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The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

Benjamin Lorr

4.4 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources

M. Kat Anderson

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson, et al.

4.4 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

David J. Griffiths

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

Nicole Forsgren PhD , Jez Humble , et al.

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Dan Ariely, Simon Jones, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence

Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins - foreword, et al.

4.4 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

Paul Hawken

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Art of Thinking Clearly

Rolf Dobelli

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Wright Brothers

David McCullough and Simon & Schuster Audio

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Industrial Society and Its Future: Unabomber Manifesto

Theodore John Kaczynski

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and STAN (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science)

Richard McElreath

4.9 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Simple Techniques to Instantly Overcome Depression, Relieve Anxiety, and Rewire Your Brain

Olivia Telford

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

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300bpsonJune 24, 2021

I’m sorry you went through that. Someone on this site recommended a book years ago - Learned Optimism. They said it would change your life.

I read the book and did the work (similar to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and can honestly say it changed my life. I went from catastrophizing just about everything to not worrying pretty much at all.

I can’t imagine going back to the stress levels I used to have.

gdubsonMay 10, 2021

One book that really changed my life was "Feeling Good" by David Burns. It kinda popularize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. But the book wasn't an overnight success. It languished for years as his publisher refused to put any marketing dollars into it. They made it clear that his book wasn't really gonna get any love. Anyway, one day he got a call from Phil Donahue's producer. If I recall correctly, Burns had spent years doing any local spot he could get, and made it a point to be extra appreciative and grateful to anyone who interviewed him. One of these people went on to become one of Donahue's producers. (Donahue was in the class of Oprah back in the 80s and 90s). Overnight, his book became a huge success.

There's a lot of stories of 'overnight' successes actually being many many years in the making. Anyway, this was just one relevant one that came to mind reading this.

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