Out of curiosity, what "succes" book had the biggest impact in your life?

[The Caretaker]

Here is my list with a grade:
 

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"The 4 Hour Work Week" - Timothy Ferriss 6/10  
"Mastery" - George Leonard 8/10  
"Think And Grow Rich" - Napoleon Hill 10/10  
"Outliers" - Malcolm Gladwell 7/10  
"Purple Cow" - Seth Godin 7/10  
"Atomic Habits" - James Clear 9/10  
"It's Not About the Money" - Brent Kessel 8/10  
"Talent is Overrated" - Geoff Colvin 9/10  
"The Dip" - Seth Godin 5/10  
"The Big Leap" - Gay Hendricks 7.5/10  
"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" - Stephen R. Covey 8.5/10  
"Million Dollar Weekend" - Noah Kagan 9/10  
"$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No" - Alex Hormozi 4/10

A lot of stuff is a "bro science" version of business. Others are fine, but don't last for long. Million Dollar Weekend is the only one that I feel like I want to read again, and I was looking for something similar.

Also, right now I am reading "The Millionaire Fastlane", and I Jesus fuckign Christ, this book is everything I hate about finance and business advice. It's like watching a car crash from up close.

[The Renaissance Man]

• $100M Offers & Leads - Alex Hormozi 10/10, to me this is almost as good as a book gets
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey 9.5/10
• Atomic Habits - James Clear 8/10
• The 4 Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss 7.5/10
• Secrets Trilogy - Russell Brunson 5/10
• The Big Leap - Gay Hendricks 5/10
• Never Lose A Customer Again - Joey Coleman - 4/10
• Deep Work - Cal Newport 4/10
• Purple Cow - Seth Godin 4/10
• Steal Like An Artist - Austin Kleon 4/10
• The ONE Thing - Gary Keller 4/10
• Think And Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill - 3/10
• Rich Dad Poor Dad - 2/10

 

4-5/10 are books that gave me little, maybe one idea or two. 3/10 were a waste of my time.

The scores are mostly based on how much I learned, but also on how practical the books are, and how dense of information they are. I hate books that take 300 pages to talk about one idea that could be expressed in 50 pages or less (like Purple Cow or Deep Work).

But the scores are far from absolute. I started reading after 2 years of a Leo and general YouTube self-help deep dive, so I was already familiar with a lot of the concepts, which is one of the reasons why many books are rated 4-5.

@The Caretaker Our lists and scores are quite different. Especially Hormozi, which you rated your worst and I rated my best. I'll check out Noah Kagan's book.

Edited Monday at 05:16 PM by The Renaissance Man

[LordFall]

Haha curious why you didn't like the Hormozi book. 

Purple cow by Seth Godin helped me realize I'm not crazy for overthinking business plans and great business ideas are not that common.

My favorite recent one is Relentless by Tim Grover, it's a peak performance book and helped me once again figure out I was not crazy for not being interested in most ideas/people and that I should just work hard to refine my craft if I want extraordinary results. 

[The Caretaker]

@The Renaissance Man It might be a "vibe thing". 

I've read his book after I've watched a podcast with him on Diary of a CEO. His videos are somewhat decent, but his advice is literally stuff that I've heard from Owen Cook a bilion times before.

I go into this work not to sell premium for filty rich, but to pursue my own creativity. Damn, I wish there was somebody closer to Dr.K or Leo or Alan Watts, but for promoting your craft.

@LordFall Hm, it might be something closer to what I am looking for. Thanks, I will add Relentless to my bookmarks.

[The Renaissance Man]

@The Caretaker I agree with you that Hormozi is kind of shameless with squeezing every cent out of his clients. The only reason he doesn't do it openly is because it would affect his reputation, which would mean less money long-term. So for him it's about money, money, money and that's it. The purest stage orange in terms of values.

At the same time, after contemplating on the topic, I feel like more "aggressive" kinds of marketing are justified if you're struggling financially. Obviously, as long as you're not lying and trapping people.

Imagine if Leo had 10k subs instead of 1M. If he made 80% of his content available under a paid subscription, plus if he more aggressively advertised his coaching or a $600 course, it would still not be a scam. Far from it. The harsher financial condition would force a more aggressive form of marketing, and I believe it's justified.

But I'm going off-topic lol.

[BlessedLion]

On 3/31/2025 at 2:12 PM, The Renaissance Man said:

• $100M Offers & Leads - Alex Hormozi 10/10, to me this is almost as good as a book gets
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Always felt like this dude was a bit obnoxious and unwise

[The Renaissance Man]

@BlessedLion I wouldn't want him as a friend haha, but I think he's an exceptional thinker and strategist. And exceptional is an understatement.

But at the surface he may appear like that. If you want to see his best work, check out his books and leave out the socials stuff.

[Butters]

Ask And It Is Given 9/10

Think and Grow Rich 10/10

You Are A Badass At Making Money 7/10

Three Feet From Gold (Napoleon Hill Foundation) 7/10

Before And Laughter (Jimmy Carr's self help book) 7/10

How To Get Rich 7/10 *

Outwitting The Devil, Napoleon Hill 10/10 **

The Science of Getting Rich 9/10

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Those are the noteworthy ones I think, but I've read so many. Most kinda suck. 

* How To Get Rich is such a fun read. It's a brutally honest take on ultra wealth, written by a billionaire. 

** Outwitting The Devil is pure gold, a must read. 

Edited Friday at 08:03 PM by Butters

[Yimpa]

Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss ***** I rate it 1 billion out of 1 stars.

[Ropuch7]

At certain point I found Peterson's "12 rules for life" highly inspiring. I was struggling to get out of nihilistic rut.

I wouldn't say that it had a deep impact on my life as a whole. It just propelled me further on my journey.

[The Caretaker]

15 hours ago, Yimpa said:

Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss ***** I rate it 1 billion out of 1 stars.

Anything below Infinity out of GOD is not worth my time 

 

13 hours ago, Ropuch7 said:

At certain point I found Peterson's "12 rules for life" highly inspiring. I was struggling to get out of nihilistic rut.

I wouldn't say that it had a deep impact on my life as a whole. It just propelled me further on my journey.

Peterson was a good start for me at the time as well. But after so many years of diving into self-help, his ideas feel obsolete.