Best non-fiction books to level up in life

For people read books I would love to hear what others you’d add the list that have helped you level up in life (Dating, Professional, Social, Spiritual, etc).

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A few off the top of my head that contributed to my own personal growth:

Work

  • 4-Hour Workweek - Tim Ferriss
  • Essentialism - Greg McKeown
  • Deep Work - Cal Newport
  • 80/20 Principle - Richard Koch

General Mindset

  • Just about anything by Tony Robbins
  • The Happiness Equation - Neil Pasricha
  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo

Mental/Spiritual

  • Stress Less, Accomplish More - Emily Fletcher (where I actually learned how to successfully meditate)
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Game of Thrones :slight_smile:

I forgot to add one more which helped with the results of True Sell loll:

The Art of the Deal

Ah boi, here we go again.

Weath:

  • The Psychology of Money

Social:

  • How to talk to anyone
  • How to win friends and influence people.

Mental/Spiritual

  • The power of now
  • The Alter Ego Effect (Currently reading - Great book so far.)

Seduction/Game

  • The natural
  • Models
  • The game

Programming

  • The C# Players Guide (I’m putting the book that taught me everything I know about C#) Note: Great book to help learn game development too, I used it to develop games in unity for uni+

I’m gonna reread these soon now.

Edit:

I’ll update this with the other books ive read, that anyone can read/use.

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Here is a short, but rather special text that I prize highly.

It is essentially, an exposé about the interconnectedness and occulted mysticism of nature.

It’s definitely worth reading for those who are seeking truth.

Oh yeah now that @Ingress mentioned here’s my books for cyber security (Yes I read all of those books over my lifetime lmao). @Trev ans @TheBoxingScientist might be interested in this hehe:

Red Team Field Manual

Blue Team Field Manual

The Art of Intrusion

Hacking The art of exploitation

Sandworm

Hacker, hoaxer, whistleblower, spy The many faces of anonymous

Ghost in the wires: My adventures as the most wanted hacker

Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World

Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking

Intelligence-Driven Incident Response: Outwitting the Adversary

CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-601 Study Guide (To be when I read this book in high school)

CCSK Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge All-in-One Exam Guide

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I’m gonna check some of these out.

Book about negotiating (so also for everybody who wants to use True Sell)
Chris Voss - Never split the difference
Worth it to read or listen to it multiple times to integrate the content.

Inspiring story:
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Total recall

A few that I have read over the last couple years and would recommend:

Never Split The Difference - Chris Voss
Ego, Authority, Failure - Derek Gaunt
Deep Work - Cal Newport
The Death of Expertise - Tom Nichols
Hundred Percenters, Truth at Work and Hard Goals - Murphy
Everything is F*cked - Mark Manson