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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace, et al.

4.7 on Amazon

11 HN comments

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

4.6 on Amazon

11 HN comments

The Sociopath Next Door

Martha Stout

4.5 on Amazon

10 HN comments

The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

Shawn Achor and Random House Audio

4.7 on Amazon

10 HN comments

The Infinite Game

Simon Sinek and Penguin Audio

4.7 on Amazon

10 HN comments

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Revised Edition

Alice Miller

4.6 on Amazon

10 HN comments

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Jon Kabat-Zinn

4.6 on Amazon

10 HN comments

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

Michael A. Singer

4.7 on Amazon

9 HN comments

When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life

David D. Burns M.D.

4.6 on Amazon

9 HN comments

As a Man Thinketh

James Allen

4.7 on Amazon

9 HN comments

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 20th Anniversary Edition

Mitch Albom

4.8 on Amazon

9 HN comments

The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

The Arbinger Institute

4.7 on Amazon

9 HN comments

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Malcolm Gladwell and Hachette Audio

4.5 on Amazon

9 HN comments

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now

Meg Jay

4.7 on Amazon

9 HN comments

As a man Thinketh: The Original 1902 Edition (The Wisdom Of James Allen)

James Allen

4.7 on Amazon

9 HN comments

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anvshonNov 17, 2018

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alboom, really great book about life and everything brilliant about it.

mlrtimeonFeb 19, 2015

Tuesdays with Morrie is also a good read on this topic.

sombremesaonJune 4, 2021

I think readers might also enjoy 'the diving bell and the butterfly'. 'Tuesdays with Morrie' is another one in this "genre".

mattmaroononJuly 26, 2008

I never read Tuesdays With Morrie, but I was stocking books when that thing was out. It was a pretty big hit.

Not that that has anything to do with anything.

edw519onJuly 26, 2008

...other feel-good books from terminals. ie, "Tuesdays with Morrie". Remember that? Yeah, me neither...

I did read "Tuesdays with Morrie" and I remember it well. It was NOT written by a "terminal", but by his student, Mitch Albom, a wonderful sports writer for the Detriot Free Press and New York Times best selling author multiple times.

Everyone has his own 2 cents and disenting opinions often contribute to the breadth of the debate.

OTOH, it's getting to the point where one needs waders to get through the stuff that gets spewed here in the name of, "See how much smarter I am than you." Until you get your facts straight, you're not a dissenter, just another poser. Move along please.

shreyanshdonDec 12, 2018

  East of Eden - John Steinbeck
  Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
  The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
  Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
  Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
  Deep Work - Cal Newport
  The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint
  The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson
  Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
  Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person - Hugh Prather
  Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
  I Heart Logs: Event Data, Stream Processing, and Data Integration - Jay Kreps
  Kafka: The Definitive Guide - Neha Narkhede
  Effective Java - Joshua Bloch
  Algorithms - Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

mauliknshahonMay 11, 2018

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albon is a light-weight book with a genre of life-advice(I would not use the word self-help here). I think it would suit you.

fmax30onDec 23, 2015

I had read zero books by April 2015.
Have read the following since then.

1. 1984 by Orwell

2. Animal Farm by Orwell

3. 40 Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

4. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

5. The Man in the high castle by Philip k Dic

6. Tuesdays with morrie by Mitch Albom

7. Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie

8. The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell

9. Veronica Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

10. The Little Prince by antoine saint exupery

11. A Monster calls by Patrick ness

Books that I am currently reading very very slowly ( 1-3 chapters per week )

1. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking

2. The Wind Up Bird Chronicles by Murakami (I am really enjoying the slow reading here)

3. Zen and art of motorcycle by Robert Pirsig

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ispyonJuly 25, 2008

I don't know what else to say. I have no reason to listen to what this guy is saying or give it more value than any of the other feel-good books from terminals. ie, "Tuesdays with Morrie". Remember that? Yeah, me neither. The value of these books seems specious, too. Probably because all humans are afraid of dying unless they can delude themselves to go to church.

He gives off this whole vibe of some crazy new-agey street preacher. THe way people lap it up and buy his books is disturbing.

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