Books that changed your life.

Originally Posted by jordan723

DEFINITELY RECOMMEND "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. He was the professor that was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and was on Oprah. You can watch list actual last lecture for his school on youtube but this book is amazing. Not super lengthly but allowed me to see life differently especially after my mom passed away from Pancreatic cancer. I think you will not regret reading this book....
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Wow, just watched part of the video... Pretty touching. will def pick up the book. props for the recommendation
 
Originally Posted by 2morrowbegins2day

Originally Posted by Biggie62

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists- Neil Strauss



It made me see how pointless just picking up girls when I go out really is.
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I have this book downloaded... i wonder if it really works.
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I been sitting on this book for a minute letting it collect dust.  

I just read Secrets to A game; 3.5/5, gained alil bit better understanding of the female brain

  
 
that child soldier book looks wild. def wanna read that
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Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky
Coelho - The Alchemist, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Veronika Decides to Die, The Winner Stands Alone
The great Gatsby - Fitzgerald
Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being

just a few...bbut plenty more.
 
The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo
The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac
America and Howl - Allen Ginsberg
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Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
1984 and Animal Farm - George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
The Little Prince - Katharine Woods translation
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
We - Yenata Zemyatin (sp)
 
Originally Posted by HankMoody

I've never read a self-help/motivational book. I guess I'll pick one out of this thread and see what the fuss is about. It's a little odd to me. You need someone to tell you how to not conform... isn't that conforming to his views of non-conformity?
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Not necessarily.  It's more so learning from the observations and experiences of others.  In many cases, you are running into a dead end in a certain area of your life and the author is able to communicate a fix in a way that no one else has been able to communicate to you in the past.  I've ready over 20 "self help" books in the past year and have learned so much that I haven't seen before.  Just think of it like school at your own pacing.

As for books?

Total Money Makeover- Dave Ramsey.  Tackles debt and wealth from a psychological and emotional standpoint.  Learn how to get out of debt and build wealth.

Millionaire Next Door- Thomas Stanley.  Analyzes the financial habits of millionaires.

Trump: The Art of the Deal- Donald Trump.  How he negotiated and got great deals on real estate.
 
Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm

 Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
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It is probably the only time I ever tell people "watch the movie instead". In my opinion the movie is way better, and I read somewhere that even Palahniuk thinks the movie is better too. 
 
Originally Posted by RustyShackleford

Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm

 Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
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It is probably the only time I ever tell people "watch the movie instead". In my opinion the movie is way better, and I read somewhere that even Palahniuk thinks the movie is better too. 
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They're equal up until the ending and yeah, the movie ending is def. much better.
 
Ive read most of these within the past two years. I highly recommend them to anyone. However you have to read them with an open mind. By open mind I mean that some of the themes go against things that you have been taught your whole life to believe by schools, the media and the government.

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Secrets of the Millionare Mind - T. harv Eker
Think & Grow Rich: A Black Choice - N. Hill & Dennis Kimbro
The Total Money Makeover - Dave Ramsey
 
Not life changing, but ones that have stuck with me over the years:

Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah (autobiography)
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
 
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Not life-changing in the sense of a major philosophical revelation or anything like that, but definitely changed my 

outlook on life (in the biological sense, not a personal sense) in general.
 
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