"Mindset: The New Psychology of Success". By Carol Dweck, PhD. This is a game-changer. It taught me what we believe is what really defines what we can or cannot do.
Just believe you can believe, and you will believe.
Ask HN: Books on specific topics that have applied to many areas of your life?
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#12"Getting to Yes"
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#13"Getting to Yes"
"Start with no" by Jim Camp ;)
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#14+1 on "Nonviolent Communication" - if anyone is interested I have some directive like notes from the book here https://blog.abuiles.com/reading-feed/nonviolent-communicati... -- going through the book is important for the context but this can give you a quick overview of what it is about. Other books in my list are: - Punished by rewards by Alfie Kohn - On the shortness of life by Seneca
I have not read the book "Nonviolent Communication," but anecdotally, the several people I know who have mentioned reading this book tend to speak in an abnormally passive aggressive, condescending, and overbearing way. I am curious if this is just a fluke or if others have had the same experience.
Re: Ask HN: Books on specific topics that have applied to many areas of your life?
#15+1 on "Nonviolent Communication" - if anyone is interested I have some directive like notes from the book here https://blog.abuiles.com/reading-feed/nonviolent-communicati... -- going through the book is important for the context but this can give you a quick overview of what it is about. Other books in my list are: - Punished by rewards by Alfie Kohn - On the shortness of life by Seneca
I have not read the book "Nonviolent Communication," but anecdotally, the several people I know who have mentioned reading this book tend to speak in an abnormally passive aggressive, condescending, and overbearing way. I am curious if this is just a fluke or if others have had the same experience.
Interesting! Those things are exactly what the book tells you not to do.
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#16Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
I quit my “traditional engineering“ job after reading this book.
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#17Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan
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#18The Way of Zen by Alan Watts. The book is a historical analysis of the culmination of zen buddhism from its roots in hindu, buddhist, and toaist philosophies. Watts presents a perspective on how to approach your everyday life (relationships, communication, work, play, boredom, stress, anxiety, happiness, sadness) that is contrary to how we're taught to live in the "western world".
Wish I could up-vote you more, but I do agree Alan Watts was a turning point in my life.
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#19"the fall" by camus
the specific topic is a man's life-- but not the man you think.
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#20A Mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy. Went into it thinking I was reading a book on math and ended up reading a book about life.