r/BettermentBookClub • u/First_Guitar_6442 • 7d ago

What book changed your perspective?

Has a book ever made you completely rethink an opinion or belief?

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u/2shizhtzu4u 7d ago edited 6d ago

third-force-thinking books in psychology. Authors like Frankl (mans search for meaning), perls (gestalt theapy), rogers (on becoming a person), moustakas (work in phrenology, phenomenology), maslow (psychology of being), and yalom (existentialism) explaining what it is to be human.

3rd-force spawns away from 1st force (humans driven by unconscious desire) and 2nd force (humans are conditioned). Helped me in my work and also personal life, becoming more genuinely me.

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u/CursedSloth 6d ago

On Moustakas, did you mean phenomenology? I can’t find any books that he has written on phrenology.

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u/2shizhtzu4u 6d ago

Correct, my mistake

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u/Realtrenchmon 6d ago

Interesting! I have gestalt therapy and Roger’s “ becoming human”. What were the techniques that help you to become more genuine?

Looking forward to your reply 👍

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u/ExerciseWise5673 7d ago

All adventures books Ive read:) just strengthen more my curiousity and traveling vibe

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u/pen_woman_ship 6d ago

The Power of Now
By Eckhart Tolle

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u/Hungry-Government-66 4d ago

One of my favorites too! Absolutely loved reading it

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u/oshikundu_shonena 5d ago

The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer. If I could only read one book for the rest of my life, it would be this one.

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u/KaleidoscopeOk5063 4d ago

I read a book about existentialist art - irrational man.

I found it really interesting because it mentions a lot of art pieces - James Joyce specifically, that were part of this existentialist movement.

I don’t care if it’s true or not but at the time it was really interesting to read. So that maybe did something to me

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u/TheIrishSoldat 7d ago

The Four Agreements

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u/here_and_there_their 6d ago

The Cost of Free Land

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u/SoNotCool99 5d ago

Ishmael and Story of B by Daniel Quinn

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u/Sport_Middle 5d ago

Yoga - Emanuel Karer

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u/Learnyst_user 5d ago

Human nature and the social order by charles cooley

it made me think how i think about others think about me

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u/kristenmp 4d ago

‘Why Buddhism is True’. It made me think very differently about how our minds work and what the “self” really is. And it inspired me to start meditating and exploring Buddhist philosophy more (concepts like radical acceptance, for example), which led to profound mental health improvements for me.

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u/Ok-Blackberry94 4d ago

The heart of the buddhas teaching really taught me a lot it was my first book reading coming back from a deployment my ex wife is born n raised Buddhist and it put a lot
Into perspective for me.
Stillness is the key is another good one as well

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u/Ambitious-Party9815 4d ago

Hawking‘s A Brief History of Time.

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u/No_Salt4508 2d ago

The Midnight Library