Author: Sean Carroll ISBN:978-1524743017 If we can see and feel the material stuff, then it must be real, right? If we can observe the passage of time and perceive the space, then they must exist, right? This book on physics will do more for your personal growth than any book about personal growth. Caution: read only if ready to change your perception of reality; destroying it is not the easiest [...]
Author: Jonathan Haidt ISBN: 978-0465028023 The best book on happines I've read so far. Period. EXCERPTS [I've listened to Audible version. These excerpts are thus my selection of favourite excerpts published by Derek Sivers.] Elephant = Unconscious part of the mind Rider = Conscious, reasoning part of the mind We might already have encountered the Greatest Idea, the insight that would have transformed us had we savored it, [...]
Author: William E. Irvine ISBN: 978-0195374612 By far the best book about Stoic philosophy, the philosophy of life I try to live by. EXCERPTS The Stoic philosophy of life may be old, but it merits the attention of any modern individual who wishes to have a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling — who wishes, that is, to have a good life. The Stoics realized that a life [...]
Author: Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga ISBN: 978-1501197277 For many years the Freudian psychology reasonated really well with me. One of it's core premises is that our behavior is in large part determined by the past events. It was easy for me to adopt such perspective. It placed responsibility for my behavior on people around me (usually the parents). Alfred Adler - a rival of Freud, believed that past events do [...]
Author: Christopher Ryan ISBN: 978-0061707803 We, humans are biologically wired to live in monogamous relationships. After we find the "one" a true love emerges and we enjoy an intimate, sexual and deeply fulfilling relationship till death do us part, right? This theory often stemming from romantic definiton of love is certainly predominant in Judeo-Christian worldwiev. What if it's the other way around? EXCERPTS [The book's main premise is that the [...]