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I'm just looking for some tips that gets me out of my usual zone and into other areas.
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Oliver Burkeman's 'The Antidote' is good - self help viewed from the position of a skeptic.
Jane McGonigal's Superbetter is interesting but I got it as an audiobook and that was the wrong choice. Stopped after 30 minutes to wait until I can read it.


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Tom, every thing you need is in the BIBLE.

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Shapecharge wrote:Tom, every thing you need is in the BIBLE.
My bible hasn`t got pics of nekkid ladies,does yours Shape?
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I'd recommend Peter Ralston's, Pursuing Consciousness. He has a good writing style, and the book is full of nuggets.
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I've written about these before, but I really liked Laurence Gonzales' books "Deep Survival" and "Surviving Survival".


I also liked "The Genius in All of Us".


Mastery by George Leonard was a great one. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, of course.

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Will Storr, The Heretics. Misleading title, very honest book on how we see the world.
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TomFurman wrote:I'm just looking for some tips that gets me out of my usual zone and into other areas.
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Thanks. I'll take a look...
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Read Mike Lewis' "The Big Short" and "Liar's Poker". "Moneyball" damn good too.

Anything by Malcolm Gladwell is good too.
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milosz wrote:Oliver Burkeman's 'The Antidote' is good - self help viewed from the position of a skeptic.
Jane McGonigal's Superbetter is interesting but I got it as an audiobook and that was the wrong choice. Stopped after 30 minutes to wait until I can read it.
There's a new book out I saw while randomly prowling Barnes and noble called "F*ck Feelings" which has a series of chapters like "fuck relationships" and "fuck fairness", etc., that is worth a gander. Pretty funny while offering a constructive living-ish slant. Here's a review.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archi ... gs/403792/
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syaigh wrote:
Hah--wish I had seen this post a few hours earlier: just used a gift card to get another of his titles as an intro.

This is a good one, esp for small business owners: http://www.amazon.com/Boss-Life-Survivi ... 0399172335
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Koko, Beware wrote:
syaigh wrote:
Hah--wish I had seen this post a few hours earlier: just used a gift card to get another of his titles as an intro.

This is a good one, esp for small business owners: http://www.amazon.com/Boss-Life-Survivi ... 0399172335
"Wherever You Go" would be a better introduction to JKZ, especially if you aren't interested in the clinical application of his research.
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I would suggest Proto's training log, but you said non-fiction. :finga:
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I second this. It was recommended here by The Shafbama. It's an easy and fast read as it's well-written and super interesting to think we can do with our bodies if we put our minds into it, or better said, take our minds out of it.

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Deep was great. I might try some free diving this summer, depending on circumstances. I'd like to be able to dive 30-50 feet while I'm snorkeling.

Aside from that, I like Resilence by that SEAL guy, but it's very introspective reading. Still not done after having it for months.

I don't read a lot of non fic, when o do it's usually training related (broad based, not just weights) or cooking shit.

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