Byron Katie. She's goes extreme in my opinion, but her instrospection method("the work") is very powerful.
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#12I highly recommend 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.
This book gave me the courage to take responsibility in my life and start working towards things which are important for myself. As the author once said, you don't get not to pay a price, you only get what price to pay.
It actually gave me the courage to leave Berlin and go back to my country(Romania) which even though is more poor and low in quality of public services, my friends and family are there and they are a priority for me right now.
It also thought me to make small changes in my every day life even though is something as small as cleaning my room. And these small changes give me enough confidence to pursue bigger ones like quitting smoking for good.
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#131. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Mostly the bits about how our society is mostly built on collective fictions.
2. Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse
I remember being very moved reading this, but I can't quite remember why.
Looks like it's time to re-read it.
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#14Alan Watt's Wisdom of Insecurity book was enlightening for me. You can read it for free here: https://antilogicalism.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/wisdom-of...
I second Alan Watt's.
Watch some of his youtube videos as well - they gave me strength to endure through some tough times.
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#15The Enchiridion of Epictetus is one of the main books of stoicism.
It has really changed the way I see life and face adversity.
It is very short and easy to read, despite being quite old, and contains actual down to earth wisdom about life
It somehow goes quite well with the teachings of Frankl, if you replace "God" by meaning.
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#16The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus.
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#17Flowers for Algernon, without a shadow of a doubt, had a huge impact on how I regard intelligence in others and myself, and it also put the pursuit of success into a new context for me. Lastly, it made me evaluate the prospects one has going into life, with respect to what is (and isn't) under once's control.
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#181. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Mostly the bits about how our society is mostly built on collective fictions. 2. Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse I remember being very moved reading this, but I can't quite remember why. Looks like it's time to re-read it.
Siddhartha is such a great book. I actually read it slower just to enjoy it for a longer time :)
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#19If a "life-shattering crisis that completely wrecked my world view" means a breakup definitely read "No More Mr. Nice Guy" from Robert Glover.
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#20Jonathan Livingston Seagull