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What book changed your life?

>> No.16836957

Your diary

>> No.16837002

Red Book

>> No.16837009

I'm always skeptical if someone says a book (or other piece of art) changed their life. Why?

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>>16836956

>> No.16837027

every book I encounter changes my life in some way

>> No.16837031

>>16837027
Usually you'd only say something is life changing if it had a significant impact

>> No.16837038

>>16837031
That depends how low your standards are

>> No.16837041

>>16837009
Have you never read a self help book? I mean it doesn't change your life instantly but over time it does.

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>>16836956
This definitely

>> No.16837049

>>16837038
I'd say it should take a lot for a book to significantly change your life.
Your worldview is on rather weak footing, otherwise.

>> No.16837066

You Must Change Your Life

>> No.16837067

>>16836956
Real-Time Relationships - Stefan Molyneux

>> No.16837144

the quran

>> No.16838008

Journey to the end of the night

>> No.16838217

>>16838008
How did it change your life?

>> No.16838294

>>16838217
would like to ask this question to everyone in the thread desu

>> No.16838371

>>16837041
Most self help books tell you stuff you already know. Self help books are for procrastinators who want to feel like they're making progress but they're actually not.

>> No.16838411

>>16837018
How?

>>16836956
Persuasion & Rhetoric changed the way I look at life and what I feel like I need to do with it. Idk that it’s had so much change on my lived life in action to this point.

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>>16836956

>> No.16839260

>>16836956
The phrasing of this questioned always troubled me. Something completely external is not going to "change your life," that's done entirely on your own volition. Books, film, or anything in the realm of arts can affect your outlooks on life, but ultimately you have control as to whether or not to internalize and incorporate this into your actual lifestyle. The phrase "changed your life" sounds so dramatic, it's almost like asking "what book shocked you?" and that is a completely different question than "what book was most impactful on you?"

>> No.16839668

>>16839138
???

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It sounds retarded and I will get shit from the pseuds here but unironically the light novel Welcome to the NHK.

I dip into it occasionally to read it again. I feel a kinship with Sato like no other character.

>> No.16839707

>>16837009
>>16838371
Books have absolutely changed my life by leading me to explore new interests or adopt new values.
Stoner led to a reading habit, and Beyond Band of Brothers by Richard Winters helped me become more disciplined and care for others.
Various other books help me improve my writing, relate to other people, and have more interesting things to say in conversation.

>> No.16839719

>>16839693
Based LN reader. Will give it a read.

>> No.16839723

>>16836956
>What book changed your life?
Human Action, Mises
>Why
Gives framework of thought.

>> No.16839746

>>16836956
Atlas Shrugged, religious texts (same things)
Diary of an Economic Hitman
Road to Serfdom
Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour, Schoeck

>> No.16839753

>>16837009
>I'm always skeptical if someone says a book (or other piece of art) changed their life. Why?
Do you wonder why people are affected by ideas?

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>>16836956
It just worked.

>> No.16839775

>>16837018
Based
>>16838411
Tell me more? I have this lying around because Evola thought it was amazing so I should probably read it

>> No.16839787

>>16839773
Should I read this or Why We Sleep?

>> No.16839812

Nihilism by Seraphim Rose. I could give longer list of books that have influenced me, but that is the most prominent one currently. One of the reasons why I have approached the orthodox church.

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>> No.16839823

>>16839787
Haven't read it. If the author's YT clips give any indication though, Sleep Solution probably shares in a lot of the practical advice but focuses on mindset as well (it incorporates what's called CBT-I.)