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Re:Ask: Read a book that changed your life? Title? by hvass on Thursday September 19, 2013 @04:59PM (#6414260)
The Black Swan (anything by Taleb really), Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, Epictetus' Discourses, Fish that ate the whale by Rich Cohen, Man's Search for Meaning, Titan, Principles by Ray Dalio (not really a book, but really worth reading, plus it's free), 4HW by Tim Ferris, The Strategy Paradox.

Also Teddy Roosevelt's biography has been very influential.

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Re:Ask: Read a book that changed your life? Title? by james678 on Friday September 20, 2013 @01:48AM (#6416140)
+1 for Taleb. I only wish that his books were written with more humility.
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Re:Ask: Read a book that changed your life? Title? by Killah911 on Saturday September 21, 2013 @06:16PM (#6424820)
I rather like his cocky and satiric style... Reminds me to take things he says with a grain of salt.
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