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nowaypablo  ·  3721 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Book has the Most Page-for-Page Wisdom?

Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country, to define "wisdom" loosely.





katakowsj  ·  3721 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Having read Andrew Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People", enhanced my life greatly. Surprising too. I was always a bit curious about it, but the title sounds so self-serving and manipulative. Sort of like "How to Hide the Fact from Others that You are a Douchebag".

I remembered that Warren Buffet said something to the effect that his Andrew CarnegieCourse certificate was one of his most proud academic achievements. So while browsing a bookstore (when they existed), I read a bit and picked it up.

Super simple stuff with very pragmatic arguments on why being nice is typically way better than being an ass.

veen  ·  3721 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes! A friend of mine in high school -much more social than I ever was- lended me his copy. Not only did I start to understand him better, there's a lot of good advice in there.