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[Anonymous No.8315077]

What are some of /biz/'s favorite reads? Not necessarily financial, but books that helped you grow as a person (pic related)
Also:
>as a man thinketh
>anything by thic nhat hanh
>man's search for meaning
>the law of attraction
>one up on wall street
>letters from a stoic

[Anonymous No.8315109]

Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell is mandatory. Make sure you understand exactly why socialism is wrong.

[Anonymous No.8315133]

>>8315077
basically the further you research economics the more you realize literally everything is a ponzi scheme and you should just be the first to buy into anything and everything that looks like other people may buy it

[Anonymous No.8315137]

well i dind't like meditations that much honestly
there are good passages but generally it's quite repetitive

[Anonymous No.8315155]

All of St Paul's Epistles, especially the first letter to the Corrinthians and Galatians.
Anything by Ajahn Succito.
Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhantepola Gunaratana
Happier by Tal Ben Shahar
Tatoos on the Heart by Fr. Gregory Boyle
Anything by Ajahn Brahm
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.

[Anonymous No.8315158]

>>8315077
Evola - Ride the Tiger
Jonothan Bowden is also excellent, one such example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J92f2S3E0S8

After you finish those understandings you will have to ask yourself how it took so long for those teachings to percolate to you and you will find the key to solving the conundrum of our time.

[Anonymous No.8315178]

>>8315137
can't disagree there. aurelius never wrote it with the intent to publish, so i think a lot of it was reaffirming himself and his views. it stuck with me, though, and was one of the few books that translated into motivation for me outside of it.

[Anonymous No.8315210]

>>8315155
read the mindfulness and happier books, both were good. i'm actually currently reading the power of now.
you might really like awareness by anthony de mello

[Anonymous No.8315293]

>>8315109
>>8315133
any other good books on economics to recommend?

[Anonymous No.8315343]

>>8315178

I mean there's this all this mania (I see it a lot when browsing through the top sellers list) about self-help books or motivational books. I really don't get it
I can say what I have on a shelf
Alan Watts
Eric Fromm
John Keats
Richard Feynman
Mordecai Richler
Kapuscinski

But there's not a book that really helped me "grow as a person"

[Anonymous No.8315410]

>>8315077
The Turner Diaries

[Anonymous No.8315472]

From Zero to One - Thiel

[Anonymous No.8315479]

>>8315077
The confidence man by Herman Melville.

If every interaction is a zero sum business deal then it’s not hard to make it. Even with just leaving the house as the goal.

[Anonymous No.8315519]

>>8315077
Be Here Now by Ram Dass

[Anonymous No.8315674]

>>8315133
Holy shit you didn't understand fucking anything at all. I fear for those who depend on you financially

[Anonymous No.8315719]

>>8315674
Not an argument. The ones who make the most money in any investment buy in when no one thinks its valuable, and sells when people find that 'thing' to be valuable, and the only way in a market hat happens if it more and more people buy

and I'm not saying there's anything inherently wrong with that, its just the way it is

prove me wrong

[Anonymous No.8315752]

Karl Marx - Das Kapital

[Anonymous No.8315919]

>>8315719
>I know a lot about investing
>You have to buy stuff people want that they don't know they want it yet
>Remember ipod? That's a good one. Try to do one of those

[Anonymous No.8316035]

>>8315919
thanks for proving me right. Its no mistake Warren Buffet is called "the idiot that will buy anything". You need to break all constructs you have in your mind revolving around economics and understand what money actually is, and thats a representation of value from other people. A man can only be wealthy if there's a government or construct that protects ownership and if other's desire said ownerships.

[Anonymous No.8316209]

>>8316035
You're a walking advertisement for the Dunning-Krueger effect.

[Anonymous No.8316238]

>>8316209
nope this is what every billionaire on the planet does, they're saying it not me friend

[Anonymous No.8316295]

The World as Will and Representation
Shadow of the Torturer
Swan's Way

[Anonymous No.8316301]

>>8315109

[Anonymous No.8316317]

>>8316238
What I'm proposing is that you don't actually understand anything they've said, as evidenced by your illiterate interpretation of value theory.

