Many people live their daily lives by the tenants set down in the Bible, many more loosely so.
It helps to form their opinions, it sets their moral compass and helps to guide them through their everyday actions.
It has changed the lives of many.
But yet more people draw their feelings and ideas from other works of fiction and non-fiction.
So what I want to know is what is your Bible (or Bibles)? Is there a book that really spoke to you, changed the way you thought and affected you for the better? And how did you come upon it?
For me I have two and they both have really spoken to me in the two biggest parts of my life.
The first is a book called The Game (sorry to everyone who just lost it btw) by Neil Strauss. This is a semi-autobiography of Neil Strauss' exploration in to the society of American Pick Up Artists, it is one part biographical, one part fanciful story and one part exploration of psychology behind social interaction.
I was suggested this book by an old work colleague who said it totally changed his life and when I read it BOOM. Suddenly I re-evaluated all the ways I thought about people. Not just how to win over women but how to interact with everyone in day-to-day life and I immediately noticed changes.
I did become better with women, definitely, but also found myself working better, feeling better and generally connecting with people in a more productive way.
The second book is The Starbucks Experience. I was gifted this book by my old manager, I had just started managing my own store in the chain and he and I had a, quite vocal, clash of opinion. The next day I came in to work to find a heartfelt written apology and a copy of Starbucks Experience sitting on my desk.
I devoured the book over the next 48 hours and it totally transformed the way I do business and have done since. This book goes in to detail the way that Starbucks has become such a successful chain and I was able to transplant those ideas in to my store and, since, have seen a steady increase in both profit and customer satisfaction.
tl:dr version: What book changed your life?
It helps to form their opinions, it sets their moral compass and helps to guide them through their everyday actions.
It has changed the lives of many.
But yet more people draw their feelings and ideas from other works of fiction and non-fiction.
So what I want to know is what is your Bible (or Bibles)? Is there a book that really spoke to you, changed the way you thought and affected you for the better? And how did you come upon it?
For me I have two and they both have really spoken to me in the two biggest parts of my life.
The first is a book called The Game (sorry to everyone who just lost it btw) by Neil Strauss. This is a semi-autobiography of Neil Strauss' exploration in to the society of American Pick Up Artists, it is one part biographical, one part fanciful story and one part exploration of psychology behind social interaction.
I was suggested this book by an old work colleague who said it totally changed his life and when I read it BOOM. Suddenly I re-evaluated all the ways I thought about people. Not just how to win over women but how to interact with everyone in day-to-day life and I immediately noticed changes.
I did become better with women, definitely, but also found myself working better, feeling better and generally connecting with people in a more productive way.
The second book is The Starbucks Experience. I was gifted this book by my old manager, I had just started managing my own store in the chain and he and I had a, quite vocal, clash of opinion. The next day I came in to work to find a heartfelt written apology and a copy of Starbucks Experience sitting on my desk.
I devoured the book over the next 48 hours and it totally transformed the way I do business and have done since. This book goes in to detail the way that Starbucks has become such a successful chain and I was able to transplant those ideas in to my store and, since, have seen a steady increase in both profit and customer satisfaction.
tl:dr version: What book changed your life?
