hustle culture in some way. Whatever we do, the best is to make sure our actions align with our values or eventually lead us back to who we want to be.
Alissa Anne Pagano
Only one book to date has made me change the way I want to live my life and, shockingly, that's The Count of Monte Cristo
Ben Kaiser
Think and grow rich was great! I Heavily suggest; How to win friends and influence people - Dale Carnegie.
Apollon Latsoudis
Think and Grow Rich is very good! It also includes informative examples. Having said that, "Foucault Pendulum" by Umberto Uco remains my favorite with the "Art of Learning? Josh Waitzkin being a close second
Philipp Karetov
My bet would be ‘Songlines‘ by Bruce Chatwin, who dropped out from work at Sotheby's to explore the underpinning principles of entrepreneurship, on-the-go-ness, and other ‘adventure‘ qualities of human nature. For this, he spent years nomading with indigenous communities around the globe. And finally found the answers in the wilderness of Australia 🐾
Swati Navalkar
The Alchemist. I have read it once and it was such a magical experience. Whenever I remember about it, it just fills me with hope and positivity.
Parker Revers
Dancing Naked in the Mind Field, by Kary Mullis. Not the "best" book, but its openminded perspective and extraordinary adventures got me back into a regular reading cadence.
Carly Chen
Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success - by Sean Ellis. I love it so much!
Arthur Hwang
Hamlet's BlackBerry by William Powers It's a book from the previous decade but extremely relevant for us now. Amazing book.
Joan Mateo Duarte 🚀
Zero to One from Peter Thiel. Great book if you are starting a Startup.
Heide Plock
@joanduarte this one is truly great! I liked it as well. However, my favorite book is Hamlet, I don't know why but its just special for me. Moreover, I recently came across this website https://studydriver.com/hamlet/ and found lots of interesting information about my favorite book, and now I like it even more!
Elena Albright
'Thinking, Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman (Nobel prize winner). The book is about behavioral economics and explains basic heuristics in judgment and decision-making and cognitive biases that we have with scientific proofs. Reading helps you notice bias you have but didn't used to acknowledge this. So I think this book allows me to make more thoughtful decisions now and notice when I perceive something as a fact but irl it's nothing but a bias. I'd definitely recommend it!
Muskan Keshervani
I am recently reading The Kite Runner, how nicely they have captured the emotions of a young teenager and they have mentioned all the phases of life rich-poor, life-death.
Nick Mazikov
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