Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

Feeling Good, by Dr. David Burns is the Cognitive Distortion description and analysis book that deep dives and destroys Imposter Syndrome, as well as a huge number of other self deceptive mechanisms in one's self conversation. It is literally a revolution for many self critical personalities, as it provides the self arguments necessary to defeat one's self critic. After that self criticism is quelled, the tools provided continue to serve as fantastic and scientific discrimination tools for discerning subtle information, maintaining an objectivity that is easily deluded and lost.

"Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" by Dr. David Burns. If you've got even a hint of depression or anxiety this is a great resource. Reading/understanding the "10 cognitive distortions" in this book is worth the time for anyone, imho.

So many, and I wish I could write a long paragraph on each, but I'm unfortunately short on time. I'm posting any in case just one person who hasn't heard of those checks them out and gets value: -Godel, Escher, Bach (Douglas Hosfstadter) -The Mindbody Prescription (John E. Sarno, completely cured my long-term crippling RSI that kept me from using computers and was ruining my life) -Feeling Good (Dr. Burns, cognitive therapy mostly centered on depression, but I want to learn about this before I have depression so that I can avoid it and do 'maintenance' on myself) -The 5 Love Languages (Gary Chapman, made me understand a lot more about how people express and receive love, and the problems that arise from mismatched languages in relationships) -Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman (you guys probably already know this) -The Blank Slate (Steven Pinker) -The Snowball (Warren Buffett biography) -Influence (Robert B. Cialdini) -Your Money or Your Life (Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin) -When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace (Le Ly Hayslip) -The Halo Effect (Phil Rosenzweig) -The LessWrong.com sequences on rationality

Not new books, just something I'm currently reading. - Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy This book teach you about depression and how you can apply cognitive therapy techniques to help you. I'm in the second part of the book and already learn some valuable information. It seems like HN recommend this book as well [1]. - Common Sense on Mutual Funds One of the classic investment books from John C. Bogle. In this book he talks about what he think is the better way to invest in mutual funds and why. This is one of the reading assignment form another short book I'm reading called "If You Can" [2], which recommended by Bogleheads. [1] http://ramiro.org/vis/hn-most-linked-books/ [2] https://www.etf.com/docs/IfYouCan.pdf

How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne The Power of TED (The Empowerment Dynamic) by David Emerald Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior by Mark Goulston and Philip Goldberg Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if you Lose It by Marshall Goldsmith The New Manual 2.0 by Tripp Lanier thenewmanual.com