"He obviously equates smoking with maturity, and sees tobacco as his rite-of-passage. And he's emulating his male role models.
As an addict, you personally know the pleasures AND the pitfalls of smoking. If he is choosing to…"
Legitimate Self Improvement Books
I'm challenging the community to amass a list of carefully chosen books that contain legitimate and useful information for a man's self improvement and growth in all areas of life.
For example, if we were to choose the topic of "finances" first, I would submit the following:
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason
The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley & William Danko
The Wealthy Barber, David Chilton
Only submit books that you've personally read and can guarantee the value of the book's contents. We're not looking for Orzman's or Ramsey's quasi-advertisement publications.
Quality over quantity, gentleman. :)
For example, if we were to choose the topic of "finances" first, I would submit the following:
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason
The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley & William Danko
The Wealthy Barber, David Chilton
Only submit books that you've personally read and can guarantee the value of the book's contents. We're not looking for Orzman's or Ramsey's quasi-advertisement publications.
Quality over quantity, gentleman. :)
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Permalink Reply by Stephen Young on -
Walter Newells The Code of Man
General principles of Manliness, aided by well educated research from biographies and classics (it also serves as an excellent reading-list generator for manly books)
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Permalink Reply by Native Son on -
Can recommend a trio of boks by one author. SHUT UP, STOP WHINING & GET A LIFE, It's Called Work for a Reason and You're Broke Because You Want to Be by Larry Winget.
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Permalink Reply by Big Secret on
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7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey
The Speed of Trust - Stephen M. R. Covey
How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie (Great AoM book, written in 1936)
Getting Things Done - David Allen
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Barbour on -
I second "How to Win Friends...". I also liked "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living", also by Dale Carnegie.
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Permalink Reply by Dana Larson on
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Came here to post How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie, but ya beat me to it :)
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Permalink Reply by Iain Dwyer on -
I'm reading I will teach you to be rich by Ramit Sethi right now. Extremely good book. He has a blog with the same name. Don't let the campy title fool you. Solid, action-focused advice with no navel-gazing. In a similar vein, The four-hour work week by Tim Ferriss changed my life for the better. The basic message is automating your income to free your time for what is truly important (along with helping you define what is important to you). I'm not all the way there, but I'm working towards it.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is fiction, but the emphasis is similar. The story follows a young boy trying to meet his Personal Legend. According to the book, a Personal Legend is "[...] what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is." He meets people who gave up on their legends, who accomplish theirs, and the obstacles he meets. Very powerful book, and world record holder for most translated book by a living author.
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Permalink Reply by Frank Gonzales on
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read the U.S. Army Special Forces Handbook (the green book), A great source of...everything.
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Eliyahu M. Goldratt - The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
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Permalink Reply by George Fraser on -
I would suggest Paisley Goes with Nothing: A Man's Guide to Style by
Hal Rubenstein.
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