James Altucher listed 40 books he reads again and again.
I thought I would see which ones I have read and which ones maybe I should read. Here goes my take on Altucher’s list:
James says: “Time is the ultimate judge of wisdom. How you bounce back from misery and despair in order to thrive. I hope I learned that from these books.”
I thought I would see which ones I have read and which ones maybe I should read. Here goes my take on Altucher’s list:
James says: “Time is the ultimate judge of wisdom. How you bounce back from misery and despair in order to thrive. I hope I learned that from these books.”
This book is a hard read and my thoughts are you need to be in a “dark” place so it can give you “light” I wasn’t in such a dark place when I read it [ Twice ] so I read it for professional curiosity and must admit it didn’t do anything for me.
I read “The Black Swan” because I come from a place where that is the norm… Swan’s in Perth, Western Australia are BLACK. So white swans are those things that are unusual. I found the book challenging and helpful.
I have just come across Cheryl Strayed in a podcast and want to read her book.
This one I haven’t read and I don’t see any desire to read it - yet!!
After hearing Derek Sivers on James’s podcast I ordered this book [ have since ordered 6 and given all but the first one away. ] My first reaction when it arrived is that is wasn’t very thick and that it better be good for the $20 odd it cost. It is a very useful book offering many insights. I use it for my management seminars and use the example of Sivers’ creating a manual of “What would Derek Do?”
I also use… “it is either HELL YES or no!” Just used that yesterday when something I was half hearted about, and I had said YES [ mistakenly ] I needed to explain that by saying yes to them I had said no to me… but what I needed to do was more important than their yes. It was hard saying this BUT I feel much better now.
I see people rave about this but I can’t get it!
These four I haven’t read… and probably won’t.
Just love this book and “Abundance,” the first one. I often use examples from “Abundance” about how the world is soo much better than C[onsanttly] N[egative] N[ews] reports. Diamandis’s books are a source of inspiration.
The work of Gladwell will live for ever. I read and reread his books for ideas.
Tim Ferriss references these authors although I can’t say I am a fan.
Greene’s books are very well researched and get brain fooder
Thiel, a Silicon Valley super Hero and Outcast [ at the same time ] challenges everything in this great read.
To help me write better, I have started to read and study the thoughts of Pressfield. Not a fan yet but getting there.
Not heard of this one before.
I can still recall reading this many years ago as if it were this morning… “Look dad, a purple cow!” The works of Seth are pure genius.
Haven’t got the urge to find this one.
This is in my toolbox for learning to write better. It is also a good read.
The previous 4 books hold no interest at this stage.
Great reads for those looking for a purpose… apparently an Oprah favourite authour.
These 7 books haven’t spoken to me as yet. I have had the Harry Browne book for 5 years but it hasn’t jump off the bookshelf demanding to be read. The others are not on my radar.
I would have read 15 of Coelho’s works, his blog, his tweets… my favourite resource is the favour bank from “The Zahir.” Coelho is the MASTER.
And rounding our James’s 40 recommended reads are three books that I haven’t considered and probably won’t.
To contemplate: Here is an interesting aside. If you looked at a list like this what would you think?? Have you read enough books to actually contemplate those you have read, those you want to read, and those which have no interest at all?
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