[Anonymous No.8316452]

>>8316317
probably im just shitposting because im bored and my portfolio is red

[Anonymous No.8316491]

>>8315077
the 6 pillars of self-esteem by that clever brainy guy who got with Ayn Rand

[Anonymous No.8316641]

unironically enjoying 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson but I'm also pretty stupid

[Anonymous No.8316739]

>>8315155
Slave mentality bullshit designed to rob your will.

[Anonymous No.8316787]

anyone ever read margin of safety?
I've heard good things and got my hands on a PDF copy

[Anonymous No.8316796]

Could /biz/ elaborate a bit? I doubt anyone will buy a book based on just the title and the author.
Bearing in mind that we're all speculating on highly volatile assets that hardly anyone outside of our special autistic clique understands I'm reading books about the irrationality of man. With that in mind...
Predictably Irrational - Good book highlighting mans most irrational views and how easily influenced 'rational' man is by psychological factors. More along the lines of a 'light' psychological textbook, but covers some behavioural economics and has a great final chapter on the subprime mortgage crisis.
Thinking Fast and Slow - System 1 and 2. 'Econ' and 'Human'. Remembering Self and Experiencing Self. Still psychology, but introduces some intermediate economic concepts and covers behavioural economics rather well. Really activates those almonds. One thing it does help you do is recognise irrationality and suppress it much more effectively, along with recognising the hallmarks of irrationality and potentially profiting off of it.
Against All Odds - The history of probability. I must admit, I only started reading this book recently, but so far it's proving to be a good read. Helps you better understand the development of probability/risk (and therefore modern financial vehicles) and makes clear many well-known concepts many statisticians come across.
Devil Take the Hindmost (A History of Financial Speculation) - A personal favourite, this proves that regardless of technology, culture or any other factor possible, speculation always finds a way. Where there is opportunity to make ridiculous sums of money there will always be those that push these limits to the extreme and reap extreme profits. Very interesting to learn that the activities we engage on here on /biz/ are nothing new in the world of finance, and are in fact rather tame compared to the behemoth schemes of past centuries.

[Anonymous No.8316805]

>>8315077
Love this book. The black swan by Taleb is also great.

[Anonymous No.8316941]

>>8316796
Thinking fast and slow is jewish bullshit. check who wrote it.

[Anonymous No.8317101]

>>8315109

Great book

[Anonymous No.8317115]

>>8316941
Yeah I'm well aware that kahnemann and tversky are both kikes, but that doesn't discredit their work.

[Anonymous No.8317141]

Anything by Nassim Taleb.

[Anonymous No.8317244]

>>8316796
Guess I'll have to check out Devil Take the Hindmost since I read all your other suggestions. I really enjoyed Thinking Fast and Slow. Against All Odds worked as a history lesson for probability/risk while the others made you question how you and others process information. All these behavioral economics books have numbed my emotions but probably for my benefit.

[Anonymous No.8317255]

>Pic related

/biz/ virgins who want to find out that sex isnt that special should read:

>Mark Manson - Models
http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=DA0DA85D05077A55C991E9E947A380D1

>David Deida - The way of superior men
http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=4EFD2E5ADCE83070805B307DB1F15BC1

[CryptoInvestor No.8317449]

>>8317255
>/pol/

[Anonymous No.8317763]

>>8317244
Devil Take the Hindmost by Edward Chancellor is great, I'm glad you're considering it and I'm sure you'll enjoy it just as much as I did.
>Against All Odds worked as a history lesson for probability/risk
Yeah, that's what I was hoping for desu.
>All these behavioral economics books have numbed my emotions but probably for my benefit
Welcome to the true redpill. It starts to get bad when you start blurring the line between social and market transactions. ngl tho it's great for maintaining a logical frame of mind when dealing with money, especially its preservation and acquisition

[Anonymous No.8318341]

>>8315077
corpus hermetica

[Anonymous No.8318373]

>>8315155
>Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhantepola Gunaratana

This book has improved my mental health substantially. It is like a manual for me now.

