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Challenge Your Perspective With These Books You've Never Heard Before
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items Non-fiction books I dare you to read and not have your mind changed
Sections
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Self-Help and How-To's
Interesting Facts and Stories to Consider
Poetry
Self-Help and How-To's
Direct guides and how-to's or inspirational stories about how someone did it so you can do it too.
Carve your own creative path out from your own two hands
Make Your Own Rules: Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age
Explore different paths to financial freedom
Pathfinders: Extraordinary stories of real people on the quest for financial independence – and how you can join them!
How to truly master something
The Archer
Allow yourself to let go of some things you've carried for so long
We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions
Clear, simple advice and principles that every creator should be reminded about
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Discover your potential and learn what makes you a diamond
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
I absolutely had to re-read this a few times to understand it
Daodejing
If you have a dream of making money via writing, this is your sign. You'll never look at writing content the same way.
The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
This book made me realize I my self-beliefs about learning were holding me back from my potential
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Are you a mouth breather? Learn how to have better focus, less anxiety and better quality of sleep
Breathe How You Want to Feel: Your Breathing Tool Kit for Better Health, Restorative Sleep, and Deeper Connection
Simple, clear understanding to how to best align with what you need. An alternative or pairing for MBTI or the Big 5 personalities.
How Do You Choose?: A Human Design Guide to What's Best for You at Work, in Love, and in Life
A small story in here contextualized a simple way for me to stop my anxious spirals. To recognize that every moment is an ending; that not every moment, whether positive or negative, has to be assigned significance; that some moments that seem like t...
How We Live Is How We Die
Interesting Facts and Stories to Consider
Unique perspectives that turn mundane ideas into extraordinary ones and exemplifies what people can do for each other and for themselves.
You'll want to walk everywhere after this book
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London
For all those who are tired of the conventional life and grinding to survive
The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work
Multiple short entries from rotating POVs of people who have nothing in common….or do they?
Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China
Unearthing the label of Tomboy (and the truth of what it means to break stereotypical femininity)
Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different
I think technology can help a lot, but if we fail to build adequate infrastructure then what's the use in the technology? Imagine if cars were never built any kinds of roads at all?
Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
I've nicked several terms and phrases from my vocabulary after reading this
The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World
What a beautiful work ethic and mindset. Such a strong self-believer. If you like football/soccer, this book is a fascinating look at the manager that helped Tottenham win their first trophy in 17 years. Learn about the lead up to how he got the job ...
Angeball: The Definitive Biography of Ange Postecoglou
Learn to travel with intention for a more fulfilling and memorable experiences abroad. And understand the economic and political factors of why and how we travel now.
The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel
Not a book to read when you are not feeling well. It is a heavy (triggering) topic that is meant to be witnessed; not judged, not pitied, not anything. This is a story that wasn't really written for anyone else but the people it was written for. We m...
Things in Nature Merely Grow
It's made me think twice about even the simplest skin and hair related products
The House of Beauty: Lessons from the Image Industry
How do you make yourself known to others? How would you like to be known? Through stereotypes and your ability to conform? A visceral story that made me reflect just how internally ableist I grew up as.
Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice
Brains are so wonderful. This was contextually helpful when I attempted to learn another language.
The Power of Language: Codes We Use
Books have power because of their symbolism throughout history. But what power is that? And who benefits from that power? Is it truly books vs. digital, or is the struggle between something else?
Bookishness
Poetry
Words that have a high chance of healing you.
Freewriting poetry that taught me how to best find my voice through poetry. Beautiful and haunting. It's a volume of loss, hope, and love.
I Wrote This for You
Quite literally, this book put into words the feelings and thoughts I struggled to express and share.
Every Word You Cannot Say
For anyone battling an invisible war that you can't tell anyone about because the words won't be enough.
Inward
Moving forward is a test of courage and the acceptance that progress is one step forward, two steps back and then three steps forward and then just one step back.
The Way Forward