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nearing the end of their life professors tend give one last lecture reflecting their life lessons. most people don't know it's their literal last lecture, but Randy was diagnosed with terminal cancer at 40s and he is an interesting guy I wish I could've met.
another one stretches slightly over 100 is The Brain That Changes Itself.
Dunno about changing my life the most, but this is what comes to mind, because it helped me accept my mortality: The Dalai Lama’s Book of Wisdom[0] includes a page on the practice of considering each day a number of ways (eight, here) a person might die, towards dying with more grace when the time comes. I started practicing and found it an engaging creative exercise. It’s also helped me take better care of other liv…
Showed me the easy way to stop smoking. (Not 100% sure if it's under 100 pages but at least not much more)
"The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Ivan_Ilyich
Also, +1 for Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Best bang for the buck for people in early 20s
About 128 pages, I've just read J Krishnamurti's Freedom from the Known.. quite interesting and potentially revelatory? Time will tell