Someone suggested me "How to win friends & Infuence people". I read it 4 times in past 3 months. And I'll keep reading it through out my life. It has completely changed the way I see things. Now before I speak I think and I can understand how many mistakes I've been doing. It had a lot of impact on me. Like wise, are there any other books? Which book had such an impact on your way of looking at things?
What is the book that has completely changed your way of thinking?
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#2Rich Dad, Poor Dad opened my eyes to some commercial realities of the world. I realised the career I was training for wasn't going to give me the life I wanted, so I began focusing more time learning about money, investements, business etc.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a book I've never been able to get more than 1/3 of the way through, but its 'Circle of Control' framework made me a much happier and more content person.
I enjoyed Dale Carnegie, but took some of the lessons on board a little too much, which got me into trouble in some social situations where I didn't have awareness (eg, using mirroring or copying techniques to build rapport, and later discovering I was standing next to my girlfriend and flirting with other women!).
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#3On Intelligence By Jeff Hawkins.
http://www.amazon.com/Intelligence-Jeff-Hawkins/dp/080507853...
Hawkins was the founder of both Palm and Handspring, but comes from an academic background where he studied neuropsychology (how the brain works). The book is a thorough look at how the brain experiences the world, with the goal being the creation of artificially intelligent machines.
It'll change the way you perceive perception (if that makes any sense).
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#4Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich
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#5Vedanta books - so many good authors all saying the same thing
Art of Happiness - Dalai Lama
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach
Physics problems - Irodov
Seven Mysteries of Life - Guy Murchie
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#6Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand), In Memory Yet Green/In Joy Still Felt (Isaac Asimov), The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Robert Heinlein).
Those books are probably what made me into a self-sufficient human being who wants to stand on his own and keep living the best he can.
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#7Few of them are:
- I am OK you are OK, Thomas Harris (not sure)
- Fountain Head, Ayn Rand
- How to win friends ..
- Lateral Thinking, Bono
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#8Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris. My life was never the same again.
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#9Change your thinking by Sarah Edelman
http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=162469
No, seriously.
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#10The Game - I never became a PUA per say, but it helped me a lot in dealing with co-workers, team members, investors, customers, and random people I come across every day.