Ask HN: What book would you recommend to your younger self?

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by samcgraw • 6 years ago

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deathgrips• 6 years ago

Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson. I've gone through several core belief changes in my life (religious, philosophical, interpersonal) and the book would have helped me understand what I was going through.

omosubi• 6 years ago

How to win friends and influence people - It's mentioned here all the time but I think it would have helped get over some of my social anxiety in high school. Maybe this is particular to me but I get the sense that American society doesn't teach kids how to interact with others.

medialucky20• 6 years ago

I liked this book. Unfortunately it is not just American Society majority of the countries don't consider mental health of the young people.

togusa2017• 6 years ago

Read: Saga of the swamp things by Alan Moore

It just blew my mind out of the park

tugberkk• 6 years ago

Marcus Aurelius - Meditations

I really think this book should be read every day for at least 10 minutes.

curiosweti• 6 years ago

The Growth Mindset.

It just conveys a simple theory and if you keep it in the back of your mind, you won't be easily defeated when learning anything new.

lki876• 6 years ago

12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson

kleer001• 6 years ago

10 years ago - The Gulag Archipelago (Abridged) or One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich : Solzhenitsyn

20 years ago - Meditations : Marcus Aurelius

30 years ago - Zen Flesh Zen Bones : Paul Reps

Any time: Anything by: Robert Sapolsky, John Gottman, Early Jonathan Lethem novels, Peter Clines, Margaret Atwood

rawgabbit2• 6 years ago

Socratic Logic by Peter Kreeft. Mans Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl.

rawgabbit2• 6 years ago

Frankl’s book reads conversationally but is very deep. He survived a Nazi concentration camp and analyzed the psychological response of the prisoners from shock, collusion, anger, resignation, love, and finally transcending suffering.

Ask HN: What book would you recommend to your younger self?

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