Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse. Helped me out of my sort of self-inflicted isolation and to heal . I also love Siddhartha by the same author, they both helped me look at myself and life in a completely different and more positive way.
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#112Cutting through spiritual materialism
Opening the Heart of Compassion
Both very high in the calling me out on my bullshit metric
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#113As someone who struggles with Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD “Meditations” by Julius Caesar has been a life changer.
Meditations by Marcus Aerelius
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#114Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid Introduced me to the beauty of logic and its limits. Also gave me solid mathematical thinking foundations. Pro tip: Try listening to Bach while you read about Bach.
Yes, the same for me - this book was the most influential in my life!
I spent three years of my life reading this book from cover to back three times and it was a different experience every time.
That was in 1985 and in Germany, during my education as a typesetter. I was 20, into computers (ZX81, C64), the Internet was still years away and this book just mesmerized my brain.
The German version of GEB is also a typographical marvel (printed by Klett-Cotta, fonts Syntax and Weidemann) - much nicer than the US version.
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#115Mind Magic by Bill Harvey: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3573948-mind-magic
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#116“The Effective Executive” by Peter Drucker. I’ve never even been an “executive” but have found that nuggets from this book have helped me navigate the working world for 25 years.
Thanks! I like Drucker's communication style. I'll check it out. Amazon delivers it tomorrow!
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#117Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse. Helped me out of my sort of self-inflicted isolation and to heal . I also love Siddhartha by the same author, they both helped me look at myself and life in a completely different and more positive way.
Highly recommend The Glass Bead Game. Less well known than his others but very good.
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#118Gonna have to go with Dune. So much wisdom presented in such an engaging way.
Ecology? Check.
Emotional intelligence? Check.
Logical intelligence? Check.
Leadership? Check.
Power? Check.
Family? Check.
Love? Check.
Politics? Check.
Badass desert world and technology? Check.
> ... there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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#119Open society by Karl Popper. No doubt the number 1 book I recommend anybody to read. Completely changes your perspective on all your preconceived notions of politics, economics and sociology.
Interesting! I'll check it out.
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#120"I am that" You can listen to some quotes from the book here: https://web.archive.org/web/2oe_/http://wayback-fakeurl.arch...
What do you like about it?