Thank you for this thread
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12-05-2015, 10:37 AM #31
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12-05-2015, 10:51 AM #32
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12-05-2015, 10:59 AM #33
Not a lot of classics on that list. I always feel like focusing on contemporary self-help kind of literature will give you a one-sided flavor of the month (century?) perspective on life. A lot of those books surely say more or less the same things, so I bet they're more reassuring than they're life-changing. I myself have found what Spinoza, Nietzsche and Hesse for example wrote more life-changing than the stuff that gets put out nowadays actually.
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12-05-2015, 11:07 AM #34
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12-05-2015, 11:20 AM #35
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12-05-2015, 12:46 PM #36
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"If you don't know who the sucker is in the room, you're the sucker"
Haha, can't believe people who wear those. Pseudoscience to the max. The placebo effect is strong though.
Pretty much, people bash reading and I just shake my head. You will always better your life in some way when you gain insight from a book. Anyone who bashes someone for reading self help books needs to take a look at themselves. Never judge someone for taking initiative to improve their life.
That's awesome man! There are so many different techniques that are all useful in different ways. Just have to find one that sticks for you.
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You make some good points and yes, the theme of the book list was whatever I was attracted to at the time. I'd like to include more biographies on that list of really interesting people.
Law of attraction is definitely not pseudoscience, people just don't understand it fully and that law of attraction fails to include an important element. Let me break it down for you.
Here is invictus, he wakes up each day and does X routine. X routine may involve brushing his teeth, going to work, coming home to make food, then miscing for the rest of the night.
All of those are a set of habits that guide your actions each day. You've programmed yourself to live like that. Nothing will change unless you attract it into your life.
The law of attraction is goal setting in a sense. You are aligning yourself with some future self/ goal that you visualize. The problem is that most of the time it's wishful thinking without action. People think it's just going to fall into their life.
The problem is that it takes massive action, and you have to re-program your mind to change your habits.
Invictus uses the law of attraction to visualize more money in his life. Instead of just sitting there wishing, invictus comes home from work and instead of spending his time reading the misc for 5 hours, he starts reading books on side hustle.
Invictus keeps this focus up, he continues to focus on attracting this vision into his life, and soon after gaining knowledge he develops a plan of action gained from this new knowledge.
He's crushed his old habit of miscing for 5 hours and replaced it with 5 hours of reading/ working on a side business, years pass and he's quit his job and his side hustle has tripled his income and allows him to travel the world while his outsourced employees maintain his business.
There you have it.
To sum up: Law of attraction is real. It's visualization that works its way into goal setting. The key element is disciplining yourself to take action.
Any of the books on boosting your brain. When you take steps to improve your mental performance, ho lee fuk. That's all I can say.
Any books on simplicity and tyding up. When you drastically minimize your possessions, and throw out most of your junk, life feels more free and simple. The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential
The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living
All though self help ish, this book really had a positive effect many years ago Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was great
As a Man Thinketh was unbelievable (it's like only 50 pages)
Think and Grow Rich is just a classic everyone should get a taste of.GUIDE #6 | 23 Steps to Perfect Sleep ► bit.ly/23-Sleep
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Optimize your sleep , eat more vegetables, deepen your relationships with love, gratitude, compassion. Read more books, watch less tv (active learning vs passive). Meditate daily. Get in touch with your body & soul
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12-05-2015, 12:49 PM #37
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12-05-2015, 12:52 PM #38
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12-05-2015, 12:54 PM #39
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12-05-2015, 12:55 PM #40
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12-05-2015, 01:13 PM #41
You put out some awesome video content. I see you being some type of successful speaker. Dive into books and let the world see how thick, solid, and tight your speaking skills, knowledge and media personality evolve. Something beautiful awaits you!
You might enjoy Gary V's energy and persona
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Simplest yet one of the most powerful books I've read. It set the direction of my life for a good while.
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Optimize your sleep , eat more vegetables, deepen your relationships with love, gratitude, compassion. Read more books, watch less tv (active learning vs passive). Meditate daily. Get in touch with your body & soul
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12-05-2015, 01:25 PM #42
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12-05-2015, 01:25 PM #43
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12-05-2015, 01:28 PM #44GUIDE #6 | 23 Steps to Perfect Sleep ► bit.ly/23-Sleep
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GUIDE #4 | Meditating ► bit.ly/MISC-4
GUIDE #3 | Mentors ► bit.ly/MISC-3
Healthy brain ► bit.ly/BrainGains
Life Wisdom ► bit.ly/LifeWisdom
301 life changing books ► bit.ly/301books
Optimize your sleep , eat more vegetables, deepen your relationships with love, gratitude, compassion. Read more books, watch less tv (active learning vs passive). Meditate daily. Get in touch with your body & soul
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12-05-2015, 01:29 PM #45
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lol @ reading 301 books brb money wasted, time wasted etc
brb improving self in other ways than sitting around reading
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12-05-2015, 01:31 PM #46
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12-05-2015, 01:32 PM #47
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12-05-2015, 01:47 PM #48
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12-05-2015, 01:48 PM #49
Do whatever makes you happy and brings joy.
