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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion. John Steinbeck, East of Eden @Audiobooks_collection

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle @Audiobooks_collection

📚 5 books Jordan Peterson recommends Compiled from public recommendations. 1️⃣ Demons ✍️ Fyodor Dostoevsky I saw that he couldn't get along without me now, and I wouldn't have abandoned him for anything in the world. I stayed, and we remained sitting for two hours and more. 2️⃣ Factfulness ✍️ Hans Rosling There’s no room for facts when our minds are occupied by fear. 3️⃣ The Will to Power ✍️ Freidrich Nietzsche It is disgraceful for a philosopher to say: the good and the beautiful are one; i…

Enough is the most underrated financial goal The hardest skill in money is getting the goalpost to stop moving. People with more than they will ever need still risk what they have for what they do not need. Know what enough looks like for you. Past that point, more money buys less and less, and can cost you everything that matters. Book: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel @Audiobooks_collection

📚 5 books Tai Lopez recommends Compiled from public recommendations. 1️⃣ The Denial of Death ✍️ Ernest Becker The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there. 2️⃣ The Laws of Human Nature ✍️ Robert Greene Results are important, but the way they are achieved, the process, is equally important. 3️⃣ Smart Women Finish Rich ✍️ David Bach 4️⃣ The Selfish Gene ✍️ Richard Dawkins We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the sel…

They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it Nicholas Sparks, Dear John @Audiobooks_collection

📚 5 books Michelle Obama recommends Compiled from public recommendations. 1️⃣ Song of Solomon ✍️ Toni Morrison You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. 2️⃣ Exit West ✍️ Mohsin Hamid The end of the world can be cozy at times. 3️⃣ White Teeth ✍️ Zadie Smith 4️⃣ Commonwealth ✍️ Ann Patchett 5️⃣ An American Marriage ✍️ Tayari Jones But home isn't where you land; home is where you launch. You can't pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you ge…

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations @Audiobooks_collection

📚 5 books to understand people 1️⃣ Influence ✍️ Robert B. Cialdini A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do. 2️⃣ The 48 Laws of Power ✍️ Robert Greene Do not wait for a coronation; the greatest emperors crown themselves. 3️⃣ Thinking, Fast and Slow ✍️ Daniel Kahneman The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease w…

If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war. If the government is inefficient, top-heavy, and tax-mad, better it be all those than that people worry over it. Peace, Montag. Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data,…

📚 5 books Paul Graham recommends Compiled from public recommendations. 1️⃣ A Mathematician's Apology ✍️ G. H. Hardy Real mathematics must be justified as art if it can be justified at all. 2️⃣ The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ✍️ Benjamin Franklin Never confuse Motion with Action. 3️⃣ My Family and Other Animals ✍️ Gerald Durrell I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant. 4️⃣ The Origin of Species ✍️ Charles Darwin One …

Every habit is a vote for who you are becoming You do not become a reader by finishing one big book. You become one by reading a few pages, again and again. Each small action is evidence. Enough evidence and you start to believe it about yourself. So stop asking what you want to achieve. Ask who you want to become, and cast one small vote for that person today. Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear @Audiobooks_collection

📚 5 books to understand how power actually works 1️⃣ The Prince ✍️ Niccolò Machiavelli The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. 2️⃣ The 48 Laws of Power ✍️ Robert Greene Do not wait for a coronation; the greatest emperors crown themselves. 3️⃣ The Dictator's Handbook ✍️ Bueno de Mesquita and Smith 4️⃣ The Power Broker ✍️ Robert Caro Hospitality has always been a potent political weapon. Moses used it like a master. Coupled with his …

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. Winston S. Churchill @Audiobooks_collection

📚 5 books to build discipline 1️⃣ Can't Hurt Me ✍️ David Goggins You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential. 2️⃣ Atomic Habits ✍️ James Clear Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. 3️⃣ Discipline Is Destiny ✍️ Ryan Holiday We must master ourselves unless we'd prefe…

📚 5 books to build discipline 1️⃣ Can't Hurt Me ✍️ David Goggins You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential. 2️⃣ Atomic Habits ✍️ James Clear Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. 3️⃣ Discipline Is Destiny ✍️ Ryan Holiday We must master ourselves unless we'd prefe…

📚 5 books to build discipline 1️⃣ Can't Hurt Me ✍️ David Goggins You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential. 2️⃣ Atomic Habits ✍️ James Clear Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. 3️⃣ Discipline Is Destiny ✍️ Ryan Holiday We must master ourselves unless we'd prefe…

📚 5 books to build discipline 1️⃣ Can't Hurt Me ✍️ David Goggins You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential. 2️⃣ Atomic Habits ✍️ James Clear Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. 3️⃣ Discipline Is Destiny ✍️ Ryan Holiday We must master ourselves unless we'd prefe…

📚 5 books to build discipline 1️⃣ Can't Hurt Me ✍️ David Goggins You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential. 2️⃣ Atomic Habits ✍️ James Clear Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. 3️⃣ Discipline Is Destiny ✍️ Ryan Holiday We must master ourselves unless we'd prefe…

📚 5 books to build discipline 1️⃣ Can't Hurt Me ✍️ David Goggins You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential. 2️⃣ Atomic Habits ✍️ James Clear Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. 3️⃣ Discipline Is Destiny ✍️ Ryan Holiday We must master ourselves unless we'd prefe…