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A comment on Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?.

Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost... by bookofjoe on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:15PM (#19087947)
1) Carlos Castaneda's first three "Don Juan" books: read them while I was in med school in the early 1970s and they ALMOST made me drop out, they were so powerful (then). I looked at one recently and thought "meh." People change.
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Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost... by bookofjoe on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:17PM (#19087978)
"The Power of Positive Thinking" — I read this when I was in junior high and a real jerk. It instantly ended my jerkitude and put me on a much better path.
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