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I asked, "What book created the biggest mental shift in your life?"

I received 275+ responses.

Here are 20 books that might just change your life forever:

1/

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

by @naval

https://t.co/um57bqV3zP

2/

The Choice

by @DrEdithEger1

https://t.co/JRoK7kMTRK

3/

Atomic Habits

by @JamesClear

https://t.co/pd1ZppYRd2

4/

The 48 Laws of Power

@RobertGreene

https://t.co/kWg0OotYuP

5/

The Psychology of Money

by @morganhousel

https://t.co/YDHvxOGd2r

6/

Thinking, Fast & Slow

by @kahneman_daniel

https://t.co/fFNZaN9hEe

7/

The Millionaire Fastlane

by @MJDeMarco

https://t.co/bumi35ey3g

8/

The Power of Now

by @EckhartTolle

https://t.co/av37TdQg4E

9/

The 4-Hour Workweek

by @tferriss

https://t.co/LMbMcFsvuR

10/

Being Mortal

by @Atul_Gawande

https://t.co/FVPkUO24qm

11/

Rich Dad Poor Dad

by @theRealKiyosaki

https://t.co/A2fIGOTSOC

12/

You Are a Badass

by @JenSincero

https://t.co/QiJcxm7YWn

13/

Essentialism

by @GregoryMcKeown

https://t.co/pptIrPfLAO

14/

How To Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

https://t.co/vHu8S2sWO4

15/

Man's Search For Meaning

by Viktor Frankl

https://t.co/iBBLcwIQMb

16/

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

https://t.co/Xt8h8hPSQd

17/

Autobiography of a Yogi

by Paramahansa Yogananda

https://t.co/uLZYZRpFwC

18/

Poor Charlie's Almanack

by Charlie Munger

https://t.co/0jynBMo7aE

19/

12 Rules for Life

by @jordanbpeterson

https://t.co/IRO30NhC9r

20/

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

by @ScottAdamsSays

https://t.co/Kif1arKHvT

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I asked, "What’s the BEST podcast episode you’ve ever listened to?"

I received 235 replies.

Here are 20 podcasts you should check out:

(links included) 🧵

1/ @naval with @ShaneAParrish

Naval is one of the wisest people you'll ever listen to. In this pod, you'll learn about his legendary reading habits, his favorite mental models, how to overcome bad habits, and so much

2/ @davidgoggins with @joerogan

Goggins is truly one of the hardest men on the planet. He's a former Navy SEAL turned ultra-endurance athlete. If you want to get in shape or become mentally tougher, listen to this

3/ @jockowillink with @tferriss

There's so much to learn from Jocko, I don't know where to begin. From Extreme Ownership, to GOOD, to the truth about war being the best & worst experience, why you should stay humble, and

4/ @tferriss with @jockowillink

Tim Ferriss almost never does podcasts anymore. But here, you have him and Jocko talking about one of their favorite books for 4 HOURS. Listen to learn about the life of a warrior, facing death, and

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36 Amazing short books (less than 200 pages):

1) Meditations
2) On The Shortness of Life
3) The Art of Living
4) Steal Like An Artist
5) The Last Lecture
6) The Miracle Morning
7) The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
8) Tribe
9) The Greatest Salesman In The World
10) Lying
11) Make Your Bed
12) Finite & Infinite Games

13) The Compound Effect
14) The Dip
15) Poke The Box
16) Tribes
17) Anything You Want
18) The Go-Giver
19) Ignore Everybody
20) The Four Agreements
21) The Strangest Secret
22) Man's Search For Meaning
23) Nobody Wants To Read Your Sh*t
24) The War of Art

25) Gifts of Imperfection
26) Tao Te Ching
27) Ikigai
28) How To Fight A Hydra
29) Checklist Manifesto
30) Eat The Frog
31) Poor Richard's Almanack
32) Effective Executive
33) Who Moved My Cheese
34) 7 Brief Lessons on Physics
35) Lessons of History
36) The Boy, Fox, Mole & Horse

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Books can change the way you see the world.

The same is true about documentaries.

Here are 20 documentaries that might just change your life forever:

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

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Drive to Survive

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What’s a book that’s worth rereading every year?

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21 Tips that will make you a more effective and efficient reader:

1. Always remember that the hardest part of reading is sitting down and opening the book.

2. Quit bad books so you can spend more time reading good ones.

3. If 3 people you respect recommend the same book, buy it.

4. The best time to read is early in the morning before work or late at night before bed.

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Think Again by Adam Grant

Lessons:
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• Admitting that you don’t know something is a superpower

Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

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1984 by George Orwell

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First, why should you care?

If you closely observe, most people do academia-style communication.

They stream details(situation, complications, etc) first and then slowly build up the conclusion.

And it works ...

but not when you have to be persuasive and sell your ideas.

A consultant at Mckinsey, Barbara Minto, realized this anomaly in the 60s and capitalized on it.

She built a framework that would change the course of the firm.

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- one of the first Harvard female MBAs

- and the first female Mckinsey consultant

What she proposed was so influential - other consulting firms also adopted her principles.

The framework is also a secret weapon....

It makes consultants appear sharp = accelerates their growth.

eg- many top CEOs are ex-Mckinsey.

Sundar Pichai - Google
Sheryl Sandberg - Facebook
James Gorman - Morgan Stanley

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So Heinlein had always been very interesting in the short parts of his novels, like the little snippets inside chapters. He had a very fun writing style, and wrote some fun dialogue with fun characters, right?>
It probably comes from how much of his early stuff was short fiction

And I think what happened with a lot of his longer works is that he'd just start writing fun bits and hope it would end up going somewhere or having a bigger plot by the end. like eventually he'd figure out where this was going, then go back and rewrite it into a cohesive whole

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One of the First Imaams of the Hiraab Imamate was Mohamed Ibn Imaam Ahmed ibn Imam Ahmed Ibn Imaam Mohamoud Ibn Imaam Cumar Halol Al Yacquubi (Abgaal) during the year 1097 hijri.

After the collapse of the Ajuuran Abgaal nomads from the interior had started moving to take over the strategic port town of Mogadishu which was then under the muzzafar dynasty. By the 1600s Abgaal warriors had captured the city and set up their base in shingaani.

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