I read 5-6 books on sleep and wrote a thread with 23 actionable steps that one can implement derived from those books. I think I helped improve the lives of many people, that is not time wasted.
Also, you might benefit from books that talk about, and distill the ego.
The ego always wants to be right and to win.
When you say "lol @" you are implying that you are better, wiser, and more important than someone else who wants to read from a list of 301 books.
If someone wants to read a book and they enjoy it, who are you to tell them they wasted their money and time? What makes you better than someone who spent time reading a book?
I'll still rep you and encourage you to consider reading more books. "If anyone is ever looking for a solution, someone, somewhere has probably found it and wrote about it in a book"GUIDE #6 | 23 Steps to Perfect Sleep ► bit.ly/23-Sleep
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Healthy brain ► bit.ly/BrainGains
Life Wisdom ► bit.ly/LifeWisdom
301 life changing books ► bit.ly/301books
Optimize your sleep , eat more vegetables, deepen your relationships with love, gratitude, compassion. Read more books, watch less tv (active learning vs passive). Meditate daily. Get in touch with your body & soul
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12-05-2015, 01:51 PM #50
4-hour work week
The monk who sold his ferrari
The giver
Think and grow rich
As a man thinketh
Boost your brain
Great sleep, reduced cancer
Bullet proof diet.
Read my sleep thread in sig, that's 5-6 books in one.
Sorry, more than 5. It's really hard to pick because there are literally so many books out there and they all are important in some way.GUIDE #6 | 23 Steps to Perfect Sleep ► bit.ly/23-Sleep
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GUIDE #4 | Meditating ► bit.ly/MISC-4
GUIDE #3 | Mentors ► bit.ly/MISC-3
Healthy brain ► bit.ly/BrainGains
Life Wisdom ► bit.ly/LifeWisdom
301 life changing books ► bit.ly/301books
Optimize your sleep , eat more vegetables, deepen your relationships with love, gratitude, compassion. Read more books, watch less tv (active learning vs passive). Meditate daily. Get in touch with your body & soul
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12-05-2015, 01:53 PM #51
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12-05-2015, 01:56 PM #52GUIDE #6 | 23 Steps to Perfect Sleep ► bit.ly/23-Sleep
GUIDE #5 | Magic Moments ► bit.ly/MISC-5
GUIDE #4 | Meditating ► bit.ly/MISC-4
GUIDE #3 | Mentors ► bit.ly/MISC-3
Healthy brain ► bit.ly/BrainGains
Life Wisdom ► bit.ly/LifeWisdom
301 life changing books ► bit.ly/301books
Optimize your sleep , eat more vegetables, deepen your relationships with love, gratitude, compassion. Read more books, watch less tv (active learning vs passive). Meditate daily. Get in touch with your body & soul
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12-05-2015, 02:06 PM #53
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12-05-2015, 02:18 PM #54GUIDE #6 | 23 Steps to Perfect Sleep ► bit.ly/23-Sleep
GUIDE #5 | Magic Moments ► bit.ly/MISC-5
GUIDE #4 | Meditating ► bit.ly/MISC-4
GUIDE #3 | Mentors ► bit.ly/MISC-3
Healthy brain ► bit.ly/BrainGains
Life Wisdom ► bit.ly/LifeWisdom
301 life changing books ► bit.ly/301books
Optimize your sleep , eat more vegetables, deepen your relationships with love, gratitude, compassion. Read more books, watch less tv (active learning vs passive). Meditate daily. Get in touch with your body & soul
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12-05-2015, 02:24 PM #55
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12-05-2015, 02:29 PM #56
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12-05-2015, 02:32 PM #57
http://www.home-designing.com/2011/0...ry-inspiration
Always loved this one
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GUIDE #5 | Magic Moments ► bit.ly/MISC-5
GUIDE #4 | Meditating ► bit.ly/MISC-4
GUIDE #3 | Mentors ► bit.ly/MISC-3
Healthy brain ► bit.ly/BrainGains
Life Wisdom ► bit.ly/LifeWisdom
301 life changing books ► bit.ly/301books
Optimize your sleep , eat more vegetables, deepen your relationships with love, gratitude, compassion. Read more books, watch less tv (active learning vs passive). Meditate daily. Get in touch with your body & soul
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12-05-2015, 02:32 PM #58
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12-05-2015, 02:33 PM #59
I have brought some self help books but imo every one I read was terrible and offered no new or different advice. I have read some which made impossible claims and some were outright laughable.
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12-05-2015, 02:33 PM #60
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