Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
by kaycebasques on Saturday December 28, 2019 @03:54PM
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The Six Pillars Of Self-Esteem. Even if you think you already have high self-esteem, there's no such thing as too much self-esteem. Someone here on HN first made me aware of it. It's such a great framework for self improvement. I've read it 3 or 4 times and did all of the exercises the first 2 times.
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Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
by thomk on Saturday December 28, 2019 @04:37PM
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What was the result of doing so? I'm genuinely curious.
Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
by kaycebasques on Sunday December 29, 2019 @06:36PM
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I’m way more honest about my values and whether my actions align with those values. When there’s an inconsistency between my actions and values I either realize that the value is not actually a priority and I have the peace of mind to let it go, or I’m motivated to change my actions to align with my values.
Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
by cworth on Sunday December 29, 2019 @07:57PM
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From other discussions of the book, I’ve heard it is inflected with libertarian politics. Did you find that distracting while reading it?
Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
by kaycebasques on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @01:34PM
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It's slightly distracting but it's definitely a don't throw the baby out with the bathwater situation for me. I can see how it'd be easy to take in the book's ideas and get seduced into libertarianism, but I can personally testify that it's possible to read the book without subscribing to libertarianism.