[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 556 KB, 2753x2718, 1482275897829.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
8867235 No.8867235 [Reply] [Original]

What are the best self improvement books? Something like how to win friends and influence people is what I'm looking for

>> No.8867248

>>8867235
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.

>> No.8867253

>>8867235
art of war by sun tzu
you should apply sun tzu lessons on your daily life

>> No.8867261
File: 285 KB, 1000x800, IMG_8695.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
8867261

>>8867235
My Pepe is smarter than yours OP

>> No.8867264

>>8867235
the bible desu

>> No.8867270
File: 208 KB, 807x935, averagetrumpspporter.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
8867270

>>8867235
Tao te Ching

>> No.8867280

>>8867235
if you want real improvement get yourself a good job

>> No.8867302

>>8867280
what would be a good first job

>> No.8867311

I like books like The Power of Habit.
The truth is there's a million books about self help there's books about organization books about Fitness books about budgeting but really you don't need to read all of them to know what is really required of you to have a healthy lifestyle. The truly enlightening books about work ethic are typically autobiographical or biographical works of nonfiction that's are about innovators.

>> No.8867331

>>8867235
>self improvement
>implying there's a self
>implying it can be improved
>implying (((self improvement books))) aren't 'good goy' manuals
>implying you can handle the master carpenter's tools
>implying you shouldn't just accept your fate
>implying you haven't already
>implying you made the choice
>implying implications
>implying induction is possible
>implying

>> No.8867350

>>8867280
gas yourself

>> No.8867397

>>8867235
I work in a Library, and see all of them regularly. There is little to no difference between the self improvement books OP, just find one you like the writing style of.

>> No.8867613

>>8867235
Dale Carnegie is the king and only relevant self-improvement author.

>> No.8867618

>>8867235
The Suicide Handbook

>> No.8867640

>>8867235
The 48 Laws of Power

>> No.8868013
File: 23 KB, 228x346, 514BAyopO7L._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
8868013

>>8867235
this will teach you to stop being a 'nu-male' (I know it's a "buzzword" but a lot of western guys are total pussies nowadays), and help you be a better man. It'll probably also give you the right mindset for highly competitive careers.

Here's a good video summary of the book that gives you a general synopsis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxvrapNC15o&ab_channel=ArtofManliness

>> No.8868026

>>8867280
This. Not everything can be solved by reading.

>> No.8868052
File: 146 KB, 800x600, 1468621467256.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
8868052

I'll just list the good ones I've read
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Power of Self-Confidence by Brian Tracy
No Excuses by Brian Tracy
Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy
Art of War by Sun Tzu

That will give you a good start op

Think and Grow Rich is definitely leagues above any self improvement book I have read. A MUST read in my opinion.

>> No.8868063

>>8867248

just saw preview on amazon; looks interesting as fuck

>> No.8868070

>>8867280

don't derail the thread faggot

>> No.8868072

>>8867311

like Cicero?

>> No.8868149

Self help? Read the stoic philosophers

>> No.8868194

>>8868013
if i read this book can i continue to have only negative and destructive thoughts and dress like its halloween every day and complain about everything that stops me from unconsciously believing I am God?

>> No.8868228

>>8867235
Undoing Yourself with Energised Meditation and Other Devices

>> No.8868229
File: 32 KB, 292x366, 1427615314289.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
8868229

>>8868194
just read it