which book helped you (directly or indirectly) the most

The Bible made me realize that making vast sums of cash is not important or even ideal.

>>10026391
the death of Ivan Ilyich

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>>10026428
>the death of Ivan Ilyich
OP here, how did it help?

>>10026413
All the Bible made me realise is that is, as well as being a tool for priests to make the money to pay for that sweet rentboy boipucci, the dullest book in the history of literature. Seriously, each episode following the fickle God and his chosen people as they fight assorted unbelievers has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the book's only consistency is its lack of excitement and ineffective use of prophecies, all to make miracles unmiraculous, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when God vetoed the idea of Satan directing the book; He made sure the book would never be mistaken for a work that meant anything to anybody, just ridiculously profitable cross promotion for His ideology. The Bible might be pro-Gnostic (or not), but it's certainly the most anti-Greek pantheon in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the prose was good though

No!

The writing is dreadful, the book was terrible.
As I read, I noticed that every time a character had a child, the author wrote instead that the character "begat". I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times.

I was incredulous. God's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that He has no other style of writing. Later, I read a loving, lavish review of the Bible by Joseph Smith. He wrote something to the effect of "if these kids are reading the Bible at 11 or 12, then when they got older they will go on to read golden plates". And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read the Bible, you are, in fact, trained to read Joseph Smith.

>>10026391
The study book for my salesman training technically. Power of habit or Great Gatsby as far as motivation goes maybe.

>>10026413
At what point did christlarpers say "fuck it" and decided to always post the cringiest pompous larp?

>>10026594
what book was that?

>>10026724
Kek. I meant when I went in edu the book that taught me my job. Not as an universal guide. That's why I said technically.

The only book I always advice is how to win friends and influence people

You are fishing for someone to say the art of the deal aren't you?

>>10026391
Harry Potter.

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This eventually.

>>10026391
Simmel's The Philosophy of Money is still interesting, if a little dense. Sounds to me like (you) need a hero, perhaps an economist, and one who actually made a quick pile but who also wrote a book: David Ricardo, Malthus' buddy, admired by Marx (for non-Marxist reasons).
>'I am not a Marxist.' -Karl Marx