[Anonymous No.8318383]

>>8316301
You realize Thomas Sowell has read all volumes of Marx's capital, and was himself a marxist in his 20s?

[Anonymous No.8318406]

>>8315077
The Book of Five Rings
Hagakure

[Anonymous No.8318410]

>>8315472
Underrated

[Anonymous No.8318984]

>>8315410
Don't buy the white cover version. Some kike gets royalties off it. Red cover only. US residents can get the red cover online but not Canadians (at least in my searches)

[Anonymous No.8319037]

Peter Joseph “The New Human Rights Movement”

[Anonymous No.8319055]

>>8315077
Go to /lit/

[Anonymous No.8319223]

Stop doing stupid shit, and learn how to identify when you are being affected by your unconscious emotions, /biz.

You will become a better trader.

[Anonymous No.8319277]

Man, Economy, and State for an introduction into Austrian School economics
The Ethics of Liberty to learn what a free society is actually like, and to better understand people like Roger Ver and Craig Wright

[Anonymous No.8319392]

fucking self help autists in this thread. how about reading a good novel rather than your daily "here's how you can fix your own anus" booklet?

[Anonymous No.8319428]

Thank you for this thread OP

[Anonymous No.8319512]

>>8319392
>CuK

[Anonymous No.8319551]

This book is a must read for anyone involved in crypto.

[Anonymous No.8319573]

>>8319551
Good call

[Anonymous No.8319610]

>>8319551

This was written in fucking 1997

[Anonymous No.8319638]

>>8319610
Amazing, isn't it?

[Anonymous No.8319665]

>>8319551
>>8319573
>>8319610
>>8319638
moar

[Anonymous No.8319704]

>>8319665

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[Anonymous No.8319764]

>>8319704
holy shit anon, thank you for this recommendation.

[Anonymous No.8319777]

>>8317255
>/pol/ recommended reading
is this a compilation of reddits favorite books or something

[Anonymous No.8319783]

>>8319665

https://imgur.com/a/eV74v#0

[Anonymous No.8319835]

>>8319783
>https://imgur.com/a/eV74v#0
thanks just found that on reddit, is there a pdf or epud of this anywhere?

[Anonymous No.8319863]

48 Law of Power. And everything else by Robert Greene.
Awaken the Giant Within. And other Tony Robbins books.
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T Harv Eker
Smartcuts by Shane Snow
Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Principles by Ray Dalio
Bold by Peter Diamandis
Winning by Jack Welsh

Also seconding The Power of Now, Zero to One, Thinking Fast and Slow, Nassim Taleb books

[Anonymous No.8319997]

>>8319835

Download it through IRC use this guide

https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/2oftbu/guide_the_idiot_proof_guide_to_downloading_ebooks/

[Anonymous No.8320126]

>>8316641
I like him but can't get through it. Some points take a long time and go nowhere.

[Anonymous No.8320136]

>>8319997
thanks

[Anonymous No.8320207]

rate me bruhs

[Anonymous No.8320567]

>>8320207
>rick and morty

[Anonymous No.8320604]

>>8319551
top lad

[Anonymous No.8320663]

>>8315077
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age must read. It predicted crypto, the swing back to nationalism & the coming City state & opt in online governance in the 90s.

[Anonymous No.8320680]

>>8315077
I have a book on Sikhs, Orthadox Christianity & Jordan Peterson i need to read. Meditations was great

[Anonymous No.8320929]

This is the /biz/nessman’s best friend

[Anonymous No.8321057]

>>8320207
> White
0/10

[Anonymous No.8321164]

Can anyone suggest a personal finance book?

[Anonymous No.8321293]

>>8320207
Decent, but why so much Gary Vee if you dont do affiliate marketing or something? I hope its serving you well either way but unless you're actually building an online brand its useless to you.

