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Ask HN: Best personal development and productivity books

5 points by msh 14y ago

Hi I was thinking that HN would be a good source of recommendations for good personal development/motivational/productivity books. So what books have given the most to your life?

henrik_w 14y ago
"How to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie. A classic (the title sounds manipulative, but the book isn't).
dylanhassinger 14y ago
The Four Hour Workweek
- matthewsalud 14y ago
  Def a good book! I want to get 4 hour chef next
casca 14y ago
http://www.hnstore.co/ http://www.hnstore.co/ might be useful for seeing the most referenced books on HN.
aryehen 14y ago
Aaron Swartz's Raw Nerve. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rawnerve http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rawnerve
timmm 14y ago
Wake Up Productive is an awesome program. Also books by Tony Shwartz
matthewsalud 14y ago
Must read books Rework Purple Cow Louder Than Words Mob Rules Then read my blog when I relaunch it BossTycoon.com a blog about entrepreneur lifestyle
leashless 14y ago
"The Calm Technique" which is the best no fluff guide to meditation. Note the author's other works are distinctly more woo. "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" which is critical for understanding how long change really takes, and spotting areas where revolutionary change is overdue. "Pritikin's Testament" (also published as "Jesus was an Ad Man") which is The Bible on human communication from one of the original Mad Men. The original name was just to attract controversy, it's not a Parable of Jesus the Advertiser or anything dumb like that. The author worships the three martini lunch. "Angel Tech" by Antero Alli for it's devastating analysis of what makes people tick, and how to rework your own clockwork. Owes more to improv theatre than shamanism, regardless of its name. "The Outsider" by Colin Wilson. This book has aged strangely, and it's up to you if he's describing adolescence or asberger's syndrome, but you can't get your head around social difference through the ages in an easier way. $0.02 etc.

5 points by msh 14y ago

Hi I was thinking that HN would be a good source of recommendations for good personal development/motivational/productivity books. So what books have given the most to your life?

henrik_w 14y ago

"How to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie. A classic (the title sounds manipulative, but the book isn't).

dylanhassinger 14y ago

The Four Hour Workweek

matthewsalud 14y ago
Def a good book! I want to get 4 hour chef next

casca 14y ago

http://www.hnstore.co/ http://www.hnstore.co/ might be useful for seeing the most referenced books on HN.

aryehen 14y ago

Aaron Swartz's Raw Nerve. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rawnerve http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rawnerve

timmm 14y ago

Wake Up Productive is an awesome program. Also books by Tony Shwartz

matthewsalud 14y ago

Must read books Rework Purple Cow Louder Than Words Mob Rules Then read my blog when I relaunch it BossTycoon.com a blog about entrepreneur lifestyle

leashless 14y ago

"The Calm Technique" which is the best no fluff guide to meditation. Note the author's other works are distinctly more woo. "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" which is critical for understanding how long change really takes, and spotting areas where revolutionary change is overdue. "Pritikin's Testament" (also published as "Jesus was an Ad Man") which is The Bible on human communication from one of the original Mad Men. The original name was just to attract controversy, it's not a Parable of Jesus the Advertiser or anything dumb like that. The author worships the three martini lunch. "Angel Tech" by Antero Alli for it's devastating analysis of what makes people tick, and how to rework your own clockwork. Owes more to improv theatre than shamanism, regardless of its name. "The Outsider" by Colin Wilson. This book has aged strangely, and it's up to you if he's describing adolescence or asberger's syndrome, but you can't get your head around social difference through the ages in an easier way. $0.02 etc.