Ask HN: What book would you recommend to your younger self?

14 points·samcgraw··10 comments

The Growth Mindset.

It just conveys a simple theory and if you keep it in the back of your mind, you won't be easily defeated when learning anything new.

How to win friends and influence people - It's mentioned here all the time but I think it would have helped get over some of my social anxiety in high school. Maybe this is particular to me but I get the sense that American society doesn't teach kids how to interact with others.

I liked this book. Unfortunately it is not just American Society majority of the countries don't consider mental health of the young people.

10 years ago - The Gulag Archipelago (Abridged) or One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich : Solzhenitsyn

20 years ago - Meditations : Marcus Aurelius

30 years ago - Zen Flesh Zen Bones : Paul Reps

Any time: Anything by: Robert Sapolsky, John Gottman, Early Jonathan Lethem novels, Peter Clines, Margaret Atwood

Marcus Aurelius - Meditations

I really think this book should be read every day for at least 10 minutes.

Socratic Logic by Peter Kreeft. Mans Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl.

Frankl’s book reads conversationally but is very deep. He survived a Nazi concentration camp and analyzed the psychological response of the prisoners from shock, collusion, anger, resignation, love, and finally transcending suffering.

Read: Saga of the swamp things by Alan Moore

It just blew my mind out of the park

12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson

Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson. I've gone through several core belief changes in my life (religious, philosophical, interpersonal) and the book would have helped me understand what I was going through.

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