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Post by JR Mercier »

Hello people.
I'm looking to read books, doesn't matter what genre, that will expand my general knowledge and that are just a mind-blowing read. If it made you go, "WOW, what have I been doing all my life?" then I want to read it.
Any recommendations will be appreciated.
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Hey there try Outliers by Melcolm Gladwill
The Story of Success is the third true to life book composed by Malcolm Gladwell and distributed by Little, Brown and Company on November 18, 2008. In Outliers, Gladwell looks at the variables that add to elevated amounts of progress. To help his postulation, he inspects why the lion's share of Canadian ice hockey players are conceived in the initial couple of long stretches of the logbook year, how Microsoft prime supporter Bill Gates accomplished his extraordinary riches, how the Beatles ended up a standout amongst the best melodic acts in mankind's history, how Joseph Flom fabricated Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom into a standout amongst the best law offices on the planet, how social contrasts have a vast impact in apparent knowledge and balanced basic leadership, and how two individuals with outstanding insight, Christopher Langan and J. Robert Oppenheimer, wind up with such immensely extraordinary fortunes. All through the production, Gladwell over and again specifies the "10,000-Hour Rule", guaranteeing that the way to accomplishing world-class mastery in any aptitude, is, to a substantial degree, a matter of honing the right route, for a sum of around 10,000 hours, however the creators of the first investigation this depended on have debated Gladwell's utilization
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Itameo wrote: 20 Jun 2018, 20:50 Hey there try Outliers by Melcolm Gladwill
The Story of Success is the third true to life book composed by Malcolm Gladwell and distributed by Little, Brown and Company on November 18, 2008. In Outliers, Gladwell looks at the variables that add to elevated amounts of progress. To help his postulation, he inspects why the lion's share of Canadian ice hockey players are conceived in the initial couple of long stretches of the logbook year, how Microsoft prime supporter Bill Gates accomplished his extraordinary riches, how the Beatles ended up a standout amongst the best melodic acts in mankind's history, how Joseph Flom fabricated Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom into a standout amongst the best law offices on the planet, how social contrasts have a vast impact in apparent knowledge and balanced basic leadership, and how two individuals with outstanding insight, Christopher Langan and J. Robert Oppenheimer, wind up with such immensely extraordinary fortunes. All through the production, Gladwell over and again specifies the "10,000-Hour Rule", guaranteeing that the way to accomplishing world-class mastery in any aptitude, is, to a substantial degree, a matter of honing the right route, for a sum of around 10,000 hours, however the creators of the first investigation this depended on have debated Gladwell's utilization
That sounds like a fantastic read! It covers a wide variety and I've never heard of the "10,000-Hour Rule", but it sounds super interesting. Thank you so much for the recommendation! :tiphat:
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Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
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pricklypurple wrote: 25 Jun 2018, 08:46 Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
I appreciate all the recommendations. Thanks
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Well mines gonna be more simple then everyones elses lol but the boy in the stripped pajamas ,the devils arithmetic , and the book thef these will change ur mind they are based around actual accurantses and lets u see wat it was like being of another religion then others
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Capital by Karl Marx
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You should definitely try Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. This is the type of book that is not as it seems from the beginning. You are introduced to an unexpected teacher, Ishmael, who gives lessons to the main character about the world we live in, just by looking into his eyes. The book really has the ability to change the way you think, in the best of ways. I always recommend it to anyone I can.
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You should try How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. One of the best books I've ever read.
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The Field by Lynne McTaggart. It is an easy-to-understand book on quantum physics and how it affects our everyday life. Mind-blowing!
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Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel if you have an interest in meditation/visualization. For an easier read, Women Who Run with Wolves or anything by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.
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Grit by Angela Duckworth is a good read if you're looking for a nonfiction. It's a great read that really helped me change my viewpoint of how to work towards being successful and to be someone who's a "genius" at what they do.
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I recently read The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli and was amazed by the concepts he discussed and the assumptions that we make about time which are completely inaccurate.
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The Physics of God
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Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. I think it's one of the worst books I've ever read! It's about a soldier. The band Metallica wrote the song "One" about it back in the 80's. Sybil is about a woman with multiple personality disorder. Her mom seemed pretty terrible. Where the Red Fern Grows is a children's/young adult book about a boy and his two redbone coonhounds - pretty sad. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, A Clockwork Orange, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein as it is fairly different than the movies. All these books are also movies and they are all kind of depressing!
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