What has been the most influential book you've read that has bettered you as a man?

Shaman6624 · 2017-09-05T12:13:05+00:00

The slight edge, the subtle art of not giving a fuck, models: attracting women through honesty. Those are great.

Work_In_Progress92 · 2017-09-05T16:45:45+00:00

The Rational Male

apollosapien · 2017-09-05T11:32:34+00:00

Every man on this subreddit should read this as a primer before venturing off on self-discovery.

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover by Robert Moore. It's the most accessible book I know of which explores the masculine psyche, outlining methods on transforming it to be positive

poisedStygian · 2017-09-05T15:54:41+00:00

Nietzche, The Gay Science. Don't worry, it's not as gay as it sounds. Another brilliant collection of his aphorisms is Human All Too Human. I'd suggest reading either on kindle so you can have a pop up dictionary as dude is rather flamboyant with his vocab.

AwakenedSovereign · 2017-09-05T16:47:16+00:00

Zen in the Art of Archery

A short readable 100 pages that forever improved the way I look at winning/losing, abundance mentality, outcome independence, and pursuing mastery.

Arabian_Wolf · 2017-09-05T12:58:48+00:00

48 laws of power only from a single read of translated version it totally changed my outlook in life in almost everything, plan to reread it in English, not sure if I should read the full version or the Concise is enough.

Mastery, both full and concise, how to find your passion from what you liked when you were young.

In general, anything Robert Greene is life-changing.

No More Mr. Nice Guy but it's one of the books that need rereading to interlize then apply it, more of therapy book.

Richest Man in Babylon, about how to wisely deal with money in a Concise package, will apply its teachings once I land a job and have a salary of my own.

Plan to read Meditations, art of war and The Way of men.

EDIT: forgot to mention, I read the legendary Nassim Taleb book Antifragile, has some nonsense financial parts and not easy read, but many life lessons in it and I plan to reread it to fully internalize it.

xeroblaze0 · 2017-09-05T16:08:27+00:00

How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

This book completely changed how I approach people and how I view myself, through their eyes and my own. Everything else I've read or listened to since then has been food for thought.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is another favorite read of mine.

Aaren_Augustine · 2017-09-05T11:34:32+00:00

Way of Men by Jack Donovan. When I Say No, I Feel Guilty.

First one's a great mindset. The second is excellent in communication.

prodigy2throw · 2017-09-05T16:42:41+00:00

Controversial pick but minus all the cult shit, Dianetics is actually pretty helpful for inner game. Just don't get lost into the cult religion. Read the book, take what you can and move on.

zayelion · 2017-09-05T18:12:53+00:00

Games People Play

zebberz · 2017-09-05T16:09:38+00:00

Atlas shrugged by Ayn Rand. While its ideals can be extreme, it still promotes how your position in life is entirely up to the efforts of yourself.

Title	What has been the most influential book you've read that has bettered you as a man?
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Date	September 5, 2017 11:06 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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