Books

Sup fit, looking for book recommendations, listen to them while doing cardio and helping me to do more during the quarantine, just finished models, (recommended on here) was thinking bout trying this but any recommendations? Possibly one on dicipline? Thanks bros

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unironically this

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100% this, made me turn my life around

A.B. Facey's book, A Fortunate Life.
It's an incredible story of life back when there were fewer rules. Facey had a hell of a life, went through WWI, the Depression, WWII, and scrapped the whole way though for everything.

> The autobiography begins at his birth. Albert Barnett Facey was born in Maidstone, Victoria, Australia, in 1894. His father died on the Goldfields of Western Australia in 1896 of typhoid fever and Albert's mother left her children to the care of their grandmother shortly afterwards. In 1899 he moved from Victoria to Western Australia in the care of his grandmother, Mrs. Jane Carr (born 1832 - died 1932), and three of his six older siblings: Roy, Eric and Myra. Most of his childhood was spent in the Wickepin area.

He started working on farms at the age of eight and had little education and therefore could not read or write. As a child he taught himself to read and write. By the age of 14 he was an experienced bushman, and at 18 a professional boxer. Badly injured at Gallipoli, he suffered severe problems which were later the cause of his death. In August 1915 during the First World War, in which two of his brothers, Joseph and Roy, were killed. While recuperating he met his future wife Evelyn Mary Gibson and they were married in Bunbury in August 1916. The Faceys lived in East Perth before returning to Wickepin six years later with their children, where they lived until 1934. His wife died in 1976. The couple had seven children — the eldest, Barney, was killed during the Second World War — and twenty-eight grandchildren.

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People who read self-help books never get better. You can't substitute books for life experience.

i try to read a little bit every day, and I'm currently reading this. its really good desu

Is this actually useful for a social retard? Title makes it seem like it might help since I get fucking nervous about anything

> you can't learn from the wisdom of others
ok

obviously you don't want to just become some cultish devotee to Tony Robbins, but there is nothing wrong with taking advice from people who have good ideas about how to engage with the world

huge generalisation, that book is what inspired me to get out and get some life experience

damn, thank you bro. This is right down my ally

> A Fortunate Life is an autobiography by Albert Facey published in 1981, nine months before his death. It chronicles his early life in Western Australia, his experiences as a private during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I and his return to civilian life after the war. It also documents his extraordinary life of hardship, loss, friendship and love.

>During the initial days of its publication, Albert Facey became a nationwide celebrity. Despite his renowned life, Facey considered his life to be simple and "had no idea what all the fuss was about". When asked on an interview, where the name of the book originated. He replied, "I called it 'A Fortunate Life' because I truly believe that is what I had".

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The rational male is pretty based, but considering you read models you might already get the gist. is worth a read, followed by the carnigie book "how to win friends and influence people"
I call these three the trifecta for escaping autism because
>12 rules: fix yourself
>win friends: fix your social life
>rational male: fix your romance life

Ecclesiastes

Avoid any book that employs shitty gimmicks to grab your attention. The book you posted is your run of the mill mediocre self help book, the wow factor being his use of swear words to appear more manly.
You'd be better off reading marcus aurelius or epictetus if you want to get into stoicism and learn how not to give a fuck and stay disciplined.
But let's be honest, a book will not change your life. You will get really into some philosophy and think that you finally found the right path but in about 2 months you'll realize that it was just a phase.
Don't look for easy ways out. If you want to become disciplined quit wasting time cold turkey and do what you have to do.
You want not to give a fuck? Go out, socialize and you'll soon feel comfortable in the presence of other people. The more you expose yourself to the world the more confident you will feel.
As for books, they are great, read whatever you want but realize that they are just a medium. There are good books and bad books. Self help books are the latter.

You can get inspiration and ideas but ultimately you will need to figure out things yourself and that might conflict completely with what you've read. It's like people who try to study PUA shit and read for hours but act like complete sperg retards around girls and never manage to get hotter girls than they would if they've never read anything at all.

You're welcome man, it's such a great story, I hope you read it. If you're in Australia I'll mail you my copy if you want

I am Australian and that is extremely generous of you. I'm not sure though I'm very cautious with my address.

I also recommend this

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thanks for the trinity analogy user

If you really want to change see these. If you just want to delude yourself read the rest of the thread.

> You can get inspiration and ideas but ultimately you will need to figure out things yourself and that might conflict completely with what you've read.

100%, the idea is to synthesise what you read with what you experience. Take Rule 1 from 12 Rules for example:
> Stand Up Straight With Your Shoulders Back
It's not just literal, obviously, but the instruction is clear - stand up, don't shy away from conflict, back yourself. And you might go out there and find that standing up to people doesn't work out, you lose the fights that come your way. And you might learn to go back to not standing up for yourself, or you might learn to pick easier fights to start off with. Or maybe you'll be successful and grow and become stronger and take on harder battles.

That's why these books are so important. They give you a place to start, a training manual, and then you go and apply them to the real world. Because the chances that *you* personally are going to have the best ideas, and choose the best way of dealing with the world, is very very slim. So you outsource that decision to people who have spent a lot more time thinking about it and refining those ideas than you have.

They're not the be all and end all, but they can be an absolutely incredible tool to aim yourself in the right direction and avoid mistakes.

haha yeah I didn't think of privacy, ofc, shame. take care mate. I need to read the alchemist

12 Rules is pretty good but Dale Carnegie legit changed my life. Whole audiobook is on Youtube as well

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>implying that a Yas Forums sperg would actually practice what he reads
He just wants to feel validated from having read a bunch of books.

Storm of Steel
Ceasar war commentaries
The Odysseus

Horrible post. You're not going to delude yourself from reading the books in this thread, at worst you're just not going to gain anything from them.
This "self-help books bad" attitude is so fucking cringeworthy. There are techniques and philosophies that help you perform better in life, and reading books from people who've made it is a great way to learn some of those. Of course they're not going to change your life right after you read them, you will have to spend a lot of effort to practice them and integrate them into your own life. But saying that reading these books will delude you is simply extremely close-minded.

A pic of my current book shelf. Interesting how so many of them have already been recommended here. I also have a Kindle which is where most of my books are, I just bought paper copies of some of my favourites.

A few more I'd recommend:

The Power of Now
Man's Search for Meaning
Atomic Habits
Ordinary Men
Rich Dad Poor Dad
How to get Rich - Felix Dennis
John D Rockefeller - Simmons
Steve Jobs - Isaacson
The everything store
Rework
My life and work - Henry Ford
Notes from Underground
The everything store
The art of the deal - (interesting to try to understand Trump)
Ego is the enemy
Principles - Ray Dalio
The Drama of the Gifted Child
Educated - Tara Westover
Ordinary Men

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You’re truly a top bloke, I will be reading a fortunate life next

You are talking about someone who thinks the subtle art of not giving a fuck is a good choice of a book.
You have to be retarded to think that OP is the kind of person that would benefit from self help books, and that goes for most of Yas Forums users.
> books from people who've made it is a great way to learn some of those
keep thinking that someone who found "the secret" will tell you what it is

Literally anything you read requires application to internalize. There's not a book on earth that will substitute for experience, and they're not supposed to. They're supposed to set you on the generally correct path as discovered by people who have walked that path before you. You can figure out a lot of shit just floundering around, but there are many things you simply don't have the perspective to understand what you're doing wrong. It's like reading up on form to not snap your shit up. Lots of Snap City residents think they're doing things right. Sometimes you need that outside guidance.

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this but only the parts with jesus