I think you would like Grit

[Anonymous No.8321364]

>>8321293
i like the idea of it but i don't execute on shit and don't take *ACTION* -- pretty sad desu

thanks for the book, i added it to my wishlist

[Anonymous No.8321428]

>>8315077
48 Laws of Power
Mein kampf

[Anonymous No.8321628]

>>8315472
>not a real book
fuck yourself lad

[Anonymous No.8321660]

Karl Marx capital
Unironically

[Anonymous No.8321736]

>>8319835
Libgen.io

[Anonymous No.8321783]

>>8319055
/lit af/ ?

[Anonymous No.8322139]

>>8321428
>48 Laws of Power

I feel tempted but I already have a pessimistic outlook and heard this book is basically a how to for sociopaths.

Worth a go?

[Anonymous No.8322205]

>>8322139
It's ok, mostly real life power plays are more subtle. The rules of work is better imo and the more applicable way to advance in career, still sociopathic to some extent.

[Anonymous No.8322282]

Also I feel like meditations was some cuck shit
>(you) be a slave because it's your moral obligation
>but I'm aj aristocrat and that's my moral obligation
I mean he's not wrong since even in the US most people aren't socially mobile. But still it shouldn't be an aspiration to be mediocre

[Anonymous No.8322288]

>>8319551
>>8319610
>>8319638

[Anonymous No.8322315]

>>8316317
my question is this if the real value of amazon was 600000 per share but people were only willing to pay 1000 per share because they saw dick pills as more valuable whats to stop amazons shares from staying at 1000?
If CNBC stopped covering amazon if people didnt use amazon everyday but it still provided decent value how would that value ever translate. Pro tip it wouldnt.

[Anonymous No.8322328]

>>8322282
I think you should reread meditations because what you took away from it is borked

[Anonymous No.8322330]

>>8322139
Its pretty sociopathic, unfortunately you will come to realize that capitalism is sociopathic. Take for instance rule #2: "e wary of friends - they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them. "

[Anonymous No.8322351]

Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy

[Anonymous No.8322440]

>>8322205
Now I'm torn. I'm looking for something more applicable and less philosophical and honestly I'm not an edgelord expecting to be the wolf of wall street or a crimelord. The only thing is, are both books focused on business? Laws of Power sounds like it's for life in general, although I'm a little hesitant to read relationship advice from Patrick Bateman.

[Anonymous No.8322443]

This is also good read, I always considered it a meme book but it gives very good insight into the methods of Chinese market manipulators

[Anonymous No.8322490]

>>8319551
Yes, called it in the 90s

[Anonymous No.8322583]

>THE 48 LAWS OF POWER

I recommend it not for manipulating other people, but make yourself be aware that there are unscrupulous people out there who use these methods.

[Anonymous No.8322596]

>>8315472
>From Zero to One - Thiel
upboated

[Anonymous No.8322740]

>>8319551
On Peter Thiel's list of must reads.

[Anonymous No.8322776]

>>8320929
Fucking this

[Anonymous No.8323838]

Mandatory

[Anonymous No.8323931]

>>8316301
To the back of the bread line with you.

[Anonymous No.8324178]

>>8322776
Redpill me senpai

[Anonymous No.8324225]

>>8324178
Taleb is great and everyone should read him. Follow him on twitter for a while if you don't believe me. That's my redpill.

[Anonymous No.8324330]

>>8317255
Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.8324395]

>>8315137
Repetition is the whole point, it was closer to a self-directed self help book which was never meant to be published.

Still, there’s a lot of wisdom in there.

[Anonymous No.8324518]

>>8315472
This is unironically one of the most useful business books out there. Its controversial and drops some major greenpills. The only thing this book doesn't tell you is that going from 5 to 1 or 3 to 1 is a much easier way to make money, most millionaires I know IRL have small monopolies serving their local areas.

