What's the most powerful book you have ever read?
Danny Kouba
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I recently bought the book "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill at a well-known bookstore for $4.
I absolutely do not understand how this is possible, because I have to say that it is probably the best book I have ever read. And it was only $4, WTF?!
So, what's the most powerful book you have ever read?
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Aaron O'Leary@aaronoleary
Republic of Shame by Caelainn Hogan, it's about a really dark time in recent Irish history.
Not powerful in the sense of business etc but powerful in the sense of understanding just how much women in Ireland went through because of the state and religion
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I loved The Alchemist!
@jason_andries1 Yes! Totally different book but definitely my second favorite. I read it about 5 times :D
@jason_andries1 I love the book as well! Every time I read it I learnt something new.
Zero to One from Peter Thiel. Great book if you are starting a Startup.
@joanduarte this one is truly great! I liked it as well. However, my favorite book is Hamlet, I don't know why but its just special for me. Moreover, I recently came across this website https://studydriver.com/hamlet/ and found lots of interesting information about my favorite book, and now I like it even more!
The Big Four :-) The story behind Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
The Alchemist. I have read it once and it was such a magical experience. Whenever I remember about it, it just fills me with hope and positivity.
Think and grow rich was great! I Heavily suggest; How to win friends and influence people - Dale Carnegie.
Off the top of my head is Peano on the Beach by Jim Dornan.. it's easy to read, and at one moment changed the way of thinking :)
How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley, a biologist and historian who talks about innovative products and their evolution as if they were specimen. It’s fascinating.
@nick_hintze omg I love Ridley's work so much! I read Genome, and as a Biologist it was an absolute delight!
Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success - by Sean Ellis. I love it so much!
Hamlet's BlackBerry by William Powers
It's a book from the previous decade but extremely relevant for us now. Amazing book.
I'm not into excessive reading but "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" by Jordan B. Peterson is the most powerful book I've ever read. It has helped me create a better professional and personal vision for life.
Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz - this book has single-handedly changed the way I do business, build partnerships, choose whom to work with and what to say yes to.
One Thousand and One Nights.
How To Win Friends and Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. The secret of this world is that the best books can be bought under 10$.
'Thinking, Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman (Nobel prize winner). The book is about behavioral economics and explains basic heuristics in judgment and decision-making and cognitive biases that we have with scientific proofs. Reading helps you notice bias you have but didn't used to acknowledge this. So I think this book allows me to make more thoughtful decisions now and notice when I perceive something as a fact but irl it's nothing but a bias. I'd definitely recommend it!
Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Think and Grow Rich, and The Alchemist- These are some of the best books ever!
@excellentweb_australia Rich Dad, Poor Dad was one of the very first non-fiction books I read while I was in college. That's where it all started.
Voltaire's Candide; a timeless piece that keeps me grounded, and reminds me the importance of stuff that genuinely matters to me.
Edit: I especially want to highlight the value of this for many of us who are consumed by the hustle culture in some way. Whatever we do, the best is to make sure our actions align with our values or eventually lead us back to who we want to be.