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I should expand these out more and describe WHY they changed how I think. But with each title it brings back so many memories (basically, memories of explosions going off in my head as I read each book) that I'm not sure where to begin with each one.

    1. The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley

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    2. The Evolution of Everything by Matt Ridley

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    This book and the next demonstrated to me how every industry is constantly evolving. And usually in the form of "believe in God(s)" --> "belief in humans" --> "belief in data".

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The books that have changed my thinking are a mix of:
- Entrepreneurship books
- Fitness/Nutrition books
- Personal Development

    1. 7 habits of Highly Effective people

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    This was my first major read on Personal development. What I love most about this book is 99% of the ideas on this book are “timeless principles” that can be applied anywhere:

    - Be Proactive
    - Begin with the End in Mind
    - Put First things First
    - Think Win-Win
    - Seek first to understand, then to be understood
    - Synergize
    - Sharpen the saw
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I think this is the second such list I've created here on NotePd.com, so here goes.

    1. Man's Search For Meaning - Viktor Frankel

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    I've experienced what many would consider real adversity in my life. Still, it can always be worse. Reading Viktor Frankel's Man's Search For Meaning, a brutal, horrific, and yet inspiring account of his experience in a Nazi concentration camp, reminded me of that. Whenever I think I'm having a bad day, month, or year....on the spectrum of human suffering, what I've experienced, while certainly not fun and not what anyone would consider an easy path, is really not all that bad and I have many blessings to be grateful for.
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    1. Ilandia by Austin Tappen Wright

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    An epic Science Fiction that shows humankind despite its best and its worse with real possibility.
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As you get older I think you are less likely to change how you think. So my bet is on the books I read when I was growing up and would read again.

    1. The City and the Stars -Arthur C Clarke

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    I loved Sci Fi growing up and this is one of my favorites - I think Logans run might have drawn some ideas from here but this is much better.
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    1. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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    The private thoughts from the most powerful man on Earth, with advice and wisdom that is still as useful today as it was then.
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    1. Atomic Habits

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    This book helped me cope with depression. Even in my lowest, I was able to design my life in a way that became functional. And as I recovered from depression, the ideas started to feel like superpowers.
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    1. The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg, which gave me conviction that the Soviet Union would break up and that freedom would spread throughout Europe and Asia. At least for a few years.

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    2. Currency Wars, along with its followup books by Jim Rickards. Someone who was able to read the tea leaves better than the people who get on television too often.

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How to Win Friends and Influence People, Wired That Way, 5 Love Languages, Atomic Habits, Compound Effect

    1. How to Win Friends and Influence People - People Skills and soft skills. Building relationships.

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    2. Compound Effect, daily habits and how they define the road ahead.

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    1. Lean Thinking by Womack & Jones

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    This book put a framework on Toyota's production system that challenged look held assumptions about manufacturing.
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Not a lot of books for me to list but...

    1. The Black Swan

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    The story about Umberto Eco and the significance of unread books made a big impression on me but I also pulled quite a few other things out of it too.
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I think the following books most influenced the way I think as an adult.

    1. Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

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    This biography of Leonardo da Vinci made me question the nature of genius. Most people only know da Vinci for "The Last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa." Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, musician, composer, engineer, architect, and other skills I can't recall off the top of my head.

    And yet, for all of his skills and talents, da Vinci was also a notorious procrastinator and often abandoned jobs he was commissioned to perform. I often wonder if he had a better work ethic, if the world's culture and technology would've been a century more advanced in the present day or if he would've been too narrow minded and never created the great works he did.

    From what researchers gathered from his journals, it's pretty clear Leonardo da Vinci was an "Idea Machine" long before James Altucher coined the term.
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These books helped me see things in a new light.

    1. Alchemy

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    This shows that most of our decisions aren't rational, instead we act on how something makes us feel.

    The author looks into different products and explains why we don't buy them based on rational reasons, very interesting read.
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