[Anonymous No.8324545]

Alchiavelli - We wuz prances

[Anonymous No.8324548]

only self help book you need

[Anonymous No.8324601]

>>8319551
thanks just bought 1 paperback copy

[Anonymous No.8324631]

>>8319863
>48 Law of Power
this book is basically a guide to become a slimy social climber everyone hates. it will help you make money though

[Anonymous No.8324652]

>>8315472

[Anonymous No.8324677]

>>8319551
How does someone become this smart? Like, seriously how? I see so many individuals making bulls-eye predictions about how society will turn out, is it just a combination of STEM and life experience or something? I can only see as far as AI and automation, maybe BUI and that kind of stuff but this is like next level new paradigm type thinking.

[Anonymous No.8324709]

>>8319610
>A crucial part of this change will come about because of the effect of information technology in liberating the holders of wealth from expropriation through inflation

is this the /biz/ bible?

[Anonymous No.8324801]

>>8322583
This is a good point.
t. Been a victim of workplace narcissism/sociopathy.

[Anonymous No.8325008]

Just wanna thank everyone who’s contributed to this. Got some great fucking books lined up

[Anonymous No.8325017]

>>8316301
>being this much of a dumb gommie
kill yourself gomrade

[Anonymous No.8325131]

>>8320207
2/10
Rich dad poor dad is for suckers

[Anonymous No.8325273]

>>8325131
why? i see this meme here a lot. its just basic financial literacy for plebs. i dont think think you realise how totally inept most people are with money

[Anonymous No.8325299]

>>8325131
t. poor dad

[Anonymous No.8325375]

>>8319551
mother of god

[Anonymous No.8325438]

>>8325273
1. Taking financial advice with no success prior to writng a book of financial advice
2. Cyclical thought, annoyingly rendundant
3. ELI5 why passive income = good (no shit)

[Anonymous No.8325517]

>>8315077
Here's a reading list I've compiled over time, haven't got into all of them, only a few. Also currently skimming through letters from a stoic, the will to power, the gay science, and meditations (again).
>https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/54187223-joshua?shelf=to-read&view=table

[Anonymous No.8325532]

From the beginning:

>Fooled by Randomness
>The Black Swan
>Antifragile

All by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. If you haven't read and understood these, you most likely don't understand probability and chance. Absolutely critical.

>The Intelligent Investor

By Benjamin Graham. I know how much /biz/ shits on conventional investment advice, but it's good to know how most suckers do things.

>Mastery

Robert Greene. Basically the book of Monk Mode. If you want to get amazingly good at something, read and follow it.

>What I learned Losing a Million Dollars

Gives a case study into exactly the kind of errors that NNT describes in the earlier mentioned books. Don't confuse luck with skill.

Generally, I am a fan of Stoic literature/philosophy as this also helps to provide a thinking framework to remove the emotion from investing/trading decisions.

[Anonymous No.8325901]

>>8325438
>1. Taking financial advice with no success prior to writng a book of financial advice

implying that makes the advice any less real

>2. Cyclical thought, annoyingly rendundant

not an argument

>3. ELI5 why passive income = good (no shit)

again, it's an INTRO to finance for normies.

now i know not to take you poor dad's seriously

[Anonymous No.8325951]

>>8325901
It doesn't make the advice less real, but it does reduce the validity of the conclusions. The author did not have skin in the game in terms of real risk of destitution by following what he writes in his book.
If the writer had real risk, and not only survived, but succeeded, then it would be a must-read.

[Anonymous No.8326063]

>>8324545
>>8322443
These are must read for everyone, in my opinion.
Also, I have heard a rumor, that Sun Tzu never existed, and the 36 stratagems were written by Italian philosophers. Or was it Confucius?

[Anonymous No.8326740]

>>8325532
Thoughts on Peter lynch?

[Anonymous No.8326963]

>>8319055
>>8315077

[Anonymous No.8326980]

12 Rules For Life: an Antidote to Chaos

[Anonymous No.8326980,1]

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