In. Awesome list.

Cooking:

Signature dishes that matter


Book has incredible signature dishes from well known chefs through time, and is easy to follow.
Excellent range from easy/simple to extremely difficult require multiple skills the average ******* doesn't have.


Only cooking book I recommend.

Will need to know how to make the 4 mother sauces as well as a bearnaise sauce.

Sex god method Daniel Rose

Should be able to find the pdf on Google

Thanks for the video gonna watch it soon and I fully agree.

That's what that math guy doesn't get, he projects his own goals onto me, doesn't even know IDGAF about science since like 4 months ago and since then I've clipped in 40+ books read.One of my favs, give that book away to every1Basically exactly as is, if we use the low end number 100/3k, 3% and that's WITH curation (I think before I read, not completely random), if I had to make a total list, it'd probably be 250, but those are the ones worth reading, def not more than 500 aka 18%.

80/20 principle applies, but it's extreme, even within most books. There are some books that have 20-30-40+ novel points/interesting mental models, most barely cross the 10 threshold, chilling in the 6-8 range.Google their summary, they are nice, but not the holy grail.Thanks matehttps://www.amazon.com/Lyle-McDonald...rwt_scns_share
Invest in an index fund
https://www.amazon.com/Brad-Schoenfe...ims_vu00_r0_c0


If you don't wanna blow your load, just blow out your stomach (abs), you cannot blow a load with unclenched glutes and abs. You can last forever like this.Thank you Battmann

As a philosophy major I'm very disappointed in your philosophy choices. They shouldn't even be considered philosophy.

I think the requirements of publishers to have 300 pages really hurts books these days. Lots of stuff has maybe 50-100 pages worth of material to say, and just repeats that to pad out their word count.

Historybrah books aren't as bad about this, cause frankly you can go about as deep into the past as you want. But I quit reading a lot of "contemporary" nonfiction a while back cause of that. It's not that reading is bad, just that it can get bloated.

Forums are honestly an awesome way to get lots of good information quickly at an accessible level of detail, and are a lot of reason why I quit reading nonfiction as much (srs) (keyboard warrior).

I think philosophy is effectively worthless, I think reading this thread and watching School of Life videos taking notes you'll get basically 80% of worthwhile stuff for .2% of the time:

https://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showt...hp?t=177461551

When looking for info I look for the following qualities:

Invariance;holds across things;can be applied and RE-applied
Effective; PROVE IT i,e where are your results with the thinking or system, has to be practicle
Simple; Ez to understand, ez to read, ez to process
Counterintuitive; We all know the base mental models (stupidity of masses, time is important, art is good, hard work), what are RARE things?
99.9% do not do; rarity; unknown; alchemical in nature
Scalability and 10x factor; how big can I go with the info; how much money and honeys can I get with the info? how much can I improve my life (practical) with the knowledge?

Most of philosophy is basically none of these.

Anyways, I spent a lot of time obsessed with philosophy and thinking in general, I watched all the vids of Anton on YT, old Stefan when he was more into philosophy, devouring sites and books where I can find.

I hope you don't take it the wrong way, I 100% respect your endeavor, you and the field, just relative to my OWN personal goals, it's not for me at this point in time. It is an excellent baseline and if you made me God Emperor, I'd teach philosophy to kids 5-10 (srs).

Btw if you wanna make your own lsit and post it up, you are more than free and you are encouraged my bro, all the best!Forums in general are SO underrated in the social media, YT and streaming era. A place for a well thought out, recorded and debate is something sorely missing from all those places:

Social media effectively loses your posts and level of discourse is low
YT vids can be a great place for a back and forth in terms of between video creators, but not so much for debate
Twitch is twitch, same problems as above

Subbed for when I need more book ideas

In the last few years I have read many of these books (and other books) and they definitely helped me turn my life around. Now I am happy, killing it and on my way to an even better life.

Read a bit EVERY morning and before bed EVERY night crew.

Which ones did you like bruh?

What are your credentials? What results have these books given you?

Miscer
Reps: 113688

Fukken killed me, most of the stuff I read is cybersecurity or spaceopera related. Can really only recommend cooking books from a self betterment standpoint.

Additionally the Book of 5 rings, applies to any skill and not just swordsmanship.

Not sure. Just something I didn't like. It happens.

For those Math-inclined:Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Braidby Hofstadter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach

It blends match art and music theory wonderfully. A classic of the math/science folks for years

The One Thing, Atomic Habits, and The Compound Effect are all great books from what you listed


Some good books not on your list are Extreme Ownership, The E-myth, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor (same authors as The One Thing) and Never Split the Difference. I've taken something from every book I've read though, which is a lot of books

All great books, I did get E Myth though. Appreciate the other recs tho, people should def look into those as well!

SPOILERS:
Extreme Ownership can be summed up by blaming yourself for all the shortcomings of those under you.

Business Startup
Go It Alone - Bruce Judson
The Lean Startup - Eric Ries
The Knack - Norm Brodsky & Bo Burlingham
Ready, Aim, Fire - Michael Masterton
Escape From The Cubicle Nation - Pamela Slim
Bankable Business Plans - Edward Rogoff

Value-Creation & Testing
Rework - Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
The New Business Road Test - John Mullins
How to Make Millions with Your Ideas - Dan Kennedy

Marketing
All Marketers Are Liars - Seth Godin
Permission Marketing - Seth Godin
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing - Al Ries & Jack Trout
Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got - Jay Abraham

Sales
The Psychology of Selling - Brian Tracy
Pitch Anything - Oren Klaff
The Ultimate Sales Machine - Chet Holmes
Value-Based Fees - Alan Weiss
SPIN Selling - Neil Rackham

Value Delivery
Indispensable - Joe Calloway
The Goal - Eliyahu Goldratt
Lean Thinking - James Womack and Daniel Jones

Finance & Accounting
Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs - Karen Berman & Joe Knight
Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits - Greg Crabtree
The 1% Windfall - Rafi Mohammed
Accounting Made Simple - Mike Piper
How to Read a Financial Report - John A. Tracy
Venture Deals - Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson

The Human Mind
Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
Brain Rules - John Medina
Making Sense of Behavior - William T. Powers
Driven - Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
Deep Survival - Laurence Gonzales

Productivity & Effectiveness
Getting Things Done - David Allen
The Power of Full Engagement - Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz
StrengthsFinder 2.0 - Tom Rath
Bit Literacy - Mark Hurst
10 Days to Faster Reading - Abby Marks-Beale

Problem Solving
The 80/20 Principle - Richard Koch
Accidental Genius - Mark Levy
Learning from the Future - Liam Fahey & Robert Randall

Behavioral Change
The Power of Less - Leo Babauta (guy who does the Zen Habits website)
The Path of Least Resistance - Robert Fritz
Re-Create Your Life - Morty Lefkoe
Self-Directed Behavior - David L. Watson & Roland G. Tharp

Decision-Making
Sources of Power - Gary Klein
Smart Choices - John S. Hammond et al
Ethics for the Real World - Ronald Howard & Clinton Korver

Communication
On Writing Well - William Zinsser
Presentation Zen - Garr Reynolds
Made to Stick - Chip and Dan Heath
The Copywriter’s Handbook - Robert Bly
Show Me the Numbers - Stephen Few
Influence - Robert B. Cialdini
How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
Crucial Conversations - Kerry Patterson et al
The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene

Negotiation
Bargaining For Advantage - G. Richard Shell
3-D Negotiation - David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius
The Partnership Charter - David Gage

Management
First, Break All The Rules - Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman
12: The Elements of Great Managing - Rodd Wagner & James Harter
Growing Great Employees - Erika Andersen
The Essential Drucker - Peter F. Drucker

Leadership
Tribes - Seth Godin
Total Leadership - Stewart Friedman
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There - Marshall Goldsmith
The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan - George Bradt et al
The Halo Effect - Phil Rosenzweig

Project Management
Making Things Happen - Scott Berkun
Results Without Authority - Tom Kendrick

Systems
Thinking in Systems - Donella Meadows
Work the System - Sam Carpenter

Analysis
Turning Numbers Into Knowledge - Jonathan Koomey
Marketing Metrics - Paul W. Farris et al
The Economist Numbers Guide - Richard Stuteley

Statistics
Thinking Statistically - Uri Bram
How to Lie with Statistics - Darrell Huff

Corporate Skills
The Unwritten Laws of Business - W.J. King
The Effective Executive - Peter F. Drucker
The Simplicity Survival Handbook - Bill Jensen
Hire With Your Head - Lou Adler

Corporate Strategy
Purpose - Nikos Mourkogiannis
Competitive Strategy - Michael Porter
Blue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
Seeing What’s Next - Clayton M. Christensen et al

Innovation & Creativity
The Creative Habit - Twyla Tharp
Myths of Innovation - Scott Berkun
Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Peter F. Drucker

Design
The Design of Everyday Things - Donald Norman
Universal Principles of Design - William Lidwell et al

Consulting
Getting Started in Consulting - Alan Weiss
Secrets of Consulting - Gerald M. Weinberg

Personal Finance
Your Money or Your Life - Joel Dominguez & Vicki Robin
The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas Stanley & William Danko
I Will Teach You To Be Rich - Ramit Sethi
Fail-Safe Investing - Harry Browne

Personal Growth
Lead the Field - Earl Nightingale
The Art of Exceptional Living - Jim Rohn
A Guide to the Good Life - William Braxton Irvine

Some good stuff there brutha, thank you for the post!

FUAAAARRKKKK I was so good about reading consistently for about a year and now I'm back to being a lazy fuk staring at my phone, playing videogames, and watching Netflix in my free time. I'm gonna start carrying a book with me everywhere I go again. Good thread man, repped.

Hell yeah brah, do it up, feel free to stack books together too.

That's been a big thing for my reading, I can legit barely read more than 20 mins at a time of one book, BUT w 10+ books these avg times of 5-10 mins add up.

not that anyone cares, but i just wanted to chime in real quick with my 2 cents on reading (as someone who has the "credentials" that miscers always ask for).

in the past two years, i've started and scaled two 7-figure ecom stores, and one 6-figure store. i also started a new store recently with a business partner of mine in february and we've done over $50k in sales (30% profit margins) so far, and we haven't even started scaling yet.

so how useful is reading? extremely ****ing useful. although most of my success was in the past 2 years, i legit spent around 6 - 7 years just reading books, studying, and figuring out what all the high performers in various industries were doing. it was 6 - 7 years of HARDCORE research. i basically became a hermit and dedicated all of my life figuring out what makes someone or something successful. and with that knowledge, i jumped into ecom and basically started killing the game right out the gate.

that said, there is a downside to reading. if you spend too much time reading and thinking about concepts instead of actually taking the plunge and taking action, you won't ever make it. i also think reading/studying could also become a form of procrastination to protect yourself from ever having to face failure. if you can get over that, then reading books will be the most rewarding thing you ever do in your life. you're virtually taking all the high level concepts someone more successful than you has formulated and you're installing that software into your head/consciousness. it's one of the "cheat codes" we have in life. another thing to watch out for though is reading books or information from people who don't know what they're talking about. 99% of the books out there are BS or just a regurgitation of information that can be found elsewhere. go to the source, if possible.

anyway, OP, i know you've been grinding for quite some time now. i also saw your post on thefastlaneforum a while ago where you were getting chitted on. keep your head up and just keep doing you. you'll eventually make it brah.

Good to hear from you bruh, I fully agree with the reading.

Only thing I'd say is that I have never seen this apparent book worm who doesn't take action, why? Reading and thinking is one of the best actions one can take, thus it always manifests in success. FL worships action:

80% of businesses fail in the first 5 years, what do they say to those action takers? Exactly

What matters is good first principles as you said, your reading propelled you forward



Lmao, I saved those posts and they will be revisited in the future trust you me, funny thing is that like everything "bad" that happens to my life propelled me to another level. It just came at a different point in my life where I had other problems so I decided to try a different strategy, instead of fighting and arguing like I've done all my life, I fully integrated (as opposed to half or less than half) the advice, apologized and moved on....just to try something diff.

I've already made it though, I'm done w everything I want to do, I'm done w everything I need to do, just a few more battles and it's all mine.

How far are you from your treasure? How are your goals going if you don't mind me asking?

In.

Bro. Good on you for making this thread. Great premise from the looks of it. But you have listed some one dimensional books dawg. Where is the history? The fiction? The classics?

Overall great post though. There are definitely some top notch recommendations in there.

WelcomeNot interested in reading things that don't have

https://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showt...post1599996861

I do like that you focus on 3 categories I didn't post instead of focusing on what I did, maybe what you're posting is bull****? How about you post your list.

I mean it's cool that you want to cry or whatever, but you haven't added anything to my thread apart from more whining, actually nah thank you for the compliment in saying good for me for making the thread.

I agree, good for me:

Also now good for you because you can post YOUR list.

The new Dune movie is supposed to coming out later this year (Damn Corona)

One for the writing/marketing list.

Dan Kelsall - F*cking Good Content

Short, concise and to the point. Sections are broken up to digest in bite sized amounts.
Good dose of humour throughout.

If you're a content writer and your stuff is sounding flat or same-same it's worth a read.

Strong thread, OP, very resourceful and educational. Great list of books that I will keep in mind for sure. Knowledge is power. I have read a ton of fiction in my life, and it's a great way to pass the time, but actually learning something practical from a non-fiction/self-help can't be beat. Very useful to integrate learned wisdom from books into one's own life.