Yes, that ancient text in the original Greek might be more authentic or the 600 page textbook by the guy who won the Nobel Prize on the topic might be more thorough. Everything here is either scientifically validated, based on non-magical time-tested ideas, or expert insight. Everybody who ever read so much as “Goodnight Moon” is going to come out and say, “Well, you know, you really should have mentioned…” You can never win with a booklist you can only do “pretty good.” While I’m busy caveat-ing over here, let me say that doing a booklist is like painting a bullseye on your forehead. Books specifically on career or relationships or happiness will have to wait. So I’m going to recommend some books that are helpful in navigating this sprawling, lovely mess called life. That doesn’t mean I’d suggest reading it cover to cover.) (If you need to know the definition of “smorgasbord” then a dictionary is very useful. Just because I reference a book in a blog post doesn’t mean it’s “good” - it means it had something good in it. So a lot of people ask me what’s worth their time. I reference at least one book a week in these blog posts but I have to read a lot more than that - usually 4 to 5 times as many - to find the ones worth citing. Before we commence with the festivities, I wanted to thank everyone for helping my first book become a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
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