ITT: Books that have genuinely changed your mindset or behavior significantly

[Anonymous No.20947257]

One good criterion of this is that your life markedly changed in at least one aspect.

[Anonymous No.20947338]

Unironically, some of the 4chan post round here. That's how I know I'm NGMI.

[Anonymous No.20947366]

>>20947257
This and corey waynes 3% man are excellent for understanding women. Unfortunately shortly after reading them, I realized I simply can't stand most of them, so the information has not helped me. Ultimately the biggest truth, which corey wayne touches on, is that you must find your passion or purpose first, or you will be giving too much focus to the woman in your life and she will lose respect for you. There must always be something you care about more than her, which she must compete with to gain your attention. If your passion yields you status as a man, even better.

[Anonymous No.20947677]

>>20947257
>Mark Manson
Really dude? NGMI

[Anonymous No.20947681]

>>20947257
manson is normie shit, mystery is a better entry point

[Anonymous No.20947890]

Tao Te Ching

I think it was Tao Te Ching that taught me that the secret (although maybe it's too fucking obvious to be a secret) to attracting women is just being safe to be around, and spend

So yeah, just be friendly, able to handle yourself, assertive but not aggressive, etc.

Money and good looks are fundamentally things that are attractive by virtue of simply making women feel safe around you. Same with height and a muscular physique.

A big cock is really nothing. Lesbians get on fine with no cock at all.

Tao Te Ching taught me many more things too, but this thing relates to OP the most.

[Anonymous No.20947895]

>>20947366
>corey waynes 3% man
Did you read this based on /lit/'s recommendation?

[Anonymous No.20947913]

>>20947257
The tartar steppe by Buzzatti made me find a job at a hostel that is 1000km away from my home, by far it has been one the best experiences in my life. Also Boscabn and Garcilaso's poetry.

[Anonymous No.20947921]

>>20947913
You went from America to Asia, I imagine?

[Anonymous No.20947947]

>>20947921
No, just moved to another province, I'm planning on backpacking trough my country for now, don't have enough money to go elsewhere.

[Anonymous No.20948095]

>>20947338
That’s rather sad.

[Anonymous No.20948533]

>>20947257
This beautiful poem changed my life

[Anonymous No.20948539]

>>20948533
That's free verse

[Anonymous No.20948573]

>>20947681
Isn't that completely obsolete game? Mystery even had a new method (venusian art or something) and even that is probably obsolete at that point. You can forget everything that came before 2010. Women know all these push-pull, negging and shit like that. They study PUA, they watch all the videos and so on and create counter methods. When they notice that you do PUA shit, you're DONE. There are new forms of games, but they are not shared with the public. Because as soon as it gets mainstreams it gets ruined.

[Anonymous No.20948611]

>>20947366
>There must always be something you care about more than her, which she must compete with to gain your attention. If your passion yields you status as a man, even better.
Then why are programmers and engineers so bad with women? Most of them are obsessed with their work and it yields them status and wealth, but they still end up getting cucked. The only truth about women is that you have to be a little more attractive than they are. Either that or be a drug dealer.

[Anonymous No.20948631]

>>20948611
They have passion/purpose but they're also the most socially inept people on the planet

[Anonymous No.20948638]

>>20948631
So then the "biggest truth" isn't that you need to have a passion but that you need to be attractive (of which social skills are a big part), which is just common sense.

[Anonymous No.20948685]

>>20948573
you completely missed the point, also your post is LARP

[Anonymous No.20948725]

>>20947257
Models just made me more disillusioned with the dating market. Fuck all these hoops Manson says you have to jump through.

[Anonymous No.20948738]

>>20947366
>, I realized I simply can't stand most of them, so the information has not helped me.
Yes. Schopenhauer had it right. The only ones tolerable for their beauty and lack of cynicism are 18 years old and practically speaking even Leo D can't date a different 18 year old every year, though he's doing the next best thing.

[Anonymous No.20948770]

>>20948738
you think we've passed the point of no return? like with the advent of prophylatics, birth control, abortion pills, cultural acceptance of women in the workplace (not just acceptance but active encouragement and in some cases coercion), destigmatization of pre-marital sex, divorce, promiscuity, pornography, atheism, is the worm ever going to turn? or is going to be like the world described in The Forever War? where everyone is a faggot and likes it?

[Anonymous No.20948786]

No a single book is capable of changing my life for the better.

[Anonymous No.20948880]

>>20948770
>you think we've passed the point of no return?
Yes. There's a very funny Black Piller I like called Turd Flinging Monkey who was run off every platform a few years ago. He would constantly scream how the only way to stop this was to remove women's rights but that simply will never happen short of a cataclysm (when they would indeed disappear overnight). The battle is being lost in all the Muslim countries too now.

[Anonymous No.20948898]

>>20948770
>atheism
Russia is far more atheist than america or ireland yet more traditional. Same for china or even north korea
The rest are true

[Anonymous No.20948935]

>>20948770
Have sex

[Anonymous No.20949572]

[Anonymous No.20949588]

>>20947890
Well, that's all kind of vague. How do you be "friendly" in a way that marks you as appealing, and not some kind of pushover? How do you be assertive in a way that isn't domineering?

[Anonymous No.20949614]

>>20947257
Is it really that good? I already have a girlfriend but being more attractive is always helpful.

[Anonymous No.20949627]

>>20949588
Think about how you would treat a dog or a small child. There you go.

[Anonymous No.20949638]

>>20949627
Make silly noises at them, and teach them wrong things on purpose, because I think it's funny?

[Anonymous No.20949658]

>>20949638
You know what I meant mate, stop taking the piss.

[Anonymous No.20949707]

>>20947257
The book "Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists" thoroughly crushed my view of the world. I hadn't considered what it actually was to have an NDE from the first-person perspective, but this book really opened my mind to it.

While it was difficult at the time, I'm now glad to be more "spiritual" (I know) and kind, and open-minded.

Here's a decent summary: https://youtu.be/U00ibBGZp7o

[Anonymous No.20949714]

>>20948638
No.

[Anonymous No.20949721]

>>20949714
ok

[Anonymous No.20949722]

>>20949721
yea

[Anonymous No.20949829]

>>20947947
Canadian detected

[Anonymous No.20949979]

>>20948770
this is to be blackpilled

[Anonymous No.20950146]

>>20948611
>Most of them are obsessed with their work
They're not you stupid fuck. The average programmer or engineer is a midwit barely scraping by and only engaging with his field to the extent absolutely necessary as part of his daily duties.

Part of the reason I quit being an engineer and went back to school to get into research instead.

[Anonymous No.20950165]

>>20950146
>research
lol, you're in for a big surprise friend.

[Anonymous No.20950232]

>>20949572
>cspb
>not kjv
anon..I

[Anonymous No.20950262]

speedreading through this shit
>Give women false compliments and see how they respond. They won’t respond very well.
>But communicate with honest appreciation and you’ll be amazed how she lights up in front of you.
>So the catch is that everything you say must be as authentic as possible.
imagine some guy following this advice and releasing his inner true long fermented "appreciation" to her, kek.

unless by "authentic" he means nonchalant and accidental compliments that feel spontaneous, but they can be faked too, dostoyevski already wrote about this in "idiot" or "gambler", much better advice there.
rest of the intro chapters don't inspire confidence either. better read the classics by real womanizers (dostoyevski, hemmmingway, chandler, camus, wagner, chateaubriand etc) and you will have gathered more useful PUA wisdom en passant, while they write about something else entirely. there should be a chart for this already.

[Anonymous No.20950390]

>>20950146
>I quit being an engineer and went back to school to get into research instead.
Kek, you're fucked. The academy is full of midwits. Every PhD I've met was a literal retard that when presented with real life problems just froze, unable to articulate any intelligent thought.
Understand that the only escape from hell for computer engineers is starting your own business and doing things your own way. Good luck.

[Anonymous No.20950430]

>read self help books
>get mad, because I can tell the guy is a Chad and all of this "advice" wont work for me
>also doubly mad at women now, because they seem like morons

[Anonymous No.20951814]

>>20947366
Thanks for the rec.

[Anonymous No.20951849]

>>20947257
A book about writing.

[Anonymous No.20952907]

>>20949588
Good question. First, I'd say don't talk to people like they're dogs or small children. Be respectful and courteous, and if someone is being a dick, then avoid them, or put them in their place if you absolutely have to. A pushover of course is also someone that is not safe to be around.

If you have to dominate someone aggressively for them to give you any kind of respect, you're not with the right people.

[Anonymous No.20953140]

I've read ALL the "redpill" books. They have helped me immensely in every area of my life. Models is top 5, others are
1. Fundamentals of Female Dynamics
2. Day Bang and Game by Roosh V
3. Sex God Method (this will unironically change every female relationship you ever have )
4. Roissy's Rules

[Anonymous No.20953179]

>>20953140
The one that I see memed on youtube a lot is the rational male? Whats